> 2. Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any

> 2. Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest. Universal advice pretty much. This link was shared by Prof. Shriram Krishnamurthi in his talk "Curriculum Design as an Engineering Problem" at EPFL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_E2IwlprY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_E2IwlprY. People who're interested in questions like what is a good first programming language, how to teach programming effectively, and how to be better programmers ourselves, will find many practical insights in his talk.