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What’s your best advice to help someone want to learn? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SloppySol@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I would like to know of a community where I can post things that I write to myself. I’m not capable enough to make my own community yet, and I’ve got a lot to say.

My question, though, is about learning. What’s your single most essential defining piece of advice, to share the love of learning? To make someone who isn’t interested, interested?

Other than necessity, I guess. I hope that doesn’t just answer the question.

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[–] degen@midwest.social 7 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure if you mean gearing yourself up for learning or inspiring others to learn, but my answer might be the same for both.

Analogies. They're primarily how I learn and understand things, as well as how I try to convey things to others. Being able to connect some dots to what you already know, even if they're vastly different ideas, really helps (me) solidify new information and find a driving force to uncover more.

It could just be my wiring, but I think a lot of how we understand the world is in the terms of our previous understanding. There's a real possibility of misguided bias though, like knowing all about hammers so everything reminds you of nails.