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Maybe it's just different learning styles. Some people, me included, like to start getting some immediate real world results to keep it relevant and form some k
by krmboya 2y ago
Maybe it's just different learning styles. Some people, me included, like to start getting some immediate real world results to keep it relevant and form some kind of intuition, then start peeling back the layers to understand the underlying principles. With fastAI you are already doing this by the 3rd lecture.
Like driving a car, you don't need to understand what's under the hood you start driving, but eventually understanding it makes you a better driver.
- BaculumMeumEst 2y agoFor sure! In both cases I imagine it is a conscious choice where the teachers thought about the trade-offs of each option. Both have their merits. Whenever you write learning material you have to decide where to draw the line of how far you want to break down the subject matter. You have to think quite hard about exactly who you are writing for. It's really hard to do!
- jph00 2y agoYou seem to be implying that the top-down approach is a trade off that involves not breaking down the subject matter into as lower level details. I think the opposite is true - when you go top down you can keep teaching lower and lower layers all the way down to physics if you like!