

| Basics of Human Manipulation Humans love fiction narratives and, by comparison to Non-Fiction, you don't have to do much to have a human read or listen to a narrative. Reading Non-Fiction can be another story (see how story is embedded into the language?). As a result, cultures have devised a method called "education" by which they cram non-fiction down people's throats in spite of their not wanting it nearly as much as Fiction. First is learning speech by listening to language. This is almost automatic, requiring only the presence of other humans speaking a reasonably constructed language. After this, it is less instinctual to learn reading and writing, so, it is off to school to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. Even after learning to read, the human is very likely to prefer to read narratives rather than non-fiction. As a result, the human needs more schooling in history, geometry, psychology, foreign languages, science, algebra, calculus, physics and geology. You may also want to teach her a skill such as welding or automobile repair. Maintaining robots is my favorite choice. Most public libraries will have the Fiction section on the first floor and the Non-Fiction section on the second floor. Next |