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Romashka comments on Open Thread, Dec. 28 - Jan. 3, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Romashka 03 January 2016 01:43:34PM *  4 points [-]

Not sure it could help other people, but still.

I tutor in 'statistical biology' a girl who might choose to go into math. About a week ago I gave her Thomas's Calculus and analytic geometry, pt. 1, and told her that as long as she can work through the exercises, the book is hers, but as soon as [the clock strikes midnight] she loses interest, she should return it.

She pounced at it, and said today that she's solved a few problems, although one of them she could not understand (it's in English, after all), so - baiting people with foreign, advanced, and most of all, privileged textbooks is a powerful tool:)

Comment author: username2 04 January 2016 01:03:47PM 1 point [-]

Very good idea. It exploits the endowment effect.

Comment author: Romashka 04 January 2016 02:38:50PM *  0 points [-]

Wow, thanks for the link... Now I probably will give away more of my books, as well as have a strong impulse to track her progress...;)