and third, subjects should not be introduced without explaining the purpose or reason, or without giving any way in which the material could be really used to discover something interesting. I don't think it is worthwhile teaching such material." — jgill
What do you guys think about this? Everything from tactics to academics tends to be better when it's towards the higher end of this phenomenon. — Gurgeh
If I understand it correctly, I can't jump on board with this third point — Tommy
Thats interesting because I remember Feynman talking (youtube video) about two methods of math in history, the Greek method and the Babylonian method. The Greek method used axioms, where as the Babylonian method did not.and the first chapter in the book we used was axiomatic structure. No matter who taught the course, the students were not happy. — jgill
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