21 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 28 Oct \ on: Forgotten Genius: A Maverick of Electrical Science BooksAndArticles
I have nightmares just remembering those circuits from university.
I had professors that would have field days playing with that fear.
Eventually you learn to face it and rely on first principles rather than memorization/rote.
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Understanding is always the best way, I don't like to memorize!
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one of the most singular moments of my life was when my (amazing) high school physics teacher told us:
Physics is unlike any other topic you'll learn. Other topics there's a lot of studying for memorization. Physics is a lot more like kung fu. You need to interpret the meaning of these physical laws and develop an intuition.
How right he was. I think I had a genetic predisposition (dad is a rock star engineer). But that interaction positively influenced my life more than he probably realized.
Side note: that physics teacher was a maniac. He would play 80s music in class, make inapporpriate jokes. Let us do crazy impractical and messy experiments. He also had a weird OCD tick where no matter how far he was from a yellow light he'd try to make it.
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