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Lumifer comments on Education as Entertainment and the Downfall of LessWrong - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 08 March 2016 04:12:54PM *  1 point [-]

But it seems to me that a good way to get "fuzzy" background context is to bang your head against a variety of concrete problems (rather than explicitly being fuzzy).

I agree. There is no need to be fuzzy "explicitly". My point is that a lot of important learning will be excluded by the requirement for specific one-sentence summaries. For example, banging your head against a bunch of concrete problems :-) One-sentence summary: "My head hurts" :-D

I am not sure what do you mean by "opposite" -- going from a more complex problem to simpler ones?

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 09 March 2016 01:10:57AM 0 points [-]

It's OK, since you agree on the "not being fuzzy explicitly" point, I don't have anything more to say about it.

Don't treat this "one sentence summary" thing too strictly - it's kind of a reflex/shorthand that is useful in many situations, but not all. I like it because it's simple enough that it's installable as a subconscious reaction.