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What if toddlers are better scientists than adults?
When a kid drops food off a high chair for the tenth time, it looks like chaos. But Gopnik's research shows they're actually doing something surprisingly systematic: testing what happens.
Children are basically the R&D department of the human species.— Alison Gopnik
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Developmental Psychologist & Author
Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley, known for her research on how children learn and her argument that babies are the best learners on the planet.
Based on What do babies think? — TED Talk, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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