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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Dec 2016

    If boys' toy preferences are learned rather than innate, I wish I could figure out how and use it to make them learn other things.

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      1. Donny Spray On Skin‏ @OverExposureNow 18 Dec 2016
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        Think in chunks. Behaviors are chunks of preferences. Preferences are chunks of pre-thoughts and pre-thoughts are experiential.

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      1. Robert‏ @rob_kug 18 Dec 2016
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        I don't think it's a conscious process which can be copied (or even altered) easily.

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      1. Ian Wilson‏ @Ian_Wilson_ 18 Dec 2016
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        When you become a parent you learn how much is innate

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      1. Travis Dent‏ @tcdent 18 Dec 2016
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        my dad used to bring hardware home from work for me to take apart, years later learned how to put it back together. tool practice is😎

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      1. KS Sreeram‏ @kssreeram 18 Dec 2016
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        Better words than “learned” or “innate” in this situation: “Network Effects”

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      1. Fuller‏ @BuckyFuller60 18 Dec 2016
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        https://www.google.be/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/dn13596-male-monkeys-prefer-boys-toys/amp/ …

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      1. NotJaneDueker‏ @ES03784893 18 Dec 2016
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        When my son was 3y/o he never had a toy gun. I bot him Tinker Toys for Xmas. He made a gun and shot me with it. Start before 3y/o.

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      1.  🦞Pseudo Expert Lab 🦞‏ @fractality 18 Dec 2016
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        Which ones? There are men who cook and sew...

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      2. Marco Pariente-Cohen‏ @MarkyPc3 18 Dec 2016
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        with exp with 4 yo f and 3 yo m, toy preferences are certainly learned. Limiting screen time is key. Online branding has influence.

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      3. Marco Pariente-Cohen‏ @MarkyPc3 18 Dec 2016
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        although kids observation of their peer's choices and actions is also strong influence. Spend more time playing with them yourself.

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