4 Things to learn just about anything
We all want to learn new things don't we? Learning Improves our lives and livelihood. But what is learning? And how do you get better at it? Invariably our environments force us to learn new things. This blog post is a summary of what is offered on the Coursera laced with my own opinions and experiences. Learning involves memorization, recollection, application and behavioral changes. I have always wondered what it means to learn something. Is it just the ability to memorize something? Memory certainly has a big role to play in learning. But can you memorize addition? No, you can’t! you need to understand the concept of addition. So, does learning mean your understanding of a concept? Then does your dog understand gravity? Parabola? partial differential equations? Well, if you want to jump and catch flying ball mid-air, you need to understand all these. So, your dog understands all of these at some level. I don't think any one would accept that a dog has learnt about par...