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Zanthius
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Anybody know about any documentaries about cognitive biases? I was searching for it, but all I found was this episode from BBC Horizon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ha34Vu1zZo).
I am a bit surprised, since I found so many historical documentaries. I would assume that people would find documentaries about cognitive biases just as interesting as documentaries about history.
Anyhow. Here is the latest version for the educational resources: http://www.archania.org/educational_resources.html
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Scalare
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Just remember that if your kids ever make Jeb scared then you have failed in your education  .
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How do you explain words like egregious to kids, which can mean 2 opposite things?
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Death 999
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It's an intensifier. From Latin for 'very very'. It was often enough used for 'bad' that it came to mean mainly that. However, some people remember the original more general meaning and, for effect, use it correctly in the opposite sense (because it is surprising, it will get more notice). It's rare for it to be applied to things that aren't good or bad because that would mix in what people expect, and it would come across as being bad.
I think that would work on a kid. Depends on the age. Maybe not a 5 year old, but I think an ordinary 7 year old could handle that.
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I'm not sure what the question really is there. You just seemed to give the answer at the end.
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« Last Edit: October 20, 2017, 04:53:30 pm by Zanthius »
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Zanthius
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I visited my sister for Christmas, and two of her kids that are 12 and 14 had already started learning about human rights, and had a topic where they were discussing if religion is a unifying force, or a force creating conflict in the world. While on the other hand, they didn't know basic geography, and almost nothing about molecules. I don't understand why teachers are so eager to discuss complicated philosophical/political topics with children, instead of teaching them the basics.
It is probably related to that adults think it is much more fun to discuss philosophical/political topics with children, rather than to teach them the laborious basics. But we need to have a basic understanding of ourselves and the universe, before we can engage in more abstract conversations....
It is a general problem in the world, that people are jumping into abstract/complex conversations without understanding the basics... Take for example black holes. Lots of people love to talk about black holes, but very few know how to work with the equations in general relativity.
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I agree with everything up to the example at the end. The math of GR is far from basic.
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