As in they jump around collecting nuggets and surprising people with what they have collected.
The advantage kids have is their brains are different (see Allison Gopnik + Explore vs Exploit Dilemma) and they are surrounded (hopefully) by people paying attention to what they are learning, correcting them when they get lost, nudging them in the right direction, making sure they are housed,fed and watered etc.
Same thing works out well with Adults when you place them in the safe caring confines of a research lab.
As in they jump around collecting nuggets and surprising people with what they have collected.
The advantage kids have is their brains are different (see Allison Gopnik + Explore vs Exploit Dilemma) and they are surrounded (hopefully) by people paying attention to what they are learning, correcting them when they get lost, nudging them in the right direction, making sure they are housed,fed and watered etc.
Same thing works out well with Adults when you place them in the safe caring confines of a research lab.