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Education

DetlefK

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1. Sure. Lie to kids and fill their mind with bullshit. What could go wrong?

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 12:10 PM

Apr 2013

Subjecting children to something that unrealistic like a talking plush-dragon will first skew their view of reality, by delivering falsified data, and latter shatter it:
"No, that dragon isn't your friend. He's not real. We lied to you. But you can totally believe what that thing told you."

A kid that found out that it has successfully been duped and lied to, and that the adults continue lying to other kids as a natural habit, will surely accept the moral lesson that lying and trickery are wrong.

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WSJ: When a teacher is 2 feet tall (robots in education) [View all] antigop Apr 2013 OP

Sure. Lie to kids and fill their mind with bullshit. What could go wrong? DetlefK Apr 2013 #1

I think the horse already left the barn dballance Apr 2013 #2

I see difficulties. LWolf Apr 2013 #3

"a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or .... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #4