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> There is also no evidence, I think, that ability to think critically in one field transfers to different a field. Can someone tell people to stop asking puzz
by inyorgroove 10y ago
> There is also no evidence, I think, that ability to think critically in one field transfers to different a field.
Can someone tell people to stop asking puzzlers in interviews then? I don't think the two are comparable at all.
- SlySherZ 10y agoI actually like to solve puzzles, but not the ones people usually call a "puzzle". Solving a man-made puzzle for me feels completly arbitrary, where either you think the same way the guy who made it and can solve it quickly, or you don't and get stuck forever. Instead, I prefer to think about nature's puzzles, things that don't work the way I expect them to, or just trying to explain why they do. Usually they're just as arbitrary, but even if you take the wrong path, they're so deep that you'll end up learning a lot either way.