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Anyone who thinks @graciegcunning is stupid for asking questions doesn't know much about how we learn
Asking a question and getting an answer is one of the most effective and efficient ways to learn a concept
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Asking a question and getting an answer is one of the most effective and efficient ways to learn a concept
/1 https://twitter.com/graciegcunning/status/1298804338727489536
As far as how people thousands of yrs ago came up w/ concepts such as algebra & geometry, I'd argue it's because they were also asking questions
Like how to build something complex and big. This requires crazy knowledge of maths and geology and more
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Like how to build something complex and big. This requires crazy knowledge of maths and geology and more
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I mean how did the first person to make bread realize that you need to harvest ripened wheat, grind it into flour, moisten it, wait for airborne yeast to get it to rise, then bake it in an oven over indirect heat
Or beer? Just let it ferment, right?
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Or beer? Just let it ferment, right?
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I mean I'm a professional archaeologist
And the crazy intellectual leaps our ancestors took to find out
what was edible or not
how to fracture stone in a controlled way
how to build monuments
how to write
how to be funny
or just how to survive
still amazes me
And the crazy intellectual leaps our ancestors took to find out
what was edible or not
how to fracture stone in a controlled way
how to build monuments
how to write
how to be funny
or just how to survive
still amazes me
Oh, and for the record
Math isnt real. It's a language with vocabulary and grammar we use to describe certain things around us...
Just like any language, it isn't real, it's just something us humans can use to communicate certain points about real things around us
Math isnt real. It's a language with vocabulary and grammar we use to describe certain things around us...
Just like any language, it isn't real, it's just something us humans can use to communicate certain points about real things around us
