"Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery—it’s the sincerest form of learning."
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High School Reading Teacher. Book lover. Sharing insights to inspire discovery. "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." – Joseph Addison
There’s no limit to what you can learn, from quantum physics to backgammon, Hungarian, or silversmithing. Even close-up magic and tap dancing are within your reach! The important thing is not what you learn but how you learn it. Understanding the learning process empowers you, giving you the tools to take control of your learning journey.
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Richard Dawkins introduced the term meme in his classic The Selfish Gene, defining it as a unit of information that spreads via imitation. He noted that memes evolve via natural selection just as in evolution.
The internet has always been a fertile grou...
... but learning is not practice. Unless you apply that knowledge and make a meaningful contribution with it, passive learning is not a form of practice.
Making mistakes while practising is a great form of learning, because it helps you gain important insights.
Learning is not passive: you can't learn just by taking in information. Without some form of active processing, like teaching, almost everything we read is lost in a short time.
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