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All the replies are missing the fundamental difference between learning physics and learning git: every animal on the planet is intuitively schooled from birth—

All the replies are missing the fundamental difference between learning physics and learning git: every animal on the planet is intuitively schooled from birth—even before birth by their DNA—in the daily practice of mechanics. Learning git is a comparatively abstract intellectual pursuit. You can't assume people know how to practice version control or even what its purpose and utility is, therefore learning this way is going to be very hit or miss depending on the preparedness of the audience.

agumonkey 12y ago
But having decades of subjective perception of physics is very far from understanding the underlying laws found by scientists. It may even be counter-productive.
- dasil003 12y ago
  What does that have to do with my point?
  - agumonkey 12y ago
    Experience doesn't necessarily help understanding.
    - dasil003 12y ago
      It gives you something to relate dry academic equations to though.
      - agumonkey 12y ago
        Very fair point. You have to throw both against each other and see what stick.