• oldfart@lemm.ee
      9·
      1 year ago

      Haha, that’s so far from reality though. Dad is talking about boring things again, I will cover my ears and scream.

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Children are often a mirror to our true selves. My daughter is fascinated by the world, and loves learning. She’s a sponge for new knowledge. The only limitation is building up the layers of knowledge, to understand what you are trying to teach.

        • oldfart@lemm.ee
          3·
          1 year ago

          Children are often a mirror to our true selves.

          Woah, that was a good roast.

      • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        My 6 year old loves to learn about math, sciences, a few other subjects to a lesser degree, plus practical stuff, like driving/traffic behavior. He mainly likes biological sciences and astronomy, but some physics and engineering.

          • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            I don’t know how much is innate and how much we fostered, but we read a ton with him from a very young age and made it into little quiz games and fill in the blank questions. He’s always liked knowing the answers. My 3 year old is less interested, but I think she’ll absorb a lot just by being around her brother. We do read to her, of course, but she chooses different books than the 6 year old does (and even did at 3).

  • Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml
    20·
    1 year ago

    It’s pretty fascinating that babies are largely the same across big timescales and just learn the culture of the time. They are ready to learn “utopia”, we just have to figure out how to teach it.

  • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
    17·
    1 year ago

    I’ve had this very exact thought. I think the urge to tell the story of the world is parental instinct.

    Whenever the kiddos ask a question, I don’t stop answering and describing until they get bored… Sometimes beyond that.

    • tatterdemalion@programming.dev
      13·
      1 year ago

      I have the same urge, but rather to be a teacher/mentor than a parent. Too bad the US doesn’t want to pay teachers what they’re worth, or I’d strongly consider a career change.

      • SorteKanin@feddit.dkOP
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’ve had the exact same thought and it’s not just in the US. Teachers are woefully underpaid in general. I think a part of the problem is that there’s so many teachers that it would very expensive for society as a whole to give them a higher salary. I would totally do teaching if it paid better though.

  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
    17·
    1 year ago

    I feel like my knowledge would be too basic. I’d get the gist of it but not well enough to replicate and they’d just humor me bc they’d think I’m special.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
      3·
      1 year ago

      I run up against that with my kiddos, so I just show them how to get answers and how to learn. When they get older, I’ll teach them more about vetting sources and sussing out misinformation. I already have taught them as much about that as I can for their age.

  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
    15·
    1 year ago

    I was expecting the baby to pee in his face or something. Why have you tricked me into feelings, internet? Why?

    • skulbuny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I’ve already resigned to the fact that I will probably die alone in an apartment not to be found for weeks because no one checks in on me other than my parents. I won’t kill myself, but I’m not good at socializing

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        Most people aren’t good at things they don’t practice. But lots of people get really good at things they weren’t good at.

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
    564·
    1 year ago

    We’ve already got LLMs that can simulate conversing with those dead people to some degree, I wouldn’t say they’re beyond the reach of any technology. In a few years they might be good enough simulations that you can’t tell the difference.