A physicist's guide to learning hard things (and using the scientific method)

[Guyfieri5]

Broken down very well. This is awesome, thank you!

 

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[red360]

@MJ DeMarco It's September. Time to bump. LOL

Actually. Can't you program the site to Auto bump certain posts automatically after a certain amount of days?


It's wonderful been new here as I get to go through all this amazing content.

If OP might see this, I do have a question about your thread.

You got to think this way out of years of Studyding....congrats on that!!
What books stick out in your mind that had the greatest impact in molding your thinking to train you how to solve problems?
Were there specific books or was it after years and years of study that it all came together?

Physics has always fascinated me. I enjoy watching YT videos from Classic physics to Quantum Mechanics.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Actually. Can't you program the site to Auto bump certain posts automatically after a certain amount of days?

No I can't, although there might be a 3rd party plugin that does it. Not sure if it is worth doing as I'm in the middle of choosing a new platform.

What books stick out in your mind that had the greatest impact in molding your thinking to train you how to solve problems?

For me I think it is because I love a good mystery that needs to be solved.

 

[Isaac Odongo]

Thank @lowtek

Simplifies some problems a lot.

Let me put it to use.

 

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[Onion]

This is a fantastic post. Thank you for writing this.

 

[Everyman]

However, from the ashes of these potentially ruinous decisions came an invaluable skillset that benefits me to this day: the ability to learn new things with minimal guidance.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences!

I have a question though - you used this phrase 'learning hard things' in the subject of this thread.

How do you define 'hard' in this context? How do you decide what 'hard' is?

 

[lowtek]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences!

I have a question though - you used this phrase 'learning hard things' in the subject of this thread.

How do you define 'hard' in this context? How do you decide what 'hard' is?

In this context, hard has no real meaning. It's marketing for my thread. Nobody would have cared if I said it was for learning easy things.

You can apply these principles to learn most non-trivial intellectual topics (i.e. I don't know if it would work for learning mixed martial arts, basketball, etc.).

 

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