The teacher looks a bit apologetic, but persists: “‘Ocean’ is spelt with a ‘c’ rather than an ‘sh’; this makes sense, because the ‘e’ after the ‘c’ changes its sound…”
I like how true-to-life this is. In fact it doesn’t makes sense, as ‘ce’ is normally pronounced with ‘s’, not ‘sh’, so the teacher is unwittingly making this hard for the child. Many such cases. (But also many cases where the teacher’s reasoning is flawless and beautiful and instantly rejected.)
This post seems to be about Conflation Fallacies (especially subconscious ones) rather than a new concept involving buckets, so I’m not a big fan of the terminology, but the discussion is important & worthwhile so +1 for that, though it seems like a better title would be ’”Flinching away from truth” is often caused by internal conflation” or “bucket errors” if you like.
I agree, ’”Flinching away from truth” is often caused by internal conflation” would be a much better title—a more potent short take-away. (Or at least one I more agree with after some years of reflection.) Thanks!
I like how true-to-life this is. In fact it doesn’t makes sense, as ‘ce’ is normally pronounced with ‘s’, not ‘sh’, so the teacher is unwittingly making this hard for the child. Many such cases. (But also many cases where the teacher’s reasoning is flawless and beautiful and instantly rejected.)
This post seems to be about Conflation Fallacies (especially subconscious ones) rather than a new concept involving buckets, so I’m not a big fan of the terminology, but the discussion is important & worthwhile so +1 for that, though it seems like a better title would be ’”Flinching away from truth” is often caused by internal conflation” or “bucket errors” if you like.
I agree, ’”Flinching away from truth” is often caused by internal conflation” would be a much better title—a more potent short take-away. (Or at least one I more agree with after some years of reflection.) Thanks!