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The assumption is that if there is something you need to know and you encounter a situation that requires it, you can learn it. And if it turns out you do not n
by nibs 10y ago
The assumption is that if there is something you need to know and you encounter a situation that requires it, you can learn it. And if it turns out you do not need it, you saved the time. Further, formal instruction only works for some types of people, albeit probably most. Synthesis from learning when you are interested tends to be more useful than memorization. The experienced part is the scary one, although in terms of spending time with peers, doing sports, art, etc. we did not really miss out on that.
- clentaminator 10y ago> and you encounter a situation that requires it, you can learn it Which is perfectly fine as long as you know what that "it" is, which assumes a base-level familiarity with subject X. The problem cases I can imagine are ones where you don't have the base familiarity, or in other words the cases where you don't know what you don't know (as opposed to knowing what you don't know and where to look for the answers). This is the case that I see leading towards the so-called "expert beginner" stage of understanding.
- emidln 10y agoI'd imagine that if you can describe a problem, Googling can give you a name for the problem, with which you can google for more formal introductions to the topic (articles, papers, texts, etc). Recursive Googling is a solution to an awful lot of problems in 2016.