Monday, April 6, 2009

Two and the False Choice

Random has figured out the fallacy of the false choice, and at only two years old.

See, a long time ago, Nicole warned me that I have to give kids choices, and let them take ownership of their decisions. I watched as she expertly gave them choices, and they picked and happily enjoyed them.

For Gamble, it still works.

For Random, it's already ceased. Given two choices that she doesn't like, say A) and B), she'll almost always choose "Noooooooooooo." Yes, it has that many O's in it.

For her, the answer is C) Noooooooooone of the above.

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