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westward comments on Ignorance in parenting - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 03 September 2013 10:00AM

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Comment author: westward 04 September 2013 05:13:07PM 0 points [-]

Comparing the "amount of brainpower" is silly. It's poorly defined ("focused attention on"? "time spent considering how to manipulate"?) and are we talking absolute or relative? I'm way smarter than a 4 year old. Most experiences are new to her and she has to consider them individually. I have a vast trove of heuristics at my disposal that she doesn't.