Re:Increasing your practice surface area
by simianparrot on Thursday October 02, 2025 @10:50AM
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I think that’s down to two things: Adaptability and survivorship bias. If you have ADHD (and mine was never medicated nor have I bothered to get a re-evaluation as an adult; they called it “slightly hyperactive” when I was a kid, no idea if I would still be considered to have ADHD today) then most education isn’t effective and so most likely you either adapt to autodidact or you fail.
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Re:Increasing your practice surface area
by schwartzworld on Thursday October 02, 2025 @10:33PM
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Maybe, or maybe adhd is the term for what happens when you take somebody who is best at learning on their own and force them to sit in a classroom and listen to boring shit all day.
Re:Increasing your practice surface area
by simianparrot on Friday October 03, 2025 @09:27AM
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Haha yeah that’s a great point.