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Originally Posted by Moose
If you'll permit me to make a semantical distinction, I'd argue that math layfolk can learn a tremendous amount about science (as opposed to specific disciplines) by hanging around the less rigorous sections of BAUT. CT especially; being able to evaluate claims for logical fallacies is pure gold in the real world. You don't need math to learn science.
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Fair. I'll accept that. You understand my point, though--and I think the understanding of science I get, while a higher level than what I'd expect for, say, a twelve-year-old, is of a similar nature.
Neither of us will get much out of discussion of vectors and tensors!
Further, I don't think the problem with "adult content" is the children per se, but the adults around the children. What I want for/from my kid is different than what some parents of my experience want, and what
they want is different than what other parents want. The kids may be exposed to it; the kids may have been exposed to it throughout human history. But the
parents are the ones who get to decide what websites are appropriate for their own kids, and if we have discussions with "adult content" (and, yes, I've been part of 'em, too, but it doesn't change how some parents think), some parents may decide that our site is inappropriate despite its highly educational content.
Come to that, some people just use software that blocks any site using specific words.