It seems he took the main ideas from this book[0] and made a little comic about it. [0] https://barbaraoakley.com/books/a-mind-for-numbers/
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How Do We Learn?
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Re: How Do We Learn?
#62There's an interesting subculture around the concept of "Quality" which was popularized by Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
If Quality is something intrinsic to the observer/universe pair, learning is maximized along the path of most resonance.
Learning-to-learn tricks can often desensitize you to your "true passion" (this is assuming it exists) because there isn't a coherent narrative that allows your experience and skills to compound in a unique way.
Instead you have a collection of brute-force gained skills to solve problems for other people and by becoming good at this become numb to what "you" uniquely can see as a problem and create unique solutions to.
Analogies may be the exception because they grow, relying on roots and branches. An analogy that doesn't feel ham-fisted is naturally connected to your existing pattern of "you".
Re: How Do We Learn?
#63I took a Coursera course titled Learning How to Learn[0] and found it really helpful as an intro class to this "field". It was also very practical. [0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
I've also taken this course, but would recommend those new to it just read the post here, which is a good summary: https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/5950tm/text_i... .
Thx. It's a nice summary for this course.
Re: How Do We Learn?
#64If you want to know the answer to this question, you have to look at the amygdala. This dual set of brain regions are gatekeepers to long-term memory. They/it only lets in things it thinks you might need later. And it grades this need based on emotion. So, if you want to recall something later, you need a purpose, and if the purpose ties into something emotional, all the better. (I know some people are going to fight…
So how does one hack emotions to remember better?
That's a really good question.