jfm comments on Rational Parenting? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jfm 21 June 2011 01:29:03AM 1 point [-]

Can you briefly explain to me why taking children seriously is a troll answer?

Comment author: [deleted] 22 June 2011 01:22:31PM *  2 points [-]

Taking children seriously is based on the teachings of Karl Popper, whose style of rationality is not the "LessWrong-Preferred" (tm) flavor, having been supplanted by Jaynes-style Bayesianism.

(There have been arguments back and forth on LessWrong about Popper preferring falsification above attempting to show something can meaningfully be considered to be true, with some stating that this is not true Popperism, with others claiming that this is a No-True-Scotsman argument.) Because of the controversy, mentioning Karl Popper on LessWrong is a way to generate lots of sound and fury without much meaningful discussion.

Comment author: jfm 22 June 2011 05:47:49PM 0 points [-]

Ah, this is precisely the sort of answer that is useful to me. Thank you.

Comment author: Peterdjones 22 June 2011 03:47:13PM 0 points [-]

Taking Children Seriously doesn't have a lot to do with scientific epistemology,so the falsificationism vs Bayes thing isn't hugely relevant. It is more to do with political libertarianism.

Comment author: MixedNuts 22 June 2011 03:55:23PM 1 point [-]

AFAICT, taking children seriously is a good idea. The group that calls itself "Taking Children Seriously", not so much. I see a lot of talk about how important it is to take children seriously, but no actual instructions on how to do so ("reach a solution that gives everyone what they need", well, duh - how do I do that?), or general consequences thereof that should apply to most families where children are taken seriously.