I pick a combination of (a) and (d). If someone does something dangerous and stupid we have to snap out of our predisposition to feel sorry for them. Ridicule is fine. As long as you then tell them how not to make the mistake again and why it was bad. When I blew up the fume cupboard at school due to a hydrogen gas explosion I didn't receive or deserve any sympathy but I apologised to those who were showered with glass :)
Option (d) which you missed is not to build them tools but teach them how the universe works and give them the knowledge of how to make their own tools.
Any fucker can stick an LED in arduino with a series resistor picked from a web form. However when someone gets the IV curve, the difference is remarkable.
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I pick a combination of (a) and (d). If someone does something dangerous and stupid we have to snap out of our predisposition to feel sorry for them. Ridicule is fine. As long as you then tell them how not to make the mistake again and why it was bad. When I blew up the fume cupboard at school due to a hydrogen gas explosion I didn't receive or deserve any sympathy but I apologised to those who were showered with glass :)
Option (d) which you missed is not to build them tools but teach them how the universe works and give them the knowledge of how to make their own tools.
Any fucker can stick an LED in arduino with a series resistor picked from a web form. However when someone gets the IV curve, the difference is remarkable.