Originally posted by Cynog Ap Brychan I'm 68 (nearly), and I'm not technically challenged - in fact I build and upgrade my own computers, and I operate several camera systems from the Q to a 5x4 (not that I've used that for a long while). You young whippersnappers ought to remember that it is my generation that invented the PC and most of the techie gadgets that proliferate today! Some of us oldies can still keep up (though it's getting harder, I admit). Why, I can even manage to text on a good day
I'm saying this with a twinkle in my eye, because I know you meant no offence. But age isn't the reason for that guy's attitude - it's prejudice, or ignorance, or just plain laziness in my view.
Well, you know what Groucho Marx said about a man's age… Not that he was necessarily talking about technology, though, and I'm not far behind you. Still, even people of our advanced community standing have an obligation to keep up with what's happening around us, even some aspects of popular culture (I use the word in the deliberative sense).
Following the further explanation from the OP, I am a little surprised that someone who pursued a career in philosophy could be prejudiced by a single personal experience, but I'm astounded that they could take it on themselves to teach a course in a subject (basic or not) without getting a wider and deeper grasp of the devices involved in it, as well as the underlying general principles. Does the word "philosophy" not literally mean "love of wisdom"?