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Re:We're building computers wrong [video] by boxed on Friday March 04, 2022 @01:59PM (#30558859)
Funny. Veritasium actually has some videos talking about why he has this approach :)

I saw something similar all the time as a dance teacher: explaining stuff and showing over and over made the students feel like they learned a lot. But they just didn't. It was mostly a total waste of time. I switched to showing ONCE then they had to try. Then I showed again. The speed of learning went up dramatically. The problem I had then was that the students didn't like it!

"Make people believe they're thinking and they'll love you. Make them actually think, and they will hate you."

Re:We're building computers wrong [video] by l33t2328 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:39AM (#30564966)
See, I’ve heard that, but I like being challenged. I like to have to “pause and ponder” as the excellent Youtuber 3Blue1Brown puts it, but Vertiassium is just annoying.
Re:We're building computers wrong [video] by boxed on Saturday March 05, 2022 @04:32PM (#30572112)
Challenged? Or feel like you're being challenged?

It'd be nice with a real scientific test! There's a lot of subjective feeling here and not anything very solid. Veritasium at least backs up his position with his own thesis research. I find that more compelling as an argument than having a position not backed up by anything at all.