digging
People who understand piling up from the basic concepts can answer in depth when asked about Abstract Concepts, “What does that mean?” they are able to answer in depth when asked “What does that mean? In contrast, [People who memorize the whole thing can’t dig in.
Rootless Knowledge
Knowledge must be connected to the “[root (of a tooth, hair, etc.)” of experience to be applicable. This is why knowledge that is “rootless” will eventually die out.
Aerial
Highly abstract concepts, when not connected to Specific Examples, are prone to argumentation games. The interpretation for the abstract concept often differs, and the discussion often becomes sterile.
dig in and circular reference
If you ask someone about an abstract concept X, “What exactly is that X?” some people will get a concrete example and others will get another abstract concept Y. But be aware that this can be a circular reference. Is this hypothesis really correct?
How to learn to be a programmer who can
Understanding concepts is important, but too much abstraction makes them difficult to understand. Learning from small examples can prevent this problem.
[How can the ability to abstract be taught?
- If you avoid adherence to specific cases and collect only abstract information, your knowledge will wither without roots. Spreading one’s roots (of a tree, etc.) is the key to true understanding.
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People who understand piling up from the basic concepts can dig into Abstract Concepts when asked, “What does that mean?” can answer in depth when asked “What does it mean?
- unable to dig in - People who memorize the whole thing can’t dig in.
- Rootless Knowledge
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It is not applicable knowledge unless it is connected to the “[root (of a tooth, hair, etc.)” of experience.
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- Playing argumentative games with abstract concepts that are not connected to [Specific Examples
- interpretation for abstract concepts tends to be discordant and sterile
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“For a given abstract concept X, what exactly is that X?” and if you ask, “What is that X concretely?”, the person who gets a concrete example understands X, the person who gets another abstract concept Y is suspicious, and when you ask the same question further about Y… and repeat, the person who gets X without leading to a concrete example and becomes a circular reference doesn’t understand X.
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I’m not sure if the hypothesis that > this is really true, even though it seems to be correct at first glance.
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… While it is important to talk about concepts, if you suddenly get into this, it becomes too abstract to know what you are talking about or why the abstraction is useful. So to prevent this, it is helpful to have experienced a small example in the first step.
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If you avoid adherence to specific cases and collect only abstract information, it will not become knowledge that takes root in you.
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Cut flowers will eventually wilt. It is important to spread one’s roots (of a tree, etc.).
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