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 How do we Learn?, It isnt as simple as it sounds~

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dreamer101
post Jan 16 2012, 11:18 AM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Schank

TS,

If you are interested, you could read anything that is written by Roger Schank. He spent 30+ years on learning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory

Now, if you are interested in learning any system quickly, you could study System Theory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching

The first book on System Theory was I Ching. It was drawn 6,000 to 7,000 years ago before words and language was created. Chinese spent a few thousand years trying to explain the pattern of change.

There are multiple levels of learning / thinking.

There are THINKING.

There are THINKING behind THINKING.

Then, there are THINKING behind THINKING behind THINKING.

The LOWEST level is information.

The next level is interpretation of information.

Then, the next level is the Model that the interpretation of the information is based on.

Level 1 -> I see color Red

Level 2 -> Color Red is good

Level 3 -> Based on Chinese culture / world model / history, Chinese interpret Red is Good.

Learning could be at level 1, 2, 3. To really understand WHY Chinese interpret Red is good versus other Culture see Red as bad, you have to go to the Thinking behind Thinking. Aka, the model where the Thinking is based on.

Philosophy is one of the area that you can look at.

Dreamer

P.S.: There is a FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM in your thinking. You ASSUME that the problem that we have is lack of information. Is that so??

http://www.brainrules.net/

Check out the latest research and information on human brain.


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post Jan 16 2012, 11:28 AM

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TS,

I am a Zen Buddhist..

So, I leave you with this story....

One day, the student asked the Zen master what is the secret of life??

The master replied, do the right thing and do not do the wrong stuff.

The student said everybody know that. Even a small kid know that.

The master replied, if that is true, why even a 70 years old person cannot do that??

Knowledge was never the problem. We know. We just cannot do the right thing at the right time. So, telling people about right and wrong is useless. They know. They just cannot do. Knowing right from wrong was never the problem.

The Golden Rule was good enough.

Treat others like how you like to be treated.

You do not need anything else.

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post Jan 16 2012, 09:05 PM

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QUOTE(Mesosmagnet @ Jan 16 2012, 08:33 PM)
Hi Dreamer,

I havent read all the wiki articles and done my research yet, so I will for now only address your last question in the postscript.

Yes, to put it simply I am implying that we do have a lack of information, maybe not that it isnt in our brains, but rather that because of our way of learning things, we are unable to access all the information when needed. You see for things that are physical like riding a bike, no matter how long it has been since we've ridden one, we never forget how to ride a bike. I am probably very likely wrong, but I think it has to do with how our brain accepts, processes and stores information. So if we are able to figure out how our brain accepts processes and stores information then maybe we'll be able to control our brain better to process or store the information better for immediate retrieval.

Well now back to reading the articles you posted. Thanks~
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Knowledge is not wisdom.

Dreamer

 

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