My name is Jennifer Davies. I’m 35 years old and am married with a 3 year old daughter. I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Originally a computer programmer, I gave it up after spending a year coding for a bank (around 1997). Motivated by an interest in critical thinking, I earned a BA in Philosophy.
Currently, I’m completing a one year post-grad program to become a Career Development Practitioner. I plan to launch a private practice in 2012 to help people find and live their passions while providing them with the tools to do so.
A friend introduced me to Harry Potter: Methods of Rationality and Less Wrong. I have never enjoyed a piece of reading more than that fanfic—I even saved a PDF version to introduce to my daughter once she’s able to benefit from it.
My main motivations (that I’m aware of) for becoming a member of this community are to: improve my thinking skills (and better understand/evaluate values and motivations), help clients to think more rationally, better encourage independent, critical thought in my daughter.
Although it can be painful at times (for my ego) to be corrected, I appreciate such corrections and the time put into them.
Any tips for teaching young children rationality? I’m at a loss and wonder if I need to wait until she’s older.
Hi Jennifer. There’s been quite a bit written about teaching children rationality. Unfortunately, the relative newness of LW and the low percentage of parents means its all somewhat speculative. The following links cover most(but probably not all of what LW has on the subject).
Hey everyone,
My name is Jennifer Davies. I’m 35 years old and am married with a 3 year old daughter. I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Originally a computer programmer, I gave it up after spending a year coding for a bank (around 1997). Motivated by an interest in critical thinking, I earned a BA in Philosophy.
Currently, I’m completing a one year post-grad program to become a Career Development Practitioner. I plan to launch a private practice in 2012 to help people find and live their passions while providing them with the tools to do so.
A friend introduced me to Harry Potter: Methods of Rationality and Less Wrong. I have never enjoyed a piece of reading more than that fanfic—I even saved a PDF version to introduce to my daughter once she’s able to benefit from it.
My main motivations (that I’m aware of) for becoming a member of this community are to: improve my thinking skills (and better understand/evaluate values and motivations), help clients to think more rationally, better encourage independent, critical thought in my daughter.
Although it can be painful at times (for my ego) to be corrected, I appreciate such corrections and the time put into them.
Any tips for teaching young children rationality? I’m at a loss and wonder if I need to wait until she’s older.
Hi Jennifer. There’s been quite a bit written about teaching children rationality. Unfortunately, the relative newness of LW and the low percentage of parents means its all somewhat speculative. The following links cover most(but probably not all of what LW has on the subject).
http://lesswrong.com/lw/25/on_the_care_and_feeding_of_young_rationalists/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q/on_juvenile_fiction/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3c/rationalist_storybooks_a_challenge/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/63f/rational_parenting/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3i/little_johny_bayesian/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/4uw/preschoolers_learning_to_guess_the_teachers/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/70b/raise_the_age_demographic/ (You have to go down to the comments section for this one)
Oops. I should have done a search first before mentioning it. Thanks for taking the time for posting those links.