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My experience has been the same: all these intuitive and visual explanations of math/physics stuff on YouTube/else just makes me "feel" like I learnt it, but th
by behnamoh 2y ago
My experience has been the same: all these intuitive and visual explanations of math/physics stuff on YouTube/else just makes me "feel" like I learnt it, but then as soon as I need to use it in practice, I realize the only thing that actually gets the job done is some solid math equations, no questions asked. I still do all the proofs for math subjects in order to know I can derive them.
It's unfortunate, and I wish just watching such beautiful visuals would magically instill the idea in my brain, but it just feels like intellectual dopamine for me.
- jonahx 2y ago> I realize the only thing that actually gets the job done is some solid math equations, no questions asked. I don't think it's that as much as... > I still do all the proofs for math subjects in order to know I can derive them. You have to do something, apply the knowledge. That's the piece that learning solely from nice visuals misses. It just so happens that actually solving problems often involves using equations. But I don't think that the essential ingredient.
- sva_ 2y agoThere's a term for it: Illusion of competence. It probably happens most frequently in math. And people usually first realize it when they're sitting in the exam room and have to actually apply what they think looked so easy on YouTube. I may or may not speak from personal experience