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The unreasonable effectiveness of chaotic knowledge acquisition
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I am capable of integrating serious knowledge without a formal “digestive” phase.
The unreasonable effectiveness of chaotic knowledge acquisition The unreasonable effectiveness of chaotic knowledge acquisition I used to conceptualize learning as a rigid progression from inchoate concepts floating around in my head (visual: crazy heap indirection) to some deeper understanding, organized and schematized with all my other knowledge (visual: neat C-style enum representation). Please ignore the fact that I haven’t written C in 7 years and only pretend to understand memory layout This two-phase division arises repeatedly throughout my learning process: In my notes: I have a “mess
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