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One thing about the 2 sigma effect of tutoring is that it doesn't generalize; it doesn't make you smarter, just better at what you were taught. A different mech
by hyperthesis 4y ago
One thing about the 2 sigma effect of tutoring is that it doesn't generalize; it doesn't make you smarter, just better at what you were taught. A different mechanism, but similar effect is learning the "trick" of solving a puzzle/problem - you just look smarter (and, well, know that specific trick).
In other words, tutoring is spoon-feeding.
This is still great, if you need that skill for something, such as for a specific technical job, or in order to learn something subsequent at which you are talented.
- Nevermark 4y agoYet, tutoring seldom makes someone dumber. And a good tutor doesn't spoon feed. At a meta-level, an intelligent person wants to solve problems, or increase their ability to solve problems. So an intelligent motivated person would appreciate anyone more familiar with a subject strategically removing some of the friction. Even if it didn't make them innately smarter. Time, after all, is finite for us all. And nothing is worse for learning, than an unnecessary stall. — Nevermark