Jessica Joy Kerr
@jessitron
Symmathecist, @honeycombio. Tweets are mine, license CC0. @[email protected] pronouns=she/her “There is always more to discover if you pay more attention.”
27-11-2006 15:57:55
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'Sometimes being technically correct means being pedagogically incorrect.' Inactive; Bluesky is @hillelwayne(dot)com
Sometimes to convey a concept or a vision, we make statements that are individually inaccurate.
Nitpicking individual statements can cripple the message.
Jessica Joy Kerr Inactive; Bluesky is @hillelwayne(dot)com I guess an example of this would be if we taught quantum physics to high school students instead of newtonian.
@catnaroek justinhj Jessica Joy Kerr Inactive; Bluesky is @hillelwayne(dot)com If you're going to tell lies to children you should remember that some are A students with nearly eidetic memories and get really stressed when they find out their moral source of truth gave them lies in the name of expediency.
At least give them footnotes and wave your hands.