- source: A (Self-Indulgent) Guide To Autodidactism (link down and memory-holed)
❐ A (Self-Indulgent) Guide To Autodidactism
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- > Constantly think of applications
- > Create your own jargon
- > Do work that fully reflects the final work you wish to produce.
- > Experiment with doing it clearly wrong
- > Learning takes way longer than you expect, but its scope is often further reaching
- > Many mathematical functions have conceptual knobs
- ~ SR may lead to overfitting, because you learn only _this answer_ to _this question_
- ~ if you want to get better, extend the range of topics and sources you're willing to look at
- ~ if you want to pass a law school exam, practice taking law school exams
- ~ learning is boosted by applying new techniques (even if not needed)
- ~ the perfect practice is the one with the most mistakes per minute
- ~ you learn by pressing every button