On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Chris Warburton <chriswa...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> Alan Kay <alan.n...@yahoo.com> writes: > > Many of the commenters on this list have missed that "evidence" and > > "data" requires a fruitful context -- even to consider them! -- and > > that better tools and data will only tend to help those who are > > already set up epistemologically to use them wisely. (And don't forget > > the scientists I mentioned who have been shown to be deeply influenced > > by the context of their own employers.) > > > > > > The fault is not in our stars ... > > This is certainly true; giving large numbers of people (eg. via > schooling) the *inclination* to question their reasoning processes would > be a revolutionary change. Unfortunately I wouldn't know where to begin > to bring such a change about. > Look at Kay and others' projects to introduce children to programming. They don't just make programming interfaces that are easy to manipulate. They also consider the education that's required to use them well, and how to motivate children to go through the effort. -- Tom Lieber http://AllTom.com/ http://infinite-sketchpad.com/
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