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		xtiansimon 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git Diagramming "The Weave" > “…at which point he finally explains what the purpose of the final formula is and why we want it.” I can’t learn this way. Great description of some of my instructors. I gravitate towards design and engineering. Goals are first. This sounds like play: “…and this happened, and this happened…” nope. Not me.

aDyslecticCrow 4 months ago [–]

It reflects how the maths was discovered, by toying with formulas until something useful showed up. But its an awful way to teach it.

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