Good read. Both your and Andy's articles remind me of why Socrates (allegedly) derided books as a lower form of education. When we lose the ability to question literature, we lose the capacity to build knowledge models. In compulsory schooling, this turns knowledge learning into rote memorization.
Books turns the labour of both questioning and answering to the reader themselves. Perhaps it's why I loved reading physics over any other subject. All learned concepts can be tested, even as a thought experiment (I couldn't be bothered to memorize the colours of chemical elements, compounds and flame). My first advise to classmates asking me how to study was always to "build a model in your head".
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Good read. Both your and Andy's articles remind me of why Socrates (allegedly) derided books as a lower form of education. When we lose the ability to question literature, we lose the capacity to build knowledge models. In compulsory schooling, this turns knowledge learning into rote memorization.
Books turns the labour of both questioning and answering to the reader themselves. Perhaps it's why I loved reading physics over any other subject. All learned concepts can be tested, even as a thought experiment (I couldn't be bothered to memorize the colours of chemical elements, compounds and flame). My first advise to classmates asking me how to study was always to "build a model in your head".