[...] I believe your questions relate to all three ways to different extents (although the title of the post leans towards the HOW types of questions), but I found it useful to differentiate between these issues in order to make sure my time, money and efforts are well spent.
Needless to say that I updated significantly in the past month since I posted this question and the “Why” and “What” has definitely enlarged. I agree with you that it’s a useful framework to have. I am also thankful for the practical bits.
I would like to close my comment by emphasizing that children are born rational beings, but they just start taking over from their parents when they provide them with irrational explanations for things that happen or might happen to them (one of my favorites, here in Romania, is that “If you don’t stop crying, a big bad wolf will come and get you”), or they build defenses of their own that are irrational, to protect themselves from being hurt. I believe that our job as parents is, therefore, to be rational and predictive in relation to them, as well as gently making them aware of the instances when they use irrationality to run away from their feelings.
I probably understand what you mean here and agree at least with my steelman version of your argument. But I would also like to emphasize that I want the “other” people which are important for me to understand “rationality” that I can’t imagine how one could “born” with. Examples are all the great knowledge of giants on which shoulders we stand on (like, say, probability), “simply” results of scientific progress (like how minds work, or some biases...), or practical guide of “you are a human, try to work with that fact in the best way you can”. At least I and virtually everyone I met didn’t born with these, nor they figure all that out by themselves.
Hi! This is an excellent answer, thanks.
Needless to say that I updated significantly in the past month since I posted this question and the “Why” and “What” has definitely enlarged. I agree with you that it’s a useful framework to have. I am also thankful for the practical bits.
I probably understand what you mean here and agree at least with my steelman version of your argument. But I would also like to emphasize that I want the “other” people which are important for me to understand “rationality” that I can’t imagine how one could “born” with. Examples are all the great knowledge of giants on which shoulders we stand on (like, say, probability), “simply” results of scientific progress (like how minds work, or some biases...), or practical guide of “you are a human, try to work with that fact in the best way you can”. At least I and virtually everyone I met didn’t born with these, nor they figure all that out by themselves.