[HN Gopher] Learn Difficult Concepts with the Adept Method ___________________________________________________________________ Learn Difficult Concepts with the Adept Method Author : adamzerner Score : 105 points Date : 2020-11-24 18:51 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (betterexplained.com) (TXT) w3m dump (betterexplained.com) | QueensGambit wrote: | ADEPT method is like using "Uber for X" to explain an idea. Here, | I used ADEPT method to explain the ADEPT method. | cjhveal wrote: | This is actually really good advice. I've tended to try a formal | description of something first, in case the other party knows the | jargon, but it's been surprising to me how quickly you can shut | someone down by throwing words at them they don't understand. | jakub_g wrote: | Never heard about the method before but I've noticed long time | ago this is the way that works for me. | | When someone starts with definition I get bored. I want to start | from example and use case and then I will built a mental | formalization on my own. Starting from formalization I just can't | be bothered. | | You can see the diff e.g. how Wikipedia and Investopedia articles | are written. | | Each Investopedia article shows an example and repeats some key | things multiple times. Whereas trying to learn any economics or | maths stuff from Wikipedia is almost impossible. It can only be a | reference if you already know the thing and just need to double- | check the formula. | punnerud wrote: | This is why I like Jeremy Howard's approach for teaching | machine learning. Begin with simple code and examples, then | break apart and explain. https://course.fast.ai/ | abalaji wrote: | This website's got some great explanations for topics that a lot | of people get hung up on. Here's one of their articles on Flux. | [1] I was curious how this mental model compares to other ones I | had previously encountered and found this article that compares | each. [2] | | [1] https://betterexplained.com/articles/flux/ | | [2] https://tomroth.com.au/learning/ | [deleted] | moallabbad wrote: | I am working on a Linear Algebra book [0] and for the most part, | I seem to be following this advice naturally without having read | it before. It's still in its beginning phase but I am sharing in | case you find it interesting. | | [0] https://moallabbad.github.io/Intuitive-Guide-to-Linear- | Algeb... | blennon wrote: | This is tangential but does anyone have a "better explanation" | for topology? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-24 23:00 UTC)