| 2003-09-02 20:00:10
| #virus from 2003-09-02 20:00:00 (showing messages 1-30) Bookmark the permanent url.
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| 20:00:10 | localroger | * localroger uses a calculator to subtract 12 from 21 and looks at the PC clock |
| 20:00:11 | localroger | Oh. |
| 20:00:11 | Lucifer | Are you ready, prometheus? |
| 20:00:19 | prometheus | Sure. |
| 20:00:22 | Ophis | Ophis (ophis@[death to spam].148.166.252.64.snet.net) has joined #virus |
| 20:00:37 | Lucifer | I'll let prometheus introduce the chat since I stole the topic from him |
| 20:00:38 | Ophis | Hello people |
| 20:00:46 | prometheus | Hi Ophis. |
| 20:00:50 | Lucifer | * Lucifer welcomes Ophis with a frosty Kilkenny |
| 20:01:22 | Lucifer | prometheus, what would you like to know about raising a rational child? |
| 20:01:29 | Ophis | * Ophis toasts to Lucifer's good health and prosperous future |
| 20:01:55 | Lucifer | thx, Ophis |
| 20:02:05 | utnapishtim | can rationality be taight to anyone or is rationality like athletic talent. Ie it can be developed but relies on natural aptitudes |
| 20:02:11 | crw | Lucifer: what roles do positive and negative reinforcement play in raising a rational child? |
| 20:02:12 | prometheus | Since I am responsible for the nurture of what I hope to be a rational being. I wanted to know how I may increase the chances of producing one. |
| 20:02:46 | Lucifer | errrgh, my "child" just barfed in my lap. brb |
| 20:02:55 | Ophis | * Ophis giggles |
| 20:02:58 | crw | Lucifer: that wasn't very rational of it. |
| 20:03:06 | prometheus | Monkeybats what can you do? |
| 20:03:12 | WW-afk | WW-afk (~transgeni@[death to spam].ip68-13-228-248.ok.ok.cox.net) has joined #virus |
| 20:03:35 | prometheus | Don't worry Lucifer my child has done worse to me. |
| 20:04:04 | Ophis | How old is your kid prometheus? |
| 20:04:17 | Lucifer | bleh I'm too queasy to have a child |
| 20:04:20 | prometheus | Just under one and a half years. |
| 20:04:46 | Ophis | I wonder if the school system helps or harms in the development of reason |
| 20:04:55 | prometheus | She is already learning about one spoken word per day. |
| 20:05:03 | Lucifer | utnapishtim, rationality must require some minimum intellectual level |
| 20:05:26 | localroger | GF and I, who fortunately do not have actual children to fight over, are split on the school thing. I'm strongly home-school oriented, as the school system is a horrific Total Institution. She feels the socialization it provides to be necessary. |
| 20:05:35 | prometheus | Ophis, that is one of my major concerns. Homeschooling is a big time commitment though. |
| 20:05:35 | utnapishtim | intelligence is psoobily a prerequisite but not the only one. There have been some very bright very irrational people |
