Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong

Re:Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong by trustfundbaby on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @09:08PM (#4967858)

Complete fantasy tangent here but ...

Its amazing to me how much effort we as human beings put into memorizing and retaining 'factual' knowledge like this. Can you imagine how far we could go if all this knowledge could literally be loaded into our brains at an early age so that instead of basic arithmetic (for example) kids in elementary were already doing quantum physics and things of that nature.

I know its far far away, but it really really fascinates me to think of the implications of just doing away with having to relearn "learned" things so that we could devote energies to far more advanced topics.

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Re:Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong by itcmcgrath on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @09:17PM (#4967881)

Assuming that the act of learning doesn't 'grow' the brain in a meaningful way as part of the process. I think that's probably an assumption too far though.

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Re:Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong by ijl on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @12:27AM (#4968255)

When you learn, the myelin between the relevant neurons increases. The Talent Code discusses this at length, and argues that skill in something is a function of myelin strength.

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