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falenas108 comments on Share Your Checklists! - Less Wrong Discussion

31 Post author: lukeprog 26 May 2012 04:12AM

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Comment author: falenas108 26 May 2012 03:10:27PM *  1 point [-]

It seems to me that asking someone in your social network would be less trouble than going out and getting a book on the subject, especially if it's something that's commonly known.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 17 March 2013 09:33:04PM 0 points [-]

Depends. A real life person can help you determine what to prioritize learning (what resources to look at first, which parts of which resources to pay the most attention to) in a way that books generally don't. Also, in several subjects, the best resources are not necessarily books.

Comment author: falenas108 18 March 2013 01:00:20AM -1 points [-]

I think you misread my comment. I was also saying asking a person can be better than reading a book.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 18 March 2013 09:01:59PM 0 points [-]

Oops. Yes, I read "less" as "more" somehow.