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by aik 15y ago
I don't think Sam Clemens used Typewriter version 0.0001. I think he used version 0.8-1.0 or so. I'm just arguing that these mathematical methods are closer to version 0.0001 and shouldn't be used mainstream until more studies have been c
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by aik 15y ago
Yes but I doubt the first, second, or even 100th typewriter was less applicable to most situations than pen and paper. Same goes with computers. And same goes with new innovations/theories within education. Maybe the issue isn't with the "
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by aik 15y ago
How is this different than saying "paper and pen has been known to work, has been debugged, and doesn't suffer from frivolous cutting edge theories... so why build typewriters... so why build computers... so why innovate from that which alr
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by aik 15y ago
>>Maybe that's the natural talent? It could partially be natural talent, however much of it is nurture. Carol Dweck has proven that the growth-mindset can be taught. Parents, friends, communities, media and school systems alike can
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by aik 15y ago
Due to past research it has become accepted fact that children learn languages faster. However there has been a lot of research lately that has shown this to be false. So sorry I don't believe this is simply a motivational tool (however e
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by aik 15y ago
Key point here is that although the courses sound potentially advanced, they seem targeted towards people who are beginners at programming/computer science. I'm not entirely sure if this is stressed enough on the site. However I'm also curi
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by aik 15y ago
I'm confused by the sign-up form. "Just in-case I ever forget my password, my email address is..." yet an e-mail address is required for logging in. Seems like it's more than "just in-case...".
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by aik 15y ago
My first impression was that the "sheet" visual metaphor is brilliant. I'm all for physical-world-based visual metaphors when they can be implemented well, ie. not overly obtrusive and well balanced. In addition, if the the performance is
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by aik 15y ago
This is exactly what makes it exciting for me. Microsoft is trying a fairly innovative thing here -- it's risky and perhaps too idealistic, but if they can pull it off so it works well, it'll be hard to beat.
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by aik 15y ago
I agree, but it does provide value beyond a simple real-life lecture, most notably the fact that you can go at your own pace and rewind/replay at any point. This is huge. In addition, the lectures are much shorter for the most part, which
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by aik 15y ago
Even more interesting to me anyway is the fact that this is potentially a sign of a shift in the industry from importance of the traditional higher education credential to importance of a worthy alternative credential not owned by tradition
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by aik 15y ago
They keep coding, refactoring, and adding features because they don't know what else to do. It's all they know.
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by aik 15y ago
The primary problem with the argument of "is college worth it", or one component of it that I find more interesting, completely misses the potential opportunity cost of college. Someone who goes to high school and immediately joins the work
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by aik 15y ago
I would think that 20% would be enough to make a difference. The main thing the students need is the catalyst -- once they get started, I could foresee many (not all) students spent much more than 20% of their time simply because they are a
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by aik 15y ago
There is a difference between assessment/evaluation and feedback, and the teacher may simply have the aversion to assessment/evaluation. That is, that one can provide excellent feedback without the feeling of evaluation. The focus is simpl
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by aik 15y ago
That's definitely a related key point, and also my main issue with essentially all of my own education. Although we have the perception of being in control of our own education (ie. we can choose some courses in high school, can choose our
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by aik 15y ago
Below is the key concept here. The quicker education administrators and teachers realize this the better off we'll be. >>"With modern technology, if all there is is lectures, we don't need faculty to do it," Redish says. "Get 'em t
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by aik 15y ago
Thanks for posting. A question about this statement from the article: >> But [Ron Paul] coming this far tells you something about the mood of Republican voters. Don't you think it's a bit limiting to single out republican voters?
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by aik 15y ago
I agree. And I agree it seems like a natural extension, however it's not the idea that's impressive, the action itself is impressive. There are a lot of forces that make this step incredibly difficult for universities, hence why it has take
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by aik 15y ago
Very interesting. This is potentially one of the most disruptive moves I've seen come out of a university in a long time. The size of impact that this has on higher education is fully dependent upon how successful their credentialing schem
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by aik 15y ago
Firstly, why would you assume you would never be able to buy it? Secondly, it might not be directly relevant to people like you and I initially. If instead something like this could be cheap enough to bring to the massive billion(s) of peop
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by aik 15y ago
I'm fairly sure it was the same (or a similar) study done by Carol Dweck. She's the mastermind behind the effort/fixed mindset theory. Concerning Feynman -- that is very interesting. My belief is that although the brain is massively flexibl
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by aik 15y ago
So the question then is -- did you really often not try because you didn't care, or specifically because you were secretly (even to yourself) afraid of making a mistake and thus disproving everyone's beliefs about you being smart (being afr
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by aik 15y ago
There are a lot of really good ones here. Three more: On overcoming cognitive bias (and understanding how mindsets influence motivation, personality, and behavior): Self-Theories by Carol S. Dweck Mental peformance: The Inner Game of Tenni
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by aik 15y ago
On that point, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is great (and entertaining) for this purpose as well.
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by aik 15y ago
Personally I've never met anyone through LinkedIn, just added them after meeting them through some other means. I'm not sure if it is especially geared towards "provoking" people to meet.
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by aik 15y ago
Good point -- however my comment still stands for the most part. It depends on the purpose of you visualizing success. Visualizing yourself accomplishing something as simple as quenching thirst is completely missing the point IMHO (unless
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by aik 15y ago
I believe a common understanding of "visualizing goals" and the one the researchers are talking about are two different things. The purpose of visualizing goals is twofold: 1. Putting your mind on the job of completing the goal. Once this i
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by aik 15y ago
I've pondered the same thing. However, personally from meditation I feel I have greater focus, a clearer mind, and less stress (or a much better handle on stress), which I couldn't imagine being without today. Concerning shower-insights --
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by aik 15y ago
What are some uses cases for something like this? For what reasons would schools care?

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