I think, therefore I am right about the economy. Wrong ...

CHILDREN are not the best at making causal connections.

I think, therefore I am right about the economy. Wrong ...

It takes them a while to figure out that if they stand in the rain they’ll get wet.

Another gap in their philosophical knowledge is Bishop Berkeley’s question: if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Except, in the modern version, the ‘tree’ is a television they leave on whether or not there is anyone in the room to watch it.

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