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My 7 year old told my 5 year old the other day that his teeth would fall out if he didn't brush his teeth twice daily. She's also said that the king has no pow
by croon 1y ago
My 7 year old told my 5 year old the other day that his teeth would fall out if he didn't brush his teeth twice daily.
She's also said that the king has no power because we have a parliament and a PM and elections.
You and I both know these are generally correct, but we also both know that they're not.
I generally, without shutting her down, interject with nuances and exceptions and minute details and 5 minutes later they have both stopped listening, which is fine.
Kids need clear simple truths and rules, even if there are exceptions. And as they get older, they can start learning the nuances and enjoy navigating the exceptions and maybe have ice cream late on a wednesday once in a blue moon, and their teeth wont fall out.
If adults never grow beyond a binary mindset and demand shorter ideas despite this meaning incomplete or wholly broken ideas, we have already lost.
It's no wonder selling simple solutions to complex problems is so successful in politics today, but you will never solve anything by lossily compressing complex reality into incomplete or wrong solutions.
TL;DR: <Won't Fix>
- lmm 1y agoI agree that we need nuanced ideas and detailed explanations. I'm not yet convinced that longer sentences help with that.
- athenot 1y agoWhen expressing nuanced ideas, a series of short sentences is harder to follow. Not always but often. The short sentences are less connected. The connection between those sentences comes across flat. Nuanced ideas apply different weight to different concepts. Generally, when expressing nuanced ideas, a series of short sentences doesn't convey weighting of concepts as fluidly as a longer sentence which can paint a richer and more detailed picture with selective emphasis.