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Crazy Conclusions in Early Childhood

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Re: Crazy Conclusions in Early Childhood

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Post by animal531 »

andi999 wrote: post #45
iamflimflam1 wrote: post #38

I remember as a child being extremely puzzled as to how glass worked. I could not understand how something solid could be transparent. I had seen that when things moved quickly they seemed to become translucent so I came to the conclusion that glass was made up of tiny cogs, all moving extremely quickly. It never made complete sense though. I must have driven my parents insane with my constant questions of how glass…

Sounds not less intuitive than the band gap explanation. How did you explain color tinted windows?

My mother and I had a multi-year argument going about a house we drove past (when I just entered school). One of us argued that they had color tinted windows, whereas the other argued that it was just the color of their curtains.

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Post by soulofmischief »

ups101 wrote: post #50

Around age 7 my daughter showed ocd like behavior (incessant scratching her arms) when she realized loosing connection during chrome casting meant the device kept playing. We had to unplug the chromecast device and inspect it, lying there dead and silent on the table, to settle her down. Same thing when our pc was updating, saying “please do turn off computer” and then _proceeding to reboot on its own_ at end of upda…

To be fair, many people think it's not OK for Google to be listening, and you should be careful not to accustom your daughter to tech surveillance.

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Post by dopidopHN »

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #4

That a 16-year old remembers such detail about age 3 seems… unusual. I don’t mean a memory here or there; this child remembers very specific experiences and the feelings he had about them when he was almost pre-verbal. Seems almost incredible.

Yeah. I’m always skeptical of those memory.

Often; in my case; I feel it’s me remembering that I did remember something like that.

Or full on familly tradition about that thing you said or did. « Remember? »

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Post by darkerside »

barrkel wrote: post #48
iamflimflam1 wrote: post #38

I remember as a child being extremely puzzled as to how glass worked. I could not understand how something solid could be transparent. I had seen that when things moved quickly they seemed to become translucent so I came to the conclusion that glass was made up of tiny cogs, all moving extremely quickly. It never made complete sense though. I must have driven my parents insane with my constant questions of how glass…

Even weirder is how glass is partially reflective. What mechanism lets some light through but sends other light off in such a regular ordered way?

Crystals are by definition ordered by a very regular pattern. I don't fully understand the mechanism, but I'm not surprised that it exists.

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Post by rednalexa »

ArkanExplorer wrote: post #57
xchaotic wrote: post #31

This story looks borne from the helicopter parenting theme. Some kids learn some things slower and it eventually cleared up. But with helicopter parenting he was sent to pre school and all this reverse psychoanalysis was done. It’s not wrong and it’s borne from parents caring about their kids, but letting them be kids is cool as well.

I'm also getting the impression the kid was raised without a father, based on the fact that one is never referenced.

Other entries in the blog mention she has a military husband.

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Post by rednalexa »

saiya-jin wrote: post #59
jgilias wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a bit unfair though. The general advice I've seen is that if a kid doesn't start forming simple sentences by the age of three, parents should start looking for help. Reason being, a delay in speech development may later lead to other problems, among them life-long speech impediments. As a stutterer myself, I can attest that having these are no fun. Also, pre-school is beneficial for development in general. Th…

I definitely get that vibe from the article. I can see those kind of mothers around me too - outwardly they seem strong and successful (inwardly not satisfied nor happy with their life, if you ever have the chance to know them better), but they very often measure and compare their kids with other. Life is a race with rest of mankind to them and they transfer their mindset to their kids. Needless to say the effect it…

I think that you are overgeneralizing people a little too much. Particularly your comment that people fall into particular subtypes, and if you know these types you will rarely be surprised by their behavior. This type of thinking can easily be supported by your experiences because of confirmation bias, but I think people will typically have unique reasons for their actions.

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Post by agumonkey »

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #38

I remember as a child being extremely puzzled as to how glass worked. I could not understand how something solid could be transparent. I had seen that when things moved quickly they seemed to become translucent so I came to the conclusion that glass was made up of tiny cogs, all moving extremely quickly. It never made complete sense though. I must have driven my parents insane with my constant questions of how glass…

isn't empty space made up of virtual particles aka particles with a life time so minute it's basically not there ? :)

Re: Crazy Conclusions in Early Childhood

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Post by agumonkey »

darkerside wrote: post #64
barrkel wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even weirder is how glass is partially reflective. What mechanism lets some light through but sends other light off in such a regular ordered way?

Crystals are by definition ordered by a very regular pattern. I don't fully understand the mechanism, but I'm not surprised that it exists.

not long ago I learned about metallic glass

Re: Crazy Conclusions in Early Childhood

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Post by jgalt212 »

> One recurring theme: Bright kids of a certain age are just smart enough to jump to crazy conclusions rooted in lots of knowledge for their age but little real world experience.

Are they describing pre-schoolers, or the hybrid VC / thought leaders of X. With X being the particular publishing heavy firm you find most annoying at the given time.

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Post by kmm »

darkerside wrote: post #64
barrkel wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even weirder is how glass is partially reflective. What mechanism lets some light through but sends other light off in such a regular ordered way?

Crystals are by definition ordered by a very regular pattern. I don't fully understand the mechanism, but I'm not surprised that it exists.

But glass isn't crystalline, it's amorphous, there's not really any order there on the atomic level.
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