evtujo comments on Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yudkowsky: Ask Your Questions - Less Wrong

16 Post author: MichaelGR 11 November 2009 03:00AM

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Comment author: evtujo 11 November 2009 05:09:36AM 21 points [-]

How young can children start being trained as rationalists? And what would the core syllabus / training regimen look like?

Comment author: taa21 11 November 2009 09:01:31PM 6 points [-]

Just out of curiosity, why are you asking this? And why is Yudkowsky's opinion on this matter relevant?

Comment author: spriteless 15 November 2009 11:00:04PM 2 points [-]

This sort of thing should have it's own thread, it deserves some brainstorming.

You can start with choice of fairytales.

You can make the games available to play reward understanding probabilities and logic over luck and quick reflexes. My dad got us puzzle games and reading tutors for the NES and C64 when I was a kid. (Lode Runner, LoLo, Reader Rabbit)