Sarbajit, I believe that for the purposes of some types of learning, Nick would consider that a form of "fiddling." Certainly I would. This is most obvious if you are trying to find out what would happen if you sit under the boddhi tree by yourself for a while. However, it is presumably an appropriate means of experimentation for trying to answer a host of other questions.
Eric On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 12:19 PM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >As opposed to the (a ?) fourth way of simply setting under a boddhi tree and isolating yourself from the world ? > >Sarbajit > > >>On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Nicholas Thompson <<#>> wrote: >>> > > >Dear Peter, > > > > > >There are three ways to learn something: read, fiddle with things, and talk to somebody. I think the best learning take place if one is doing all three at the same time. > > > > > >Nick > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601
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