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Yes but isn't that better than having never known it in the first place; better to have a known unknown than an unknown unkown? At least in this case you know
by pixelcort 15y ago
Yes but isn't that better than having never known it in the first place; better to have a known unknown than an unknown unkown?
At least in this case you know what things to look up; imagine never having learned those things in the first place.
- tibbon 15y agoAbsolutely. I knew there some something with an opposite angle and a hypotenuse, and it only took me a minute or two. If I had never known it, there's no way I could have done that so quickly.
- williamcotton 15y agoSOHCAHTOA!
- melvinram 15y ago"sucka-toe-ah" that's how we remembered it in high school :D
- randomdata 15y agoHow about "latent" knowledge? I try to quickly learn about every concept I come across to the point that I understand when and why you would want to use it, but not the point that I understand how to implement it. When I encounter a problem that fits the concept, then I can look it up and learn how to do it fully. I don't know, I feel it has served me well anyway. I like to jump on problems in all kinds of industries, so it is impossible to study everything ahead of time.
- r00fus 15y agoI agree with this way of seeing knowledge. Knowledge of subject X shouldn't be represented as a binary field, since everything is fractal and you could spend infinitely long trying to understand it.