[HN Gopher] Powerful Study Tips from Richard Feynman
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       Powerful Study Tips from Richard Feynman
        
       Author : takiwatanga
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-04-03 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | yarky wrote:
       | "The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to
       | the best of your ability."
       | 
       | That's sums it up pretty well.
        
         | throwawayboise wrote:
         | I think there are some (perhaps many) people who just don't
         | have this level of passion in themselves.
         | 
         | When I was younger, I liked working in software. It was fun,
         | and interesting, but did I "love" it? Honestly I don't think
         | so.
         | 
         | Looking back on my time as a student, I can't think of any
         | subject that I loved so much that that studying was something I
         | wanted to do. It was always a chore, always something I did
         | because it was a means to getting to a point in life where I
         | didn't have to do it anymore.
         | 
         | Now, at halfway through my 50s, I would not be able to answer
         | the standard interview question "what are you passionate
         | about?" Nothing comes to mind. Everything I do day-to-day is
         | either stuff that I need to do to pay the bills and support my
         | family, or is in some way procrastinating on stuff that isn't
         | yet so urgent that I have to do it.
         | 
         | I think people like Feynman are born with a burning passion for
         | learning that most people just don't have.
        
       | pddpro wrote:
       | There's the famous Feynman method i.e. Study hard, Teach it to
       | others, Identify the gaps in your own knowledge, and
       | Simplify/Synthesize.
       | 
       | But people often also forget that there is another method
       | associated with Feynman aka The Feynman Algorithm (which was
       | outlined by his colleague Murray Gell-Mann, a noble prize winning
       | physicist himself). This method goes as follows:
       | 
       | 1. Write down the problem. 2. Think real hard. 3. Write the
       | solution.
       | 
       | Not to discount or discredit anything (or anyone) here but we
       | must understand that Feynman was no average person and that his
       | advice on anything related to learning or problem-solving must be
       | viewed through an optics that adequately adjusts for his
       | intellect as well.
        
         | marginalia_nu wrote:
         | To be fair, that second algorithm works pretty well. I
         | frequently solve problems by staring at them.
        
         | WalterBright wrote:
         | My variation on that method:
         | 
         | 1. load my brain with all the context of the problem
         | 
         | 2. go out for a run, which bounces it all around in my brain
         | until things fall into place
         | 
         | 3. write the solution when I get back
        
           | BurningFrog wrote:
           | A lazier step 2 that works for me is to sleep for a full
           | night.
        
         | qiskit wrote:
         | > Teach it to others
         | 
         | If there's no one around, try explaining it to yourself. An
         | easy method to determine whether you superficially understood a
         | topic or not. After reading some material, it's remarkable how
         | little of it you've truly understood sometimes.
        
       | paulpauper wrote:
       | It also helps greatly to be as smart as him.
        
         | whatshisface wrote:
         | It's nice to get free stuff from nature but you can't go back
         | and ask for more.
        
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