The Scientist in the Crib
What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind
by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl · first published 2000
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Great article. The author, Alison Gopnik, also has two very interesting books, The Scientist in the Crib and The Philosopher in the Crib. She's right about our education system. As John Taylor Gotti explains, it was designed in the nineteenth century to produce factory workers who would not think for themselves,…
on “What Babies Know About Physics and Foreign Languages” ↗Read 'The Scientist in the Crib' by Alison Gopnik. Not feasible to explain all complexities in a HN post but the above will be well worth your time.
on “Ask HN: Is This Parenting or Scrum?” ↗…of touch with reality. In recent decades infant psychology has been the subject of extensive empirical study, and it turns out to be much different from what Freud thought. See, for instance , <i>The Scientist in the Crib</i> by Gopnik, Meltzoff and Kuhl.
on “The Doctor Is In: Rescuing Freud from Modern Misunderstanding” ↗