making a general primer on “the story of what humans understand thus far” with bias towards those concepts that have the broadest applicability is one of my goals.
Areas to cover:
thermodynamics, focusing on entropy.
natural selection.
supply and demand.
bayesian statistics, focusing on how the scientific method is a subset of bayesian reasoning.
a primer on primate signaling and group dynamics.
a “just so” stories version of the list of common fallacies and the list of cognitive biases available on sites like wikipedia.
in fact, include just so stories for every concept listed. of course eventually the intended target should realize “just so” stories don’t count as evidence, but the presentation will help introduce everything to a broader audience and also make it more accessible to children.
making a general primer on “the story of what humans understand thus far” with bias towards those concepts that have the broadest applicability is one of my goals.
Areas to cover: thermodynamics, focusing on entropy. natural selection. supply and demand. bayesian statistics, focusing on how the scientific method is a subset of bayesian reasoning. a primer on primate signaling and group dynamics. a “just so” stories version of the list of common fallacies and the list of cognitive biases available on sites like wikipedia.
in fact, include just so stories for every concept listed. of course eventually the intended target should realize “just so” stories don’t count as evidence, but the presentation will help introduce everything to a broader audience and also make it more accessible to children.
oh and the basics of game theory.