keccers
@keccers.eth
I’ve had a strong emotional reaction to this claim of being able to teach any 2y/o to read at a 2nd grade level. I support pursuing incredible things but don’t understand how you can believe in the heritability of iq and this, too. How much of these results are selection effects?
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
I did a course on development during my psych degree and it was learning about what is the appropriate age to learn XYZ There are physical limitations like the standard 2 yr olds tongue is not physically developed yet so they can’t talk I would be interested to know how they overcome some of these limitations
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keccers
@keccers.eth
Well ok. In honesty I was this early reader, which also adds bias to my view. my mom told me that as a a pre verbal baby if someone went to read to me and the book was upside down, I would “fix it”. I don’t know, however, how you transform that into an edu approach. I believe reading is my God given gift 😬
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keccers
@keccers.eth
It upsets me @samantha because parents care so much about their kids. To claim this and not deliver for every child—I would both feel defrauded and like my child is broken. I hate this so much
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
I understand. It does seem grifty considering the website is a bit vague and the huge assertions. I hope parents are able to do their due diligence and decide what’s best for their kids too. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I think the huge assertions are the driver of the discourse and the majority of the problem. what has ultimately made people upset starts with these massive claims. And the drama has paid off for them financially so there’s no incentive atm to do any diff :(
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