Eugine_Nier comments on The Future of Education - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 15 February 2012 04:30:31AM 0 points [-]

I'm quite sure that explicitly learning the relevant knowledge about the process of category formation in humans and its implications towards accurate thinking would take a lot less time and be more effective than learning another language.

That's like arguing that learning anatomy will do more to keep you fit then doing sports.

Comment author: Gabriel 15 February 2012 09:21:15AM 5 points [-]

More like saying that if your goal is muscle mass it's better to hit the gym than to take up figure skating.