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1. vedmakk · 1790026812 · focus · HN ↗

   > you have to let go of the idea that you first acquire skills and basic knowledge and then solve problems. The order reverses.

   ^ this

   1. tygon · 1790027681 · focus · HN ↗

      You will always need some fundamental basis of understanding. You cannot bake a new kind of cake if you do not know what preheating is. I believe that is why they give the PhD example. The bulk of education comes before a PhD. You cannot start with a complex problem and be expected to solve it without acquiring knowledge beforehand.

      1. idiotsecant · 1790034239 · focus · HN ↗

         The most instructive kind of problem solving is solving problems badly and learning why you did a bad job. Do that enough times ina row and they call it a career.

         1. marcus_holmes · 1790041649 · focus · HN ↗

            This. But then I have a very hands-on learning style - I cannot learn things by watching (or reading about) others doing it. I have to mess one up myself first.

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