SMBC [2013-09-09]

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It’s pretty fascinating that babies are largely the same across big timescales and just learn the culture of the time. They are ready to learn “utopia”, we just have to figure out how to teach it.

TheRealKuni

Most people aren’t good at things they don’t practice. But lots of people get really good at things they weren’t good at.

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Haha, that's so far from reality though. Dad is talking about boring things again, I will cover my ears and scream.

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I've had this very exact thought. I think the urge to tell the story of the world is parental instinct.

Whenever the kiddos ask a question, I don't stop answering and describing until they get bored... Sometimes beyond that.

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I run up against that with my kiddos, so I just show them how to get answers and how to learn. When they get older, I'll teach them more about vetting sources and sussing out misinformation. I already have taught them as much about that as I can for their age.

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Well, I'd think you'd test that model with living authors with similar inputs and make comparisons and then refine the process till nobody can tell the difference. We'll never get all the way there, but I bet we'll get far enough that we won't be able to tell the difference.

As for when... Who knows?

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I have the same urge, but rather to be a teacher/mentor than a parent. Too bad the US doesn't want to pay teachers what they're worth, or I'd strongly consider a career change.

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My 6 year old loves to learn about math, sciences, a few other subjects to a lesser degree, plus practical stuff, like driving/traffic behavior. He mainly likes biological sciences and astronomy, but some physics and engineering.

AnIndefiniteArticle

This was on the door to my office before my life ended in 2018.

Thank you for making me remember and cry.

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They might mimic those things in a convincing fashion in a few years but there wouldn't be a reason for them to exist. There's no person behind the curtain, or inside the multilayered, statistically-weighted, series of if statements.

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very wholesome, 10/10 would recommend.

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Don't want to assume too much but I'm sorry for your loss.

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My exact thought reading the comic, young ppl would not like that.

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Must be nice

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Children are often a mirror to our true selves. My daughter is fascinated by the world, and loves learning. She's a sponge for new knowledge. The only limitation is building up the layers of knowledge, to understand what you are trying to teach.

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Children are often a mirror to our true selves.

Woah, that was a good roast.

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I've had the exact same thought and it's not just in the US. Teachers are woefully underpaid in general. I think a part of the problem is that there's so many teachers that it would very expensive for society as a whole to give them a higher salary. I would totally do teaching if it paid better though.

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I don't know how much is innate and how much we fostered, but we read a ton with him from a very young age and made it into little quiz games and fill in the blank questions. He's always liked knowing the answers. My 3 year old is less interested, but I think she'll absorb a lot just by being around her brother. We do read to her, of course, but she chooses different books than the 6 year old does (and even did at 3).