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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Oct 2014

    To teach x well you have to be an expert not just on x but also on the mistakes people make when learning x.

    10:58 AM - 28 Oct 2014
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      2. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 28 Oct 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg which means you've made those mistakes.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Oct 2014
        Replying to @davealevine

        @davealevine Not always. No one person has made all the mistakes I've seen YC founders make.

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      4. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 28 Oct 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg fair enough. One can learn from seeing others make mistakes too, but there's nothing like having lived them yourself.

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      2. Jeff Sarnat‏ @Eigenvariable 28 Oct 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I disagree strongly. Teaching x is the best way to become an expert on x. cc/@mallyvai

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      3. Vaibhav Mallya‏ @mallyvai 28 Oct 2014
        Replying to @Eigenvariable

        @paulg @Eigenvariable IMO good teachers teach to build positive *and* minimize negative. Harder to learn this only by teaching.

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      4. Jeff Sarnat‏ @Eigenvariable 28 Oct 2014
        Replying to @mallyvai

        @mallyvai @paulg Correct. You don't become an expert *just* by teaching, but it is by far the best way to make the leap from "knowledgable."

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      1. simon‏ @SimonBlampied 3 Nov 2014
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        extended from @paulg - To sell x well you have to be an expert not just on x but also on the mistakes people make when buying x.

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      1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg It took me a disturbingly long time to realize that x was a placeholder and you weren't talking about Xorg.

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      1. tom tye‏ @Tom_Tye 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg @mallyvai And w and y ... you know, for context. If you're writing it down you should really know the whole alphabet.

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      1. prasanna shivakamat‏ @prasanna1177 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg @ValaAfshar and also on 'unlearning y'

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      1. Grognor‏ @Grognor 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg I'm always saying to teach X you need to be an expert at X, an expert on X, and an expert at teaching. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/04/expert_at_versu.html …

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      1. Nicolas Rodriguez M‏ @nrmedeyros 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg The manager and the moron is a great essay on the change from experience to information. Teaching included, we are just resisting it.

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      1. Colin Dabritz‏ @ColinDabritz 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg .. and teaching, don't forget that is a separate skill!

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      1. wiskunde‏ @wiskundeflot 28 Oct 2014
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        RT@paulg: To teach x well you have to be an expert not just on x but also on the mistakes people make when learning x.

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      1. Alex Rodriguez‏ @headhonchoarod 28 Oct 2014
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        RFT “@paulg: To teach x well you have to be an expert not just on x but also on the mistakes people make when learning x.”

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      1. Alex Bowe‏ @alexbowe 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg to be an expert on the mistakes people make when learning x, you need to not be an expert at it.

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      1. Subba Reddy‏ @PostPCEra 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg yes. Not knowing(unable to programmatically capture )exact mistakes users make is the reason why so many LEARN Programming sites fail

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      1. josh franta‏ @feynmanrocks 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg An expert is someone who knows the mistakes which can be made, in a very narrow field. --Niels Bohr

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      1. Eric  💻 📲 💾 🕹 📽 🚀‏ @EricyuanY 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg teaching mistakes comes from teacher's experience or case studies from observing others ?

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      1. Mayank Dhingra‏ @mayankdhingra 28 Oct 2014
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        @paulg profound

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