The executive wants your kid to watch. You, as the parent, want to promote a balance of practical and fun for your kids.

Think of this issue of the skepdad blog as an editorial on definitions. If I was to write, for example, that the meaning one might derive from a collection of words on a page is deeply dependent on the way in which one chooses to define those words, one might argue counter to that premise and state that, well, no actually; Definition is secondary. Presumably meaning is more than the sum of the parts. We’ve agreed on definitions for the words, but the way that they are strung together into ideas is what matters. Who cares what the definitions might be; that’s the obvious part. Get a dictionary if you want to ponder definitions. Ideas are built around definitions, but are emergent within context and purpose.

Just had to say that.

Five peeves I have with how I was taught science…

Just read it.

More topics. Promises, promises…