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cousin_it comments on Rewiring my Brain: (gentle) Help Appreciated - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: JMiller 07 October 2013 04:13PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 07 October 2013 07:37:24PM 13 points [-]

Seconding RolfAndreassen's comment. Quit learning concepts for a while, instead take a big pile of problems that should be solvable way below your current level of knowledge, and solve them. For example, you could Google for some 8th grade math olympiad problems, and start going through them without skipping any. If the first ten yield too easily, go up a grade; if they're too hard, go down a grade. Don't be afraid to go down as far as you need to be comfortable. After you go through a couple hundred problems, some habits should start to form.

Comment author: JMiller 10 October 2013 03:36:05AM 1 point [-]

That's a good idea. Thanks a lot.