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Ask HN: Critical Thinking Books for Kids

Posted by aetilley on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @07:35PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'd like to get my 8 y.o. nephew an introduction to critical thinking.My coworker just pointed out this (which, despite its appearance, might actually be geared towards adults).https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Book-Bad-Arguments/dp/1615192255Would love to hear any other suggestions folks have. Books geared towards kids are best, but I'd also be interested in those aimed at preteens or young...

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Re:Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching plat... on Saturday February 13, 2021 @07:49PM (#26128599)
This actually reminded me of

http://www.mysmalt.com/

But I don't think the latter is satire...

Re:How I Met My Wife (1994) on Thursday December 17, 2020 @09:39PM (#25463185)
- Pronunciation -> Pronunciate
Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry vetera... on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:03AM (#24716329)
There's a landfill at your local waste management facility?
Re:List of Statements Independent of ZFC on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:25PM (#21831793)
To show that a sentence P is independent of a theory (that is, a set of sentences) T, generally one constructs or demonstrates the existence of a model of T + P and also produces a model of T + (not P).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_theory

Re:Having Kids on Saturday December 14, 2019 @05:39PM (#21792841)
> I also question the morality of bringing an intelligent, sentient being into this very troubled world without their consent.

A million times this.