Little Einstein Project

[terra99032]

Apparently some doctors and scientist have gotten together and created a 168 dollar project that will teach babies to read from as young as 7 months. they say that it will make them love reading, and (obviously), increase their brain power. so what do you think, should parents be able to teach these young unknowing, innocent children to read. i say that we should let them enjoy their time as a baby. what do you think ?.

[Axel of Ice]

Originally Posted by terra99032

read from as young as 7 months.

sounds kinda far fetched. if this is legit and i had a kid i totally would want my kid to learn to read young because personally i dont remember anything about my child hood until i was 5 so it wouldnt be spoiling anything

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It obviously depends on how they go about to solve this. And of course it depends on the baby/person in question. Some people are naturally dumb.

Care to find a link?

[Izayoi]

Can you really "teach" though at that age, more than just kind of subconsciously implanting knowledge of words and such?

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Kids at that age are in the process of wiring their brains to start learning, I doubt they'd be able to do the actual learning that early.

[Axel of Ice]

Implanting knowledge into people subconscious is just another form of teaching i guess. Its just a different form of learning.

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Originally Posted by Axel of Ice

Implanting knowledge into people subconscious is just another form of teaching i guess. Its just a different form of learning.

Except their brain still has to be capable of it. They aren't even up to understanding a mind like the adult one, which has already done its wiring, while the baby brain does all its wiring all the time. It would change constantly, and make the process difficult if not impossible.

[Random Queen]

I think that's just pure stupid.

Reasons:

1) Let the kids be themselves. If they want to like reading when they are older should be up to them.
2) That's too young to even start teaching kids to read, in my oppinion. I'd say you should start at least at 10-11 months but just to firmilarize the kid with the written words.
3) At 5 they start AR in kidnergarden so that gets them to love reading at times.
4) Kids get brain power from the point you start teaching them to the day they kill over and die.

[Axel of Ice]

Originally Posted by ∞

Except their brain still has to be capable of it. They aren't even up to understanding a mind like the adult one, which has already done its wiring, while the baby brain does all its wiring all the time. It would change constantly, and make the process difficult if not impossible.

I understand your perspective and it is true about the wiring of the brain. Maybe the point of this "baby project" is to encourage baby wiring by early development of skills. And besides... reading could really just be recognizing letters and numbers because the baby would JUST NOT understand the concept of communication yet no matter what.

when i was 7 months i ate, pooped, and slept all day... maybe that's why im stupid:)

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Originally Posted by Axel of Ice

I understand your perspective and it is true about the wiring of the brain. Maybe the point of this "baby project" is to encourage baby wiring by early development of skills. And besides... reading could really just be recognizing letters and numbers because the baby would JUST NOT understand the concept of communication yet no matter what.

when i was 7 months i ate, pooped, and slept all day... maybe that's why im stupid:)

Early development is okay, but for it to become mainstream, it has to be done to every baby, or genes need to be altered.

Also yeah, that's the problem with computers and AI. They understand how to spell a word and organise a sentence based on certain syntax rules, but they can't for the life of them understand what they've typed.

[Random Queen]

Originally Posted by Axel of Ice

I understand your perspective and it is true about the wiring of the brain. Maybe the point of this "baby project" is to encourage baby wiring by early development of skills. And besides... reading could really just be recognizing letters and numbers because the baby would JUST NOT understand the concept of communication yet no matter what.

when i was 7 months i ate, pooped, and slept all day... maybe that's why im stupid:)

No....being stupid is a choice unless you know you can't think on the same mentality like most people your age. You can really learn whenever you want. The real question is: Will you do it when you want or hold it off?

I probably started learning when I wanted...I was 10 months, my mom said anyway, when I walked on my own. That's the normal age to start wanting to learn. 7 months is just firimilarizing yourself with the objects around you. I should know. I was 7 when my brother was born so I have a more vivid memory of him when he was younger then people who have kids 9 months to 3 years apart.

[Izayoi]

Being stupid is a choice?

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You cannot tell me that George W Bush was that much of a massive troll.

[Random Queen]

Originally Posted by Izayoi

Being stupid is a choice?

Yes. It can be yours because of late development because you don't want to learn when you need to or your parents because they don't want to teach.

There are cases where they can not learn at all though but that's a 1/3 shot because the other 2/3s are either lazy people or people that actually choose to learn when they need to start.

Edit: No George Bush was a retard..

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I think I can safely say that being stupid is not a choice, there are other factors that shape how intelligent you are, and I'm not talking about just school and who you hang out with.