HugeDisgustingFreak t1_iueakaq wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:56 PM Reply to TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05 If you asked me to make up an origin story for the dunce cap I would probably say something like "There was a guy named John Dunce who wore a pointy hat and people thought he was a loser." So this sounds fishy to me. Permalink 3
HugeDisgustingFreak t1_iueakaq wrote
Reply to TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05
If you asked me to make up an origin story for the dunce cap I would probably say something like "There was a guy named John Dunce who wore a pointy hat and people thought he was a loser." So this sounds fishy to me.