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The Feynman Technique
- iammjm 4y agoWhat is wrong with this page, why can’t I print it to pdf?
- dSebastien 4y agoI didn't know about this issue. I'll have to troubleshoot that
- iammjm 4y agoI like to print pages to pdf or send them to my OneNote as printouts to read them on my tablet with the ability to write my own notes directly on the page or highlight words and sentences, this makes me slow down and bit and parse the information better. For some reason your page doesn't allow for that. Your article looks interesting, ill definitely read it one way or the other :)
- pluijzer 4y agoIt works to print it from reader view.
- emptyparadise 4y agoI removed `overflow: auto` from `#__next` and that fixed it.
- hyperpallium2 4y agoI don't think Feynman laid out that technique, as such? It seems inferred, indirectly supported by a patchwork of quotes about other things. Doesn't mean it's not true or useful, of course! Another Feynmann Technique (also not actually said by him, but of him. https://wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman https://wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman You write down the problem. You think very hard. Then you write down the answer. Even this facetiousness includes getting so clear on the problem that you can write it down (I think this also implies looking at the problem detials, not assuming). Douglas Adams based a whole trilogy on its importance. In my experience, for ordinary problems, this is so important that it often directly reveals the solution in itself.
- dSebastien 4y agoI need to update the article with a bit more background I stumbled upon today: https://medium.com/taking-note/learning-from-the-feynman-technique-5373014ad230#:~:text=This%20technique%20is%20derived%20from,disassembled%2C%20translated%2C%20and%20recorded https://medium.com/taking-note/learning-from-the-feynman-tec....
- hyperpallium2 4y ago> This technique is derived from Feynman’s studying methods when he was a student at Princeton. A compelling essay would be to rigorously argue that this indeed was his technique. It would be a lot of work, long, and I suspect you won't find support for some elements; you'd have to modify your proposition. In particular, although he does do each of these things, I don't think they are chronological or form a systematic "technique". It may be easier to argue for them separately, as e.g. The Four Feynman Techniques. Then, reference that essay from a shorter, lighter overview, like the one submitted here.
- tomerbd 4y agoFeynman's technique – be super intelligent and smart, and you will be able to understand anything with my technique.
- ntropic_thundr 4y agoOne the smartest people I know employed this technique when he was in grad school and working as a TA for a subject he didn't know. "How did you manage to teach something you didn't know" I asked. "It actually wasn't that hard, I just made sure to always be 2 weeks ahead of what the students were learning. It actually made for a good forcing function to learn the content well." i recall him saying. After reading this article, I wonder if he was born with gifted intelligence and intuitively employed this method, or if he BECOME so smart by employing this method...
- dSebastien 4y agoThanks for sharing this story. He was probably gifted, and made good use of his gift by applying this approach, leading to wonderful results!
- iammjm 4y agowhat does "gifted" even mean?
- EricE 4y agoI find "gifted" is usually a derisive term for "hard worker" :p
- hyperpallium2 4y agoAll the extraordinarily intelligent people I've known worked unbelievably hard.
- jfengel 4y agoHuh. Most of the smartest people I know are really pretty lazy. They'll put a lot of effort into something they care about, but they're usually aware of the effort-to-reward ratio. The hardest workers I know are the ones of ordinary intelligence. They have jobs that require more hours for less money, and often have families to take care of as well. I don't think of anybody in my circle of acquaintances who's genuinely dumb, so I can't vouch for what happens once intelligence really dips far below average. Still, my anecdotal experience is that the really smart people are only kind of ordinarily diligent.
- leopiney 4y agoHere's a nice iOS app for applying exactly this. It's called Feyn https://apps.apple.com/uy/app/feyn-flashcards/id1533923364 https://apps.apple.com/uy/app/feyn-flashcards/id1533923364
- EricE 4y agoTeaching is indeed the best way to become an expert at something. Whenever I want to learn a new technology I like to hang out in support forums for it and start answering other people's questions. With one particular product, after about 5 years I had the vendor trying to hire me as a support engineer so there can be other tangible benefits aside from you expanding your knowledge as well as helping others.
- emptyparadise 4y agoSeeing DALL-E illustrations makes me worry that the whole article will be GPT-3 nonsense. Thankfully that was not the case this time.
- dSebastien 4y agoGood point. I'll cut the DALL-E logo next time to avoid those doubts :p