![]() ![]() It doesn’t always happen consciously either. This is an example of the two kinds of thinking at work. How often have you been stuck on a problem and then thought of answer in the shower? And diffused thinking would be a wider but less intense beam. If the brain was a flashlight, focused thinking would be a single intense beam of light. You focus on something intently for a period of time and then take a break and let your thoughts diffuse. Learning happens at the crossover of these two kinds of thinking. No thoughts but at the same time, all of the thoughts. You’ve probably experienced this on a walk through nature or when you’re laying in bed about to go to sleep. You’re devoting concentration to figuring out what the words on the screen mean.ĭiffused thinking happens when you’re not focused on anything. The course breaks it down with the combination of two kinds of thinking, focused and diffused.įocused thinking involves working on a singular task. How do you answer such a question? What is learning? ![]() Part 1 - What is learning? Focused and Diffused thinking Otherwise, keep reading for a non-exhaustive list of some of my favourite takeaways. If you’ve seen the course before and are thinking about signing up, close this article and do it now, it’s worth it. Even throughout the course, as you learn something in part 1, it resurfaces in part 2, 3 and 4, reinforcing the new information. It’s taught in a simple and easy to understand manner. It’s one of the most popular online courses of all time. To improve my ability to learn, I went through the Learning How to Learn Course on Coursera. Want to learn Chinese? Apply your ability to learn. Want to learn programming? Apply your ability to learn. If you can learn how to learn, you can apply it to any other skill. Have you ever seen how a 4-year-old walks into a park? Now compare that to a 40-year-old. Knowing everything already would be a boring life. ‘I’d have the superpower to learn anything.’īut why bother having to learn something if you had the choice for any superpower, why not go straight to knowing everything?īecause learning is the fun part. Now if you asked me again, I’d tweak my answer. When I was younger my answer was always ‘I’d have the superpower to use any superpower.’ The equivalent of wishing for more wishes when a genie appears. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
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