orthonormal comments on Theory of Knowledge (rationality outreach) - Less Wrong

60 Post author: KPier 09 August 2011 09:36PM

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Comment author: jimrandomh 08 August 2011 08:00:23PM 9 points [-]

At my school, we regularly have speakers come in and discuss various topics during ToK, mostly because the regular instructor doesn't have any idea what to say.

This sounds really easy to fix. Most instructors are used to having a curriculum handed to them in textbook form. A list of good articles (whether from Less Wrong or elsewhere) would fill that role. Read a post as homework, discuss in class, repeat. Throw in an occasional writing assignment for writing practice and grading. This would be dramatically more valuable than most high school classes, and easy to run.

Comment author: orthonormal 29 August 2011 08:47:29PM -1 points [-]

I can't think of a better way to take all the fun out of the Sequences.