Quote by RICHARD FEYNMAN - Deepstash

I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

RICHARD FEYNMAN

76

863 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

iambriccardo

Software engineer by 🌞 and sleepyhead by 🌑. Software architecture. Distributed systems. Personal productivity. Cats.

I have always been against reasoning by analogy and this article explains very clearly why that way of reasoning is fundamentally broken.

The idea is part of this collection:

The Halloween Collection

Learn more about problemsolving with this collection

Navigating and enjoying the thrill of horror and scare experiences

Historical knowledge of Halloween and its origins

Understanding and appreciating Halloween traditions worldwide

Related collections

Similar ideas to RICHARD FEYNMAN

How We Argue

How We Argue

Many people go in with a pre-recorded message in their heads. They know the point they want to make and assume they know the intent of the other party. They’ve already played it out in their minds.

Other people argue on the defense. There’s something about...

Get To Know Your Audience

Get To Know Your Audience

What’s most important to them? What motivates them? What’s their background? How do they prefer to communicate? What “language” do they tend to use?

By understanding who the person (or people) you’re speaking to is, you’re able to use their common knowledge o...

The 4 barriers for Organisational Knowledge Management

The 4 barriers for Organisational Knowledge Management

  1. The Supplier is Unwilling to share. He or she feels they will lose something (power, job security, reputation) if they give their knowledge away. 
  2. The User is Unwilling to learn. The unwilling user is afflicted by Not Invented Here (NIH) syndrome, fe...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates