Elo comments on Stupid Questions August 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Elo 04 August 2015 12:15:48PM *  2 points [-]

An excellent question! I have now written a meta document of "How do I learn X" which I have sent off to a friend to be checked before I post it on Lesswrong. I will post a link (probably in the next 24 hours) to a discussion thread. I think the meta-strategy is going to be more helpful and for more people. I can write a specific list after.

As a teaser:

  1. Make a list of your knowledge in the area
  2. Confirm what you think you know (via brief research), replace your existing knowledge with correct knowledge.
  3. Make a list of the topics of knowledge in the area.
  4. spend time finding the best resource (as a trade off of searching-time, $cost, time-to-cover-the-resource)
  5. delve in, absorb the knowledge
  6. devise ways to test yourself, and/or experiment that you have gained the knowledge. (experimental methods include controlled environments, repeated tests, evaluation)
  7. teach others in order to cement your knowledge.

This list is a teaser; there are more points, but you can probably cover 1-3 by the time I get to publish the list.