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Effective learning: Rules of formulating knowledge (1999)

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159 points swatson741 | 1 comments | 01 Sep 25 14:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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greymalik ◴[01 Sep 25 16:06 UTC] No.45093887[source]▶
It feels circular. How is learning different from understanding? How is understanding different from knowledge? I’m supposed to understand before I learn. How do I understand if not through learning? I’m supposed to understand to gain knowledge. Isn’t knowledge understanding?
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1. volemo ◴[01 Sep 25 16:40 UTC] No.45094263[source]▶
How does one walk? To walk one needs to move their foot forward, to move their foot they have to lift it up, to lift a foot up they first have to place it down, and that requires moving it forward. It feels circular!

Learning is circular. You do it step by step, one bite at a time: you learn a fact, you understand its connection to other facts you know, you gain a little knowledge, you repeat.