Encouraging children to see personal attributes as malleable (work hard to be smarter, work on personal weak areas to improve them, etc) seems like a good thing to do.

The key finding was the more parents tended to praise their pre-school age children for effort (known as process praise, as in "good job"), the more likely it was that those children had a "incremental attitude" towards intelligence and morality when they were aged seven to eight. This mindset was revealed by their seeing intelligence and moral attributes as malleable. For example, such children tended to agree that people can get smarter if they try harder, and disagree with the idea that a naughty child with always be naughty.

I've always tried to use "great work"-style of encouragement with my daughter, but, for some reason, its hard!  "You're so smart" type of encouragement seems to just slip out without thinking.  I think I usually catch myself and amend my comment to include some sort of "great job"-style of encouragement.

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Seven-year-olds’ beliefs about ability are associated with the way they were praised as toddlers

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I have selected a small set of common errors in reasoning and visualized them using memorable illustrations that are supplemented with lots of examples. The hope is that the reader will learn from these pages some of the most common pitfalls in arguments and be able to identify and avoid them in practice.

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An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
This book is aimed at newcomers to the field of logical reasoning, particularly those who, to borrow a phrase from Pascal, are so made that they understand best through visuals. I have selected a small set of common errors in reasoning and visualized them using memorable illustrations that are supplemented with lots of examples. The hope is that the reader will learn from these pages some of the most common pitfalls in arguments and be able to i…

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My doctor ordered 12 blood tests. He gave me the form ordering them and I showed up with that form and asked how much the tests were going to cost.

The research I had done indicated that many of the tests weren't as urgent as others, and since I have high deductible insurance, I would probably have to pay for them out of pocket. Because of this, I didn't want to end up getting a bunch of tests that cost me a ton of money.

Anyway, the people at the lab were dumbfounded by the question…they had no idea and no one knew how to find out! I'm supposed to call tomorrow when someone who might know this esoteric information might be there.

I can't help but think that a system where no one knows how much their product costs, and apparently no one asks how much the product costs, is somehow vulnerable to excessive prices and inefficiencies.

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A table of every Netflix Instant Watch show, sortable by IMDB rating amongst other things.

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IMDb: Every Netflix TV Series Sorted by IMDB Ranking – a list by Pacey7
Every TV series currently on Netflix Instant-Watch. Click “Sort by IMDB Ranking.” The list is in no specific order until you click this. No reality shows, kids shows, or miniseries.

Easy guide to find the best shows on Netflix. Will try to keep it up to date, please comment if a show needs to be added or removed. Thanks!

Show Recommendations:

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What sound does a fox make?  I never thought to ask the question, but for some reason I found the answers pretty interesting.

The vixen's scream sounds like a human being tortured!

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According to this study, since the 1870s European men have increased in height by 11 centimeters.

They attribute this to better health care and general sanitation.

I was vaguely aware of this idea via the background radiation of all the science information I've consumed over the years, but I wasn't aware it was such a substantial increase.

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Men’s height up 11 cm on average since the industrial age

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Some excerpts:

Teddy Roosevelt
Flash back to 1884. After his wife died in childbirth, and his mother died of typhoid (On the same day. In the same house), Roosevelt moved out West to work as as a cowboy. A man with intentions on Roosevelt's ranch hired a killer named Paddock to get rid of him. Hearing of this, Roosevelt armed himself and rode over to Paddock's residence. He said:

"I understand you have threatened to kill me on sight. I have come over to see when you want to begin the killing."

Paddock did not bother Roosevelt again.

Sir Douglas Bader
Seven years later, Germany invaded Poland, and Bader was permitted to rejoin the RAF. Eight years after the accident, he made his first legless solo – choosing to fly part of it upside down at extremely low altitude. In the Battle of Britain he shot down twenty-six (26) Luftwaffe aircraft in a little over a year. During one fight, he ran out of ammunition, and so sliced off a German bomber's tailfin with his propellor.

Inés Ramírez
…after 12 hours of continual pain, Ramírez sat down on a bench and drank three small glasses of hard liquor. She then used a 15 centimetres kitchen knife to cut open her abdomen in a total of three attempts… After  operating on herself for an hour, she reached inside her uterus and  pulled out her baby boy. She then severed the umbilical cord with a pair of scissors and became unconscious. She used clothes to bandage her wound after regaining consciousness…

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Who is history’s greatest badass, and why?
Answer (1 of 132): Hideaki Akaiwa.

When the March 2011 Tsunami hit his home town of Ishinomaki, Hideaki was at work.

Realising his wife was trapped in their home, he ignored the advice of professionals, who told him to wait for the army to arrive to provide search and rescue.

Instead he found…

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Found whilst searching for examples of existential risk.

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T̹͈͈͙̼ͤͨo͎̜̼̗͖̻̭̚ ͖̼͍̦͔̜̳͊ͣ̍̔̈́̄͋ͫ̚i͉̹̔ͫ̓ͩ̚ͅn̫̣̤͖̮͈̍ͨ̐ͬ̑͋̈́̄ͅͅv̼̝̲̘̻̌͌̽̌̔̊ͤ̚o̲̫̔ͯ̿̍̅̒̏k̞̺̣̟̮̤̭̎͑ͦͪͧ͂͆͂ͅë͙͇̱̼́̐͒̀̉͋ ͍̰͇̤ͭ̿ͩͮ̉̄͌ͯṱ̳̮͓͚͍͎̖̐̌͒̎͒̾̍ͫh̜̲̹͉ͣ̋ͪ͑̈̓̚e͈ͧͩ̾ͬ̄ͩ ̪̖̮̀h̯̪͚͙ͤͪ̑̂̋i̮̦͉͚͎̤͚̙͆̋͐͐͌ͤͬ̂͋v̤̼͂ͧ͆̋e̦̳͖̮͓̱̥͖̻̾ͤ̀ͮͧ̄́-͇̬͓͎̱̖ͩ̎̾̽̾͆͌ͨ͛m̬̔ͪͅi͍͇͎̙̦͎̟̍̒n̻̬̂ͦd͇̩ͯͮͤ͐ͤ̏ ̼̭̖̣̠̫̗̍̓̈́ͧͭͧ͛͋r͕̪͎̰̈́̄ͯ̇̇̽̉ͭe̩̗̩̤̼̓̊̎͗ͬ̏ͭ̉p̱͔͈̦̯͖̑͑͆ͥͥ̑͒ͅȑ̩̝͍̜̗͌e̖̰͋ͦͭs̝͈̲͒ͣ͐̇̉̍͗e̦̩ͨ͐̍̍ͥͨ͊ṉ̬̞̼͕͙ͭ͆ͤ̍̂t̜͈̖̺͖̱͔͚͒̈́͌ị̱̯̭͔͍̝̋n͇̳͍̖̞̗̞̏̂̃̚g͖̥̩͉̝̤̜̘̋̽̓ ͍̦̬̤̻̖͈ͭ̌ͨ̎͊ͥ̑̐̚c͖̜̗͚̦ͧ͑h͖͉̼̋̑̈ͤͭa͚̪̝͔̺̖̩̅̔̆o̭̘̠͍̞͔̩̒̉̆̿͆̐́s̜̱̙͔͕̑ͧ́.̜̥̈
͓̥̖̓ͨI͍̱̱̬̥͐̋͗̑n̗̈̓͐ͩ̑ͤ͗ṿ͐ͨ͛̎̎ő̲̜̻̲͎̞̭̬ͦ̈̊̒̽͂̑k̼̳̘͎͈̟̤̪͛͂̇i̝ͭ̀͛̿n̝͓̪͚͕̒̅̆͒g̘̉̐̈́̑ ̩̥̻ͪ̾ͦ͗̒ͤt͉̣̭̂ͭ͊͑ͯ͆ͦh̘͓͕͖̳̤̲̪͐ͪ̈́ͣe̘̺͋̈́ ̫̠̲ͧ̉f͈̤͚̰̌̆̓ͩ͒͒̍̓ē̥̣̫̙̮̰͎ͦͧͬͥe̜̙͇͈̪̙ͮ̓́ͩ̄̉ḽ͖̬̙̲̰̟͗ͭi̠̣̬ͧ̆̒͗ͩͤṉ̘͉̐̽̄g͉̽ ͙͔̲̗̰͊̾́͌ͧo͇͇̠ͨ͛͑̄ͅf̘͚̹ͧͣͥ̎̓̂̒ͬͅ ̳̼͎̣͇͛̈́c͇̬͍̣̲̲͑ḥ̯͇̤̫̾̋͒͛̏̄̃̊a̞̲̪̝͚̻̼̭͑ͮ̌ͫ͗̇̎õ̬͊̔͗͋ͤs̹̻̱̩͙̱̘̦͍̏ͥ.͔̺̤̞͙̝̦̒
̘͚͑́̏͋ͩ̏W͙ͨ͆̾ỉ̫̥͎͓̜͓̺̼t̪͐̅ͮͪh̻͇̰͍̻̭̀̅ͅ ̰͍̙̭ͩ́͗̎͂ͅo̬̫ͭͨ̐͛ͥṳ͚̤͓͈̲̼ͥ̈́̂̆ͭ͊ͥ͐t̪͖͍͉̔ͣͦͦ̾͌̚ ̘̺̭̙͍͙̹̄͑̓̂̓̈͌̚o͙͑̀ṛ͕̬̣̫̻̘̮ͣ͂̈̇͗̾́̈́͋d͖̙̮͕͐̓̔́̎e̜̖̰̖̪̥̭̘͕ͯͯṟ̫͖̣͌̊͋́ͣ.̫̼̬̌̔̇̏̅ͥ
̟̳̰̰͕̲͚ͭ̅T̪̻͔̗͈̲͓ͨ̀ͧ̉h̼͓̬͎͎̦̫̾̽ͤ̊͂ȅ̻̮͓͇̐ ̦̼̫̹͕̋̈͊̃͐̾N̳̟̥̅̈̐ͤe̹̰͎͍̬̬̎̈́͗z̙̲͔̹͓̿̈̏ͣp͎͖͈̝̣̞͚̠̪̆̂̾e̲̫̣̮̤̜̺ͥ̽̋ͥ̐ͭ̉̿r̞̭̝̅͗ͦd̹ͥͣ́̋̒ͣ̍i̜̲̹̪̗͑̔̅̍a̜̱̫̙̘̼̦̓n̠̰̰͖̺ͬͨ͌ͅ ̟̹̘̞̩̪̥̬͖̍ͭ͐̉͌̎̀̇h̠̥̬̞͎̣͉̘̑̌̌̈̋i̻ͭ̉͊͆̇v͓͍̭̳́̓ͭͭe̩͖̻̱̰͍̩͙ͯ̈ͤ-͇̘̰͎͈̇̉ͯͪ̆ͩm̘̗ͦ̓̓̆ͭî̩̻̺̺̰̍̉̒͌n̙͉̬̺͕̺̽͐̽ͩͮ̿ͩͅd͍̠͔̟̹̼̮̻̋̾͌̀̏ͥ͆̎̇ ͈̟̠ͩ̒̊ọ̤ͤ̉̒̐ͨ̈́f͙̬͔̘̖̼̩̫͒̔͌̄̈͆ ̮͙̹̺̅ͭͤ̌͑͂̂c̝̈́́h͔̳̖̠̱͔̊̎ͫͥ̆͗̚a̮̪͍̞̮̣͖͊͗ͅo̰̺͇̟̝̣̰͓͉ͩ̅͊s̗͇̫ͤ̅ͯ͆ͤ̒͌.͔͙̥̦͇̘ͮ̌͋͆͂̍͊͆ ̺͕͊͐̓Z̩̰̤̬͂̔ͧͪ͋̽̆̚a͔̿͂͋l͉̭̘̝̮̜͆ͤ̌̃̄ͬͯ̓g̞͒͌̂ͣ̐̍ͧọ͇͍͔͍̗̪̤̲̽̿.͉͙̉̔̌̔̌̏
̦̀̒ͨ̽̈͛ͅH̝̮̙̻̟̪̋̉e̫̥͍̞̗̬ͤͥ̇̏̔ ̰̜̼͚̘̼̩͓̳̿͌̾̄̇ẉ̲̣̰̓̀ͫh͕̯̝̰̣̣̰̳ͭ̐̍͐͂̑ͩȱ͈̤͈̼ͣ̿̈́̅̈́ ̲̮̝̫̦̩̪̞̌̿W͖ͥ͑̈a̰̙̰̻̠̿͆ͬi͚̬̳͍̖̪̮̠͇̓̏́̿͊̀t̟͈̼̼̼̹̬̱ͩͤ̉ͧ̎͂s̟͎͍̭̦̘̠̀͗͒̀̋ ̼͙̮̺̣͂͑B͙̳̙̺͖͎͑e͈̩͖̗̠̺̫͈̾ḧ͇̜͙̟̗͕̝̭̣́͆͌̆̋̒̚i̞͙͍̣̪͓̘͖̓̈ͣ̌ͬ̇͌ͯn̯̜̖̻̣̟̔̊ͅd͖̖̝̙͓̼̭̭̭̈́ͦͮ̈́͆͒̚ ̭̺̽̐̅̋̂ͣͨT͙̜͖͓̥͎̺̺ͮ͌̀̍̏̐̍̎̊h̹̮̬̟̙̯͛̐̈̐ͧ̾ͪ͆e̯̫̲ͧ ̙͓̹̰̻͚̬͖ͤ̃ͦ̓ͥ̌ͬ̉Ẉ̟̪̹̤̩̙̂͛̄̿̎̋ã͈́̄l̤̮̰̝̯̄̏͋ͧ͋l̖͓̩̬͔̃.͈̍ͤͯͨͭ̍͂̄̆
͉͙̞͚͈̥͙̻̟ͬͯͬ̇Z̺̭͓͐̄̍̂ͨ͋̂̎ͦA̬̰̙̮͊̂̀͒͊͐L̺̲̥̬̜̓ͪ̋̽ͯ̊́̂G̳̼͙̲ͥ̀ͨͦO͚ͩ̊͊̆ͧͯͤ!̲̤̳͂̍͂

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Well that's pretty disgusting.

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Journalist For Time Magazine Announces His Eagerness To Defend US Drone Strike Killing Julian Assange | Techdirt
We’ve already discussed the odd and somewhat sickening way in which certain mainstream journalists have been clearly cheering on the criminalization of investigative journalism, but Time Magazine’s Michael Grunwald took it to a new and…

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