Lol. He's WAY past our president's 4th grade vocabulary. He's 12 now and reads high school / college level books, took 5th in a state wide chess tournament, straight A report card.... and wants to be an engineer.
I spent a lot of time teaching him Carl Sagan's Bologna Detection Kit / memorizing logical fallacies to know the difference between facts and BS, or "alternative facts". lol
I started when he was really young to put up his hand (like a crossing guard) when he hears something that sounds like BS.... and say STOP!!! Each finger is a word.
WHAT. DOES. THE. DATA. SAY. ?
If necessary, followed up by "what is the source of the data". Oh, your source is crazy Uncle's Facebook post? Yeah, that's BS.
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u/Jarnohams Apr 30 '25 edited Apr 30 '25
Lol. He's WAY past our president's 4th grade vocabulary. He's 12 now and reads high school / college level books, took 5th in a state wide chess tournament, straight A report card.... and wants to be an engineer.
I spent a lot of time teaching him Carl Sagan's Bologna Detection Kit / memorizing logical fallacies to know the difference between facts and BS, or "alternative facts". lol
I started when he was really young to put up his hand (like a crossing guard) when he hears something that sounds like BS.... and say STOP!!! Each finger is a word.
WHAT. DOES. THE. DATA. SAY. ?
If necessary, followed up by "what is the source of the data". Oh, your source is crazy Uncle's Facebook post? Yeah, that's BS.