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I can recommend the following: Coursera's course "Learning How to Learn" Thinking Fast and Slow, Kahneman How to Read a Book, Adler[0] The Trivium, Sister M
by noobly 8y ago
I can recommend the following:
Coursera's course "Learning How to Learn"
Thinking Fast and Slow, Kahneman
How to Read a Book, Adler[0]
The Trivium, Sister Miriam Joseph
How to Solve It, Polya
I'd also recommend others that have already been recommended, such as the Discourse On the Method, the logic course (which I haven't personally taken, but a logic course certainly helps enter the right frame of mind for evaluating arguements with others or yourself, ime) and of course, learning more mathematics.
[0]: There's also an excellent summary here: https://pastebin.com/wGFMM1pZ https://pastebin.com/wGFMM1pZ
- HiroshiSan 8y agoThanks for the list of books!
- noobly 8y agoOf course! I understand that a list of books isn't initially helpful as it only presents a time sink and nothing of immediate utility, but I believe I gained noticable cognitive improvements from reading those. You might also be interested in: https://fs.blog/mental-models/ https://fs.blog/mental-models/, which I read recently and have mixed feelings about. Unfortunately I don't have any clear cut answers, and sadly I don't think reality does either - by nature, it's a question that is subject to personal opinion and biased answers. But if you find a satisfactory answer, please let me know. And as a final note, I think I've learned the most from debate - be it online or in person. Engaging in challenging discussion whenever possible (figuratively). It may sound lame, but forcing myself into such discussions, or at least reading them carefully and analytically, has helped me tremendously.