Category: AI and Education
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Values in Education
In last week’s post, we discussed the right and left brain hemispheres and how understanding them can help us educate our children for best results. Briefly put, the left brain quantifies, weighs, measures, defines, and calculates. It perceives the quanta, whereas the right brain apprehends qualia. The former sees a $50 bill on the table,…
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Right and Left Brains in Education
In this post, we discuss the right and left brains in education and how this understanding can inform how we educate our children. We will also draw connections to Artificial Intelligence (AI) which has ramifications for how we raise and educate our young. Neuroscientific researcher Iain McGilchrist explains the right and left hemispheres differ in…
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The Basis of a Spiritual Education
In this post, we explore the basis of a spiritual education. At first glance, that may raise some eyebrows. “What does he mean by a ‘spiritual education,’” some may wonder for an academy that claims to be secular. I challenged the term “secular” in an earlier post, arguing it’s not well-defined. That to me seems…
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The Danger of Materialistic-Reductionism in Education (and What to Do About It)
It goes without saying that the physical is part of reality. We wouldn’t get very far denying that. However, is the physical all there is? Many people these days would answer “yes” or “probably” to this materialistic reductionism. It is the trend of modern cultural life, particularly in the West, and it has destructive, deadening…
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Explaining AI to Students Part 2 – Human Vs. AI
In last week’s post, we focused on explaining how AI (artificial intelligence) functions. If we want to know how best to explain AI to our students, we have to start there. After all, being Luddites who dogmatically reject all technology out of hand won’t do us good. Our children will eventually become curious and open…