Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The most effective way of learning about a complex topic

I'm sure there are many ways of learning about a complex topic.  The one that works least well for me is to simply be a sponge.  The most effective way I've found is to take a position - have some explicit or implicit hypothesis or major assumption - and then proceed therefrom.   It helps in many ways, too numerous to enumerate.

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