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Originally Posted by OICURMT
Another very valid point. However, since I am not a educator, I must rely on those with the background to educate. Parents are clearly in a supportive role with respect to acquisition of knowledge. I see my parental role as a teacher of how to integrate with society, not as being the primary educator. I help my children with their homework and teach them my standard of morals and ethics. I teach them what I have learned through the "school of hard-knocks" and try to make sure they are a passionate person in anything they believe in.
Again, another very good point you have raised with respect to parents. But, if I may have a small rebuttal...
If a parent is one of the blind, who will ensure that the child is not blind?
OIC!
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Its interesting … no one tells a parent what their role is … the parent assumes one automatically … this is along the same lines as the discussion we had previously, where some here, assume the role of 'teacher' (at IIS).
I am in full support of the roles OIC assumes as a parent.
Science requires the seeds of rational thinking before we even mention the technicalities of electrons, photons, blah, blah, etc, etc and rational thinking surely starts at home.(?). And despite the knocking they receive, even politicians are parents making the same choices.
Perhaps even more fundamental than rationality, is understanding the 'ins' and 'outs' of cause and effect, responsibility and consequence ...
How does Gaede or Mathis rate in this area ?
How do others who pass judgements on discussions they are not involved in as "just wastes space", rate in the responsibility area ?
Is this also a missing fundamental with pseudoscientists ? Teach 'em that the Sun revolves around the Earth, that gravitationally caused nuclear fusion can't possibly cause a star to ignite, that all mathematicians are deluded .. and we'll have a better world ! Don't worry that none of the thinking behind all this has ever (or will ever) result in anything of value for society ...
After all, computers and the like, never originated from fundamentals such as accountability to workers burdened by having to manually crunch ridiculuous volumes of paperwork, etc.
She'll be right .. tell 'em a bed-time story and don't worry about the consequences !
Cheers