Stanford duck syndrome: How the myth of effortless genius hurts learning
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Stanford duck syndrome: How the myth of effortless genius hurts learning
Some kinds of difficulties during learning help to make the learning stronger and better remembered. • When learning is easy, it is often superficial and soon forgotten. • Not all of our intellectual abilities are hardwired. In fact, when learning is effortful, it changes the brain, making new connections and increasing intellectual ability. • You
... See morefrom Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown
- Conn McQuinn
Jul 4
First, if we don't have sufficient in-brain skill and knowledge, we won't know what to ask the AI to do or how to interpret the products it creates. Second, if we turn over our thinking to AI, we are doing ourselves harm. I don't mean that in the metaphorical sense. Our brains are like muscles, and the harder they are used, the st... See morefrom Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold by Ethan Mollick
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Effective thinking isn’t about ‘working hard’ in any brute or rote sense; it is about learning to spot, defend, nurture and grow our fleeting, tentative periods of insight.
from How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series) by The School of Life