Dr. Terry Sejnowski
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Podcast Appearances
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You'll enjoy it. We have like 98% approval. It's just phenomenal. It's sticky.
No, no math. We're not teaching anything specific. We're not trying to give you knowledge. We're trying to tell you how to acquire knowledge. And how to do that, how to deal with exam anxiety, for example, or how to, you know, we all procrastinate, right? We put things off.
No, no math. We're not teaching anything specific. We're not trying to give you knowledge. We're trying to tell you how to acquire knowledge. And how to do that, how to deal with exam anxiety, for example, or how to, you know, we all procrastinate, right? We put things off.
No, no math. We're not teaching anything specific. We're not trying to give you knowledge. We're trying to tell you how to acquire knowledge. And how to do that, how to deal with exam anxiety, for example, or how to, you know, we all procrastinate, right? We put things off.
How to avoid that. We teach you how to avoid that.
How to avoid that. We teach you how to avoid that.
How to avoid that. We teach you how to avoid that.
Well, this is generational. Okay. So Technologies provide us with tools. You mentioned the calculator, right? Well, a calculator didn't eliminate you know, the education you need to get in math, but it made certain things easier. It made it possible for you to do more things and more accurately.
Well, this is generational. Okay. So Technologies provide us with tools. You mentioned the calculator, right? Well, a calculator didn't eliminate you know, the education you need to get in math, but it made certain things easier. It made it possible for you to do more things and more accurately.
Well, this is generational. Okay. So Technologies provide us with tools. You mentioned the calculator, right? Well, a calculator didn't eliminate you know, the education you need to get in math, but it made certain things easier. It made it possible for you to do more things and more accurately.
However, interestingly, students in my class often come up with answers that are off by, you know, eight orders of magnitude, and that's a huge amount, right? It's clear that they didn't key in the calculator properly, but they didn't recognize that it was a fairly... was completely way off the beam because they didn't have a good feeling for the numbers.
However, interestingly, students in my class often come up with answers that are off by, you know, eight orders of magnitude, and that's a huge amount, right? It's clear that they didn't key in the calculator properly, but they didn't recognize that it was a fairly... was completely way off the beam because they didn't have a good feeling for the numbers.
However, interestingly, students in my class often come up with answers that are off by, you know, eight orders of magnitude, and that's a huge amount, right? It's clear that they didn't key in the calculator properly, but they didn't recognize that it was a fairly... was completely way off the beam because they didn't have a good feeling for the numbers.
They don't have a good sense of exactly how big it should have been, order of magnitude, basic understanding. So it's kind of a... The benefit is that you can do things faster, better, but then you also lose some of your intuition if you don't have the procedural system in place.
They don't have a good sense of exactly how big it should have been, order of magnitude, basic understanding. So it's kind of a... The benefit is that you can do things faster, better, but then you also lose some of your intuition if you don't have the procedural system in place.
They don't have a good sense of exactly how big it should have been, order of magnitude, basic understanding. So it's kind of a... The benefit is that you can do things faster, better, but then you also lose some of your intuition if you don't have the procedural system in place.
Okay. So I'm going to come back to that because this is how you, the way you put it at the beginning is, had to do with how your brain is allocating resources. So when you're younger, you can take in things. Your brain is more malleable. For example, how good are you on social media?
Okay. So I'm going to come back to that because this is how you, the way you put it at the beginning is, had to do with how your brain is allocating resources. So when you're younger, you can take in things. Your brain is more malleable. For example, how good are you on social media?