Author: Larry Sanger
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The top 10 things for contributors to know about Infobitt (that aren’t obvious)
So you’re interested in contributing to Infobitt.com, eh? Excellent! Here’s what you need to know. 1. You gotta understand our mission. If you don’t get it, you won’t be motivated. Read about our mission further down in
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How we can organize the news (short version)
This is the first public discussion of Infobitt. You can now sign up for an account without an invitation. We’re starting a 100,000-person pledge drive: when we reach 100,000 pledges to add one fact,
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How we can organize the news (long version)
This is the first public discussion of Infobitt. We did a soft launch recently, meaning you can sign up for an account without an invitation (but that’s the only way you can see the
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How to introduce your young child to Greek mythology
My Greek mythology-obsessed 3-year-old remarked as he splashed in his bath: “It’s as fierce as Poseidon’s waves!” Here he is reading from Mary Pope Osborne’s version of The Odyssey a few months ago: Some
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How to end Western civilization
[A video version of this post is at the bottom of the page.] I was reading Climbing Parnassus, a book-length defense of learning Greek and Latin, and it goes into historical depth about
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Reasons We Do Not Have for Homeschooling, and a Reason We Do
Here are several reasons we do not have for homeschooling: • We are religious “nuts” who want to shield our children from the theory of evolution, etc.? Nope. I’m a nonbelieving rationalist. • We
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The opportunity costs of progressive education
I have created a video version of this post! There is a surfeit of great ideas in education. They are “great ideas” for various reasons: children will learn a lot; they’ll
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Report on the boys (March 2014)
It’s been a long time since I updated blog readers about H. & E. Once again I start this with a resolution to keep this short. Ha ha. First, H., is now 7 years old
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Why There Is Free Will
I. Some quick preliminaries I believe there is free will. I am a compatibilist. In this essay I will defend this view. I’ve taken this line ever since college, but have never taken
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Please read: my challenge to kindergarten and first grade teachers
Dear Teachers(and those who support teachers, please listen in), I will buy your class $100 worth of books, and donate whatever anyone else pledges below (more on that in a bit), if you