I’m kind of sad that it comes out as “every boy of reasonable upbringing”, but since I see “every boy, every girl” as executing my time’s algorithm of “who can learn” (I didn’t propose teaching chimps or dolphins), that’s the best I can do.
!! This obviously implies that we should be trying to teach chimps and dolphins!
That does not follow. I followed the algorithm of “check who my counter-parts think is teachable according to the most cutting edge research”, so Archimedes follows the same algorithm. However, I happen to really truly believe that my time’s beliefs on this specific issue are fairly accurate—and that even though Archimedes probably believed the same about his time, he’s wrong and I’m right.
Well, some people are trying to teach chimps sign language or similar. Success there seems likely to be a necessary prerequisite for teaching them programming.
Yes, humans should teach programming to chimps and dolphins. Who but a racist would disagree?
That doesn’t mean that you must teach them that specific skill now, with their current knowledge—there are pre-requisites you will have to cover first. But you certainly need to attempt the first steps.
!! This obviously implies that we should be trying to teach chimps and dolphins!
That does not follow. I followed the algorithm of “check who my counter-parts think is teachable according to the most cutting edge research”, so Archimedes follows the same algorithm. However, I happen to really truly believe that my time’s beliefs on this specific issue are fairly accurate—and that even though Archimedes probably believed the same about his time, he’s wrong and I’m right.
Typo?
Yes :)
Well, some people are trying to teach chimps sign language or similar. Success there seems likely to be a necessary prerequisite for teaching them programming.
Yes, humans should teach programming to chimps and dolphins. Who but a racist would disagree?
That doesn’t mean that you must teach them that specific skill now, with their current knowledge—there are pre-requisites you will have to cover first. But you certainly need to attempt the first steps.