QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷) on Twitter: "@michaellavelle @DaltonDEmery @kureshii_ yeah this is a terrible way to write those proofs, for exactly this reason. much more honest to be like "let epsilon be some function of the other parameters which we'll figure out later. (some stuff happens) okay we need to choose the function to satisfy this inequality"" / Twitter

Confusion is a sign of learning. If you’re not feeling confused, or anything less than crystal clear on an idea, you are learning something about it, however slowly. twitter.com/DaltonDEmery/s

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JayS

@kureshii_

Feb 11, 2021

When the feeling of confusion goes away, you have learned something. But not necessarily everything! Expect more confusion to come. If you’re not being semi-regularly confused or surprised, you are probably cognitively bored.

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JayS

@kureshii_

Feb 11, 2021

I really like this Quora answer: quora.com/What-is-it-lik Once you feel like you have a deep understanding of something, it's time to move on!

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yeah this is a terrible way to write those proofs, for exactly this reason. much more honest to be like "let epsilon be some function of the other parameters which we'll figure out later. (some stuff happens) okay we need to choose the function to satisfy this inequality"

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