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Simple Rules for Lifelong Learning According to Hamming
- cozzyd 12y agoThere's a signal processing joke here... except I can never remember if the punchline is Hamming or Hanning.
- cb18 12y agoThe Hamming distance from '_Hanning' to 'Shannon_' is uh... 3!
- bboreham 12y agoThoroughly recommended: Hamming's book "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn" Slightly rambling, and diving into differential equations a bit more than I like in my bedtime reading, it reveals the mind and soul of a true engineering genius. http://worrydream.com/refs/Hamming-TheArtOfDoingScienceAndEngineering.pdf http://worrydream.com/refs/Hamming-TheArtOfDoingScienceAndEn...
- madengr 12y agoThanks for that link.
- bboreham 12y agoHamming, on how anyone can make a mistake: "I did not [discover] the FFT, though a book I had already published (1961) shows I knew all the facts necessary, and could have done it easily! [...] Think of my error! How much more stupid can anyone be?"
- jf 12y agoThe first "rule" in this paper contains a sentence that is strikingly similar to Elon Musk's advice on learning. I wonder if that is a coincidence? From the linked paper: "when faced with new knowledge, try to establish nodal points in the knowledge network;" Elon Musk's advice: "it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles" (via) http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_ceocto_of_a_rocket_company_ama/cnfput4 http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_...
- mastre_ 12y agoCame here to say basically this (you beat me to it). Learning how to optimally learn is crucial if you're going to learn a lot, particularly if it will be across multiple disciplines.
- g_delgado14 12y agoshouldn't we be talking about scientists to global pop. and not just nominal number of scientists?
- jtth 12y agoThis feels a little Buzzfeed-y for PLOS. But they'll publish whatever so long as it's not full of lies, and you pay, I suppose.
- hownottowrite 12y agoThe entire book is excellent but I think the final chapter is really the best "You and Your Reseach" "If you are to be leader into the future, rather than to be a follower of others, @it is necessary for you to look at the bigger picture on a regular, frequent basis for many years." - Hamming (@) A little edit by me to remove some hedging.
- mychaelangelo 12y agoGreat article. Thanks for sharing. Are there any other books on the art of learning anyone would recommend?