🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@bluGill Sadly psychology is one area where the conclusions are wildly unreliable... I think its extremely obvious that it makes a huge difference to anyone who has seen children grow up over hte years. Psychologists need to do better.

@EricOlson

I dunno I kinda had the exact opposite impression... I found the math children are taught in first grade to be very much below the capabilities of what most 1st graders should be capable of... same holds true for most grades forward.

I remember I derived einsteins equation for time dialation in 4th grade after a teacher described it at a high level... this is usually considered college level math and yet 4th graders could easily be capable of it if they were taught to their potential.

@Gaythia

@7666

Sorry I mean the tool is grossly inaccurate in general. It is not surprising that in MA's case they rarely if ever remove a block once added.

@sorrowl @winter

@7666

While im pretty sure mastadon.art is one of the heaviest blocking instances, this isnt very accurate.

The tool is grossly inaccurate simply because if an instance is blocked and then later unblocked, the list doesnt remove it. So the numbers are usually significantly inflated.

You can get an idea though of the real numbers by looking at the timestamps and seeing the last time the block was observed.

@sorrowl @winter

@rmerriam That woudl make sense.. I bet part of it is that older siblings rarely use baby talk like adults do as well.

@mzan awww what a littl schmibble of a smooble you are, yes you are you little cutie!

@georgetakei Maybe he can fire himself :)

@trinsec Eh I guess I just get bored with things easily.. Once I feel like im going throught the motions I loose interest in a lot of stuff.

@mzan It isnt just the choice of words but the tone is extremely important to my point too.

With babytalk the tone is very unnatural, usually a high-pitched falsetto for some reason. This aspect becomes particularly harmful as the child is able to communicate because of its condescending and dismissive nature.

A lot of it is about how you say it not just what you say.

@mzan I dont need "experts" to see the harm.. it seems quite obvious to me where all the children I see raised being treated that way are extreemely stunted. The ones treated as equals tend to be extremely successful adults. Its like saying i should look to experts to understand if the sun will rise tomorrow. Some things are so obvious I dont need an expert to tell me.

Lawl