lie-to-children
Age appropriateness – Expected behaviour of a person for their age
All models are wrong – Common aphorism in statistics
Discworld (world) – Fictitious setting in the Discworld franchise
Half-truth – Deceptive statement
List of common misconceptions
Misinformation – Incorrect information with or without an intention to deceive
Naïve physics – untrained human perception of basic physical phenomena
Neurath's boat – Philosophical analogy about knowledge
Noble lie – Untruth propagated to strengthen social harmony
Not even wrong – English phrase
Pedagogy – Theory and practice of education
Toy model – Deliberately simplistic scientific model
Understanding – Ability to think about and use concepts to deal adequately with a subject
Upaya – Buddhist term
White lie – Intentionally false statement made to deceive
Wittgenstein's ladder – Concluding and reflective remark on the propositions in Wittgenstein's early work