Home Schooling: The Value of Science

[Shiroi Tora]

This is another article from one of my Blog posts. It stresses the great importance of the Scientific Method...In the mid 1960s I was in 3rd grade and we were introduced to the scientific method. It is almost nowhere to be seen at elementary schools. It is a very necessary concept to understand objectively...the world around you. Should your schools not teach this concept...you as parents...must.

The value of science lies in the very process.
Objective Reasoning. The process of taking into account the variables and applying correct reasoning to arrive at the most plausible explanation (your hypothesis).


A hypothesis is arrived at, either through finding a causation through a correlation of known variables (empirical evidence), or by
deducing the unknown variables through the known and seeing what must be left in order to fill in the known parameters (theoretical evidence) or by a combination of the two. Successfully testing the Hypothesis, either through correct reasoning, or empirically, results in a Theory.


The theory evolves from the hypothesis when using the evidence, in the set parameters, a prediction of future behaviors or the explanation of events coincides with the hypothesis...time and again ...without exception.


Proof is only when ALL possible variables are accounted for, and equated, in all possible circumstances.


Correct reasoning is simply:


Correct premise
Correct logic
Correct conclusion derived directly from the logical argument


The goal of science in practical terms:

To explain:

To know what is, or, what was, compared to what is, to be able to accurately predict what is to be.


To Do:

Being able to correctly see what the problem is....Being able to find the most efficient, and so, effective means of correction....Being able to apply the correction at the highest sustainable rate to ensure the highest rate of change.


To Discover:

To find the answers to questions we do not yet have.


This is the essence of science.


It is fluid unless solidified by proof. As new evidence appears (new variables introduced) the outcome changes to accommodate the empirical evidence. A theory is the most plausible explanation for the evidence given in a set parameter. It is not an absolute law under all circumstances as it would evolve to proof.

Science is not, therefore, absolute truth. It never claims to be. True science is self correcting.

Science is the method to achieve truth.

These things have been taken out of our schools. It is the bedrock upon how we relate with our world.


Objective Reasoning and the Scientific Method

The way to know what was...what is...what is to be.

The greatest gift you can give your children: The ability to correctly reason...for with that...they may be able to give themselves all they will ever need or want.

 

[Shiroi Tora]

Another article I had posted to my Blog (at my signature). It stresses what is critical to correct reasoning...yet has been taken out of our schools.



Philosophy teaches correct thinking through objective reasoning as well as the capability to discern right from wrong and the correct application of it in life.


Morals are the crystallization of the correct applications as it applies to all beings.


These subjects are critically important to all children and are non existent in our schools. Elementary school is a prime time for these subjects. It offers a framework for true thought and allows perspective. With Critical thinking skills (Objective Reasoning vs. Subjective Reasoning) and morals, all the isms (Racism, Sexism, Favoritism...etc) that are so prevalent in the world would simply melt away. Children would see the stupidity of the isms, along with the various fallacies that occur when one thinks subjectively, before they could fully take hold. With a thinking populace, every entity from education to government would be held to higher standards. Nothing less than a meritocracy would be demanded...Marxism, in all its incredibly stupid forms, would not be able to rear its ugly head. The rational thinking children would be able to see the fallacies inherent in it. The world would progress, as their generations would effect change.


Through correct critical thinking, the child may efficiently learn how to learn and to truly think, not merely regurgitate information.


Objective Reasoning is so incredibly important to all, and yet many people still see the world through subjective eyes. Alex was taught, many years ago, basic Philosophy, Logic (As well as many of the fallacies of), Objective Reasoning and the Scientific Method. Basic reasoning used to be so natural with people that it was merely called good ole basic country common sense. Our schools have put in fluff and taken out the hard core courses so necessary for correctly making decisions. What is now, so incorrectly, valued in today's world is the subjective instead of the objective.


It is so imperative for a child wishing to go on to higher education to have these skills developed. It is up to parents to fill in where our education system is so failing. A child's mind develops its full cognitive capabilities by age 8 or so. What they lack at that time is experience and acquired knowledge...that is what you must give them....the gift that truly keeps giving.



Objective Reasoning....critical to correct thinking.
Correct thinking is critical to correct action.
Correct action is critical to leading a correct life...one borne of passion and purpose...and justice.

Teach your children how to correctly reason and they will be able to extract information from all that they observe from the world around them and will be able to make informed decisions, and so, shall be able to live their life riding on a Positive Spiral.

They will then be able to pass this way of life on to their children.​

 

[Dani Evar]

Nice, what you have been posting here. Thanks for sharing your kid with us.

I personally know the color, clay, and grain that any such Aspie kid is. And the roadways and years of self-experiencing, searching, and wanting.

Nevertheless, I don't think I would apply your 'exact' objective methods to my own kid (I don't have one yet).

The notion of Philosophy you have brought up is not exactly up-to-date. While epistemological-ontological analysis is always essential, 'objectivity' is not that crucially sufficient overall, especially for a kid. In many ways, it could turn against his or her psychodynamics.

Today, we are familiar with the notion of inter-subjectivity and Epoché. I prefer to call all that Surjectivity, or Creationality. Creation is the goal of art, science, and philosophy itself. That requires a very unique existential sublation of both ordinary objectivity and ordinary subjectivity. Reality is such Content.

There are many kinds of Aspies, but I'm sure, the highest need of a twice-exceptional Aspie (the way I was also diagnosed back then) is Creation, not just profuse reading and pedagogic direction. Creation-in-itself is Reason, whereas objective logic is simply effective linear logic, if not pure syllogism (in some cases). The mirror for the child would then be the likeness of Leonardo da Vinci, and not merely some calculational or encyclopedic prodigy.

At the same time, we cannot always make a child do subjective art and objective science at the same time. I prefer pure existential surprises here: he or she can do whatever he or she likes. Playfulness. Only phenomenal Passion discovered by noumenal Passion (and not introduced and conceptualized by the parent) can pulsate there. That way, all the Beauty shall freely gaze at itself in the mirror-being of the child.

Yes, I think that's the point you have missed entirely: Epoché.

 

[Shiroi Tora]

Nice, what you have been posting here. Thanks for sharing your kid with us.

I personally know the color, clay, and grain that any such Aspie kid is. And the roadways and years of self-experiencing, searching, and wanting.

Nevertheless, I don't think I would apply your 'exact' objective methods to my own kid (I don't have one yet).

The notion of Philosophy you have brought up is not exactly up-to-date. While epistemological-ontological analysis is always essential, 'objectivity' is not that crucially sufficient overall, especially for a kid. In many ways, it could turn against his or her psychodynamics.

Today, we are familiar with the notion of inter-subjectivity and Epoché. I prefer to call all that Surjectivity, or Creationality. Creation is the goal of art, science, and philosophy itself. That requires a very unique existential sublation of both ordinary objectivity and ordinary subjectivity. Reality is such Content.

There are many kinds of Aspies, but I'm sure, the highest need of a twice-exceptional Aspie (the way I was also diagnosed back then) is Creation, not just profuse reading and pedagogic direction. Creation-in-itself is Reason, whereas objective logic is simply effective linear logic, if not pure syllogism (in some cases). The mirror for the child would then be the likeness of Leonardo da Vinci, and not merely some calculational or encyclopedic prodigy.

At the same time, we cannot always make a child do subjective art and objective science at the same time. I prefer pure existential surprises here: he or she can do whatever he or she likes. Playfulness. Only phenomenal Passion discovered by noumenal Passion (and not introduced and conceptualized by the parent) can pulsate there. That way, all the Beauty shall freely gaze at itself in the mirror-being of the child.

Yes, I think that's the point you have missed entirely: Epoché.

Actually my post is just one of many non-exclusive subjects that should be covered. I am by no means a theorist. I am a pragmatic rationalist. Creativity flows from a child naturally...the more information to draw from...the better. This neither reduces the creative drive...nor the process. Part of my point of learning Objective Reasoning is to see the world simply and clearly...this will allow his creativity to, also, be simple and clear. Unnecessary complexity tends to hamper both, the thought process, and art. You should strive for clarity. Again...this is just one of many subjects that children should be taught...not the only one or the only way...he will have many subjects to learn...and to know that when dealing with objective problems...to be objective...this doesn't mean he cannot be creative...lateral thinking is objective thinking also.