This is the question asked by John Cook on Twitter. He lists responses from different people:
- R
- Version control
- Linear algebra
- Advanced math
- Bayesian statistics
- Category theory
- Foreign languages
- How to not waste time
- Women
Mine are: quantum mechanics, Python, cooking, the language of philosophy.
What learning curve do you wish you'd climbed sooner? Give reasons and stories if you feel like it. Do you think other people should climb the same curves?
Would you mind explaining why you think Somatics works? That >=3 people on LW take it seriously certainly lends some credibility, but as far as I can see there's not much else to recommend it. I'm genuinely curious what convinced you, since this seems potentially useful.
Looking at the Wikipedia pages on Somatics and on sensory-motor amnesia, I see no significant evidence that this actually works.
Nor does their official website provide any convincing evidence.
Edit: This is a review of 6 Feldenkrais RCTs, and concludes:
I hold my beliefs on the subject mainly because of things I have seen with my own eyes and experiences I made. I spent years in standard physiotherapy. As part of my QS regiment I measured my lung function daily. After a 20 minute intervention at a bar by a practitioner of somatic psycho-education I woke up the next day with an 50% increase in my lung function. At that time that wasn't permanent but after 4 months of weekly session I stabilized on that new value. Specific improvements in that timef... (read more)