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The only way to acquire know-how is by doing. Failure and repetition are the best teachers. People are lazy and entitled and believe they should just be able to

The only way to acquire know-how is by doing. Failure and repetition are the best teachers. People are lazy and entitled and believe they should just be able to passively acquire knowledge without doing work and they blame incompatible “learning styles” for their personal failure. People also confuse “know-about” with “know-how”.

arp242 3y ago
You should really read the article before going off on a rant that doesn't connect with the content.
Jensson 3y ago
> The only way to acquire know-how is by doing That is verifiably false, people learn by watching all the time. You can argue that doing is the best way to learn, but it definitely isn't the only way to learn.
- nemo44x 3y ago
  You don’t gain know-how though. You get acquainted with the concept and gain knowledge by watching or reading a thing. But until you do it and discover it’s intricacies you don’t have know-how. My point being that many people stop at watching/reading/discussing and don’t actually go in and do the thing they want learn. They’ll never really learn it until they can do it.
  - Jensson 3y ago
    > You don’t gain know-how though What is know-how if not knowing how to do something? I've learned how to do stuff from watching and then at a later point doing the thing proving that I had know-how. I knew how to do it before doing it. Edit: Example from when I was a kid: I played a game and struggled with a particular kind of monster, always took damage from it. Me doing it a lot of time didn't lead to knowing how to beat it. Then I watched my brother play it once, after that I never took damage from that monster again. Me watching lead to know-how instantly, doing didn't help, watching helped.
    - nemo44x 3y ago
      I never said examples (video, text, discussion) weren’t valuable. They’re essential. You had know-how of the game. You were shown the key and were able to execute because you’ve attempted it a bunch of times and failed. Someone given all the details on the game and the fight would likely fail to execute if they lacked know-how.

arp242 3y ago

You should really read the article before going off on a rant that doesn't connect with the content.

Jensson 3y ago

> The only way to acquire know-how is by doing That is verifiably false, people learn by watching all the time. You can argue that doing is the best way to learn, but it definitely isn't the only way to learn.

nemo44x 3y ago
You don’t gain know-how though. You get acquainted with the concept and gain knowledge by watching or reading a thing. But until you do it and discover it’s intricacies you don’t have know-how. My point being that many people stop at watching/reading/discussing and don’t actually go in and do the thing they want learn. They’ll never really learn it until they can do it.
- Jensson 3y ago
  > You don’t gain know-how though What is know-how if not knowing how to do something? I've learned how to do stuff from watching and then at a later point doing the thing proving that I had know-how. I knew how to do it before doing it. Edit: Example from when I was a kid: I played a game and struggled with a particular kind of monster, always took damage from it. Me doing it a lot of time didn't lead to knowing how to beat it. Then I watched my brother play it once, after that I never took damage from that monster again. Me watching lead to know-how instantly, doing didn't help, watching helped.
  - nemo44x 3y ago
    I never said examples (video, text, discussion) weren’t valuable. They’re essential. You had know-how of the game. You were shown the key and were able to execute because you’ve attempted it a bunch of times and failed. Someone given all the details on the game and the fight would likely fail to execute if they lacked know-how.