Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le...
by kooshball on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:59PM
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disagree here. you're judging society on the most naive ranking a student would give. in an ideal world you can optimize for the perfect amount of understanding and imperfect leaps for each student to best address long term understanding and success.
Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le...
by lkesteloot on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:53AM
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You're right that in principle it's possible. But say you were a great teacher, and knew that clear teaching was worse than imperfect teaching. Could you actually make your lectures less clear on purpose?
At a meta level, I think this means we'll never (as a society) be great at teaching, because teachers who make us work make us feel like we're learning less. We prefer (and rate more highly) the professors, like Feynman, who make us feel smart.