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This disappointingly reads more like motivational speaker pseudoscience. It also isn't clear what "smart" means here. "Reading and learning are important, but p
by whacked_new 19y ago
This disappointingly reads more like motivational speaker pseudoscience. It also isn't clear what "smart" means here. "Reading and learning are important, but people learn by doing, by tinkering." Doing and tinkering are aspects of learning. Smartness follows learning.
Here's from one of the "smartest" people in the world: "Continually aim just beyond your current range"
http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/continually-aim-just-beyond-your-current-range/ http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/continually-aim-...
- lutorm 19y agoThat concept has a name, the "zone of proximal development", which is "the level of difficulty ... that is neither too hard nor too easy, and is the level at which optimal learning takes place": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development