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Show HN: Lathoa, a math app for kids where the AI is wrong on purpose

53 points · 51 comments · thanouil1411

  1. satisfice · · focus · HN ↗
    It helps us practice critical thinking. What it doesn’t do is help us practice knowing WHEN to use critical thinking.
    1. thanouil1411 · · focus · HN ↗
      interesting perspective...when and how much also is a skill someone should have.
      1. thanouil1411 · · focus · HN ↗
        Not all cases are wrong though. One in five is correct and the "Looks correct" scores also and gets XP. So it does practise knowing when not to doubt..a little..
    2. genxy · · focus · HN ↗
      Easy, all the damn time.
      1. thanouil1411 · · focus · HN ↗
        kek..
      2. thaumasiotes · · focus · HN ↗
        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;309&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;309&#x2F;
    3. moreveal · · focus · HN ↗
      &quot;Critical thinking&quot; has always seemed like a strange concept to me. Its definitions tend to bundle every desirable cognitive habit together until the term basically means &quot;thinking correctly&quot;.
      1. satisfice · · focus · HN ↗
        Indeed, there are some strange definitions of critical thinking out there which boil down to &quot;good thinking.&quot; My definition is specific: thinking about thinking with the aim of not getting fooled. In other words, when you specifically analyze your own thinking or other people&#x27;s thinking for the presence of significant errors, you are doing critical thinking.
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