192 - Understanding vs. Knowing - in life it is useful to understand (ba dum tish) the distinction between understanding and knowing. I learned this distinction through the writings of Richard Feynman. He uses a couple different examples to illustrate it:
- His Bird Story
- Student and Fulcrum Story
- Other stories?
In Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! he talks about
In … he recounts seeing one of his students
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