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Things were usually discovered in a confusing way that kind of made sense at the time, but had false starts and conceptual limitations driven by people still be
by msla 4y ago
Things were usually discovered in a confusing way that kind of made sense at the time, but had false starts and conceptual limitations driven by people still being in an older mindset when they were trying to discover it. A good teacher sands off those edges, leading to an oversimplified history, but not starting from the firm conceptual footing we only got later on still makes things overly difficult to grasp. Good teaching builds on concepts, even if history took a messier route.
- sifar 4y ago>> Things were usually discovered in a confusing way that kind of made sense at the time, but had false starts and conceptual limitations driven by people still being in an older mindset when they were trying to discover it To know this gives us some perspective on our own biases/limitations and not take things as gospel.
- a9h74j 4y ago> some perspective on our own biases/limitations This is sometimes prescribed in such form as: "Fraction X of your reading should be of authors writing at least 100 years ago." Similar: In defense of the reading of old books by C.S. Lewis ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHQDIE7CSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHQDIE7CSw "All contemporary writers [of any period] share, to some extent, the contemporary outlook."