This is what I get for removing details to improve the flow of my writing. I’d tacked on a few conditions (like the parents expressly stating they did not want the child to go into the toy store), and then I figured the example wasn’t such a big issue.
Also, that’s not quite what the example states; it says she needs to get the child home soon. Perhaps he needs his medicine, perhaps his parents required him home at a certain time, perhaps he has a piano lesson. The point is that there isn’t time to have the child throw a fit in front of the store.
That said, I’m not claiming that this is the absolute best approach, only that it is justifiable. Your median babysitter may have less skill with explanation than your median lesswrong commenter, not to mention she may have more skill handling children than your median lesswrong commenter.
This is what I get for removing details to improve the flow of my writing. I’d tacked on a few conditions (like the parents expressly stating they did not want the child to go into the toy store), and then I figured the example wasn’t such a big issue.
Also, that’s not quite what the example states; it says she needs to get the child home soon. Perhaps he needs his medicine, perhaps his parents required him home at a certain time, perhaps he has a piano lesson. The point is that there isn’t time to have the child throw a fit in front of the store.
That said, I’m not claiming that this is the absolute best approach, only that it is justifiable. Your median babysitter may have less skill with explanation than your median lesswrong commenter, not to mention she may have more skill handling children than your median lesswrong commenter.