Well, my first thought is that I need to spend some actual time on this site (I had to look up most everything you mentioned); Most of my education has simply come from Yudkowsky’s book/compilation.
Zendo definitely looks promising, and should definitely be an element of the course as well as something I play with my kids. As I envision the course, however, it would be an element such as a warm up or cash out, not the core curriculum.
My thoughts on Credence Calibration are similar to my thoughts on Zendo with the following modifications: each kid would be given ten poker chips, we would play the 2 statement variant (at least initially), scoring would be simplified to the liar keeping all poker chips bet on his lie, winner would be the one with the most poker chips at the end.
Focusing and Internal Double Crux seem like they would be pretty hard to teach to elementary age children. Focusing mostly because it seems like it would require one-on-one instruction, at least initially.
Unfortunately, I do not have much instrumentation. I could buy inexpensive things, so a thermometer and a humidity sensor would be doable, but it seems like a worthwhile a CO2 sensor might be a little more (based on my brief look on Amazon). I really do like the idea of the experiment though.
Some experimentation ideas I have received: investigate air pressure changes created by shower water spray as measured by a shower curtain (also blowing over pieces of paper, blow dryer, etc.) and electricity produced by a lemon battery, water drawn through celery including dyed water, spectrum differences in light sources as shown by a prism.
As I envision the course, however, it would be an element such as a warm up or cash out, not the core curriculum.
Yes, however it’s worth noting that you can play Zendo in different ways. The time I played it was with arrangement of Lego stones.
You could also play it with other domains like words or sentences. I’m uncertain about how much time a child can effectively learn something from Zendo.
At the same time it won’t fill the full curriculum.
Focusing mostly because it seems like it would require one-on-one instruction, at least initially.
You didn’t really speak about how many children you actually want to teach at one time.
When it comes to teaching rationality to adults there’s the CFAR handbook. If you are not aware of it, it might be worth looking through it and thinking about what you can teach children.
Yes, I suppose I could have been more specific about the number of kids. I will be teaching my own two at a minimum, but could have as many as seven others join.
Thanks for the note about the handbook, I’ll check it out.
Well, my first thought is that I need to spend some actual time on this site (I had to look up most everything you mentioned); Most of my education has simply come from Yudkowsky’s book/compilation.
Zendo definitely looks promising, and should definitely be an element of the course as well as something I play with my kids. As I envision the course, however, it would be an element such as a warm up or cash out, not the core curriculum.
My thoughts on Credence Calibration are similar to my thoughts on Zendo with the following modifications: each kid would be given ten poker chips, we would play the 2 statement variant (at least initially), scoring would be simplified to the liar keeping all poker chips bet on his lie, winner would be the one with the most poker chips at the end.
Focusing and Internal Double Crux seem like they would be pretty hard to teach to elementary age children. Focusing mostly because it seems like it would require one-on-one instruction, at least initially.
Unfortunately, I do not have much instrumentation. I could buy inexpensive things, so a thermometer and a humidity sensor would be doable, but it seems like a worthwhile a CO2 sensor might be a little more (based on my brief look on Amazon). I really do like the idea of the experiment though.
Some experimentation ideas I have received: investigate air pressure changes created by shower water spray as measured by a shower curtain (also blowing over pieces of paper, blow dryer, etc.) and electricity produced by a lemon battery, water drawn through celery including dyed water, spectrum differences in light sources as shown by a prism.
Yes, however it’s worth noting that you can play Zendo in different ways. The time I played it was with arrangement of Lego stones.
You could also play it with other domains like words or sentences. I’m uncertain about how much time a child can effectively learn something from Zendo.
At the same time it won’t fill the full curriculum.
You didn’t really speak about how many children you actually want to teach at one time.
When it comes to teaching rationality to adults there’s the CFAR handbook. If you are not aware of it, it might be worth looking through it and thinking about what you can teach children.
Yes, I suppose I could have been more specific about the number of kids. I will be teaching my own two at a minimum, but could have as many as seven others join.
Thanks for the note about the handbook, I’ll check it out.