Jane McGonigal Quotes
I don't do 'gamification,' and I'm not prepared to stand up and say, 'I think it works.'
McGonigal, Jane. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. Penguin Press, 2011.
The “experts” were scientists and science educators who had testified that Creationism, a notion that some religious Christians believe is a more valid explanation of the development of plants and animals than is Evolution, is a religious belief, not a science and should not be taught in a science curriculum. McLeroy believed that even in teaching science, scientific thinking and expertise should not be given more weight than religion in general and Christianity in particular. Some fundamentalist Protestants find Evolution distressing in that it contradicts the literal Biblical narrative. Other Protestants, Jews, and Catholics do not see anything in Evolution that conflicts with their spiritual view of God. They see Evolution as the mechanism that God created for the development of life. McLeroy was defeated in the next election after taking this anti scientific position, and was replaced with another fundamentalist Protestant—but one who did not believe that a particular Protestent, Christian view of the world which scientists generally reject should be taught as science in public schools.
Often, excellent technical solutions are developed but they fail to be implemented in a foreign country—sometimes even in a modern industrialized democracy—because of customs, norms, superstition, religion. Vaccines often receive human opposition—even in the United States.
Jane McGonigal is an American game designer and author who advocates the use of mobile and digital technology to channel positive attitudes and collaboration in a real world context.
