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Discussion on: How to learn everything, and nothing at all.

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Robert Eberhart

I tentatively want to agree with what you’re saying. If all your doing is typing code in without trying to understand the commands, why they’re doing what they’re doing as you’re going along, then, yes, you’re learning nothing. There’s nothing wrong with looking up the solution to a problem as long as you try to understand the solution and why it solves your problem. There has to be a certain amount of intellectual curiosity instead of just mindlessly mimicking a solution.

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crespire

There has to be a certain amount of intellectual curiosity instead of just mindlessly mimicking a solution.

I think this is the key, but often times, when someone is skipping to looking up a solution, we've already lost the game in that regard. There are so many venues and communities to get help with a problem, that skipping to the end often already means the curiosity is gone.