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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 27 Dec 2016

    Teaching kids philosophy makes them smarter in math & English (no control for Hawthorne Effect, but plausible).http://qz.com/635002 

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      2. Matthew Inglis‏ @mjinglis 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        the preregistered analysis showed no effect, and the published result is regression to the mean. Seehttps://ripe-tomato.org/2015/07/14/teaching-philosophy-in-primary-schools/amp/?client=safari …

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      2. Alex Murillo‏ @alex_amurillo 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        I Kant believe it's not a larger part of the curriculum. ;)

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      3. E‏ @dairic 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @alex_amurillo @sapinker

        Don't get me Satred on how things are getting out of Kantrol.

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      4. Alex Murillo‏ @alex_amurillo 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @dairic @sapinker

        The problem was these educators put Descartes before the horse.

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      5. Alex Murillo‏ @alex_amurillo 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @alex_amurillo @dairic @sapinker

        All these lame puns are making me hungry. I'm gonna order a Plato spaghetti. (Alright that's enough).

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      1. steve mahoney‏ @_steve3_ 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        works for college students too #cwru

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      1. Armand D'Angour‏ @ArmandDAngour 28 Dec 2016
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        @C_Hendrick @qz same has been shown for teaching kids Latin if the want to learn it. So: key is to *engage* children with study.

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      1. David Rayden‏ @David_Rayden 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Wouldn't philosophy be a good idea to teach anyway, along with critical and rational thinking?

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      1. Manuel Sánchez‏ @manuelides 7 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Luzmorenosanche

        I think that teaching kids in music makes them smarter in math, philosophy and language (any)

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      1. Richard Harper‏ @harpersnotes 28 Dec 2016
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        Walking kids through how to pause and think deeper. Helps with exam questions. In chess, it's ... https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=chess%20sit%20on%20your%20hands&oq=chess%20sit%20on%20your%20hands&rlz=1C1GGLS_en-USUS293US303&aqs=chrome..69i57.16928j0j7 … ..

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      1. Victoria Simms‏ @DrVicSimms 27 Dec 2016
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        the data on this is very weak!

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      1. Geordie Al‏ @jaliackson 27 Dec 2016
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        .@sapinker @qz is why the early years creative play model in Finland works.

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      2. Ian Wightman‏ @torontomush 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        I remember my son taking an intro philosophy course, remarking it's nothing more then math using words.

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      3. Humean Being‏ @MetaHumean 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @torontomush @sapinker

        Not an inaccurate description, but that's a good thing! LOTS of value to mathematical precision in verbal reasoning.

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      2. BrianePagel‏ @BrianePagel 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        So you're tweeting unverified but 'plausible' theories as actual fact? "Science!" @sapinker

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      1. sm‏ @unixmiah 29 Dec 2016
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        maybe they feel safer when they are observed so no one jumps them?

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