alt Hacker News> you have to let go of the idea that you first acquire skills and basic knowledge and then solve problems. The order reverses.
^ this
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jimbooonooo • today at 9:48 PM
you have to know the answer is 4 before learning to add 2 + 2. see how that sounds?
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You will always need some fundamental basis of understanding. You cannot bake a new kind of cake if you do not know what preheating is. I believe that is why they give the PhD example. The bulk of education comes before a PhD. You cannot start with a complex problem and be expected to solve it without acquiring knowledge beforehand.