Daily Archives: November 19, 2010

Physics and French literature

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Q: I disagree with your generalization that physicists are smarter than professors of French Literature.

A: Try this thought experiment. A dictator takes over the US and sends all the professors to re-education camps. The physicists are told they have to learn how to write academic articles about French literature, and the French literature professors are told they have to learn how to write original physics papers. If they fail, they’ll be shot. Which group is more worried?

— Paul Graham

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2010.11.19 Friday ACHK

十分明白 4

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The smallest possible step, 2

這段改篇自 2010 年 4 月 8 日的對話。

… 不是。

你要看完整題題目，才會知道它要你計什麼。看完整題的話，你立刻會知道，你需要用這題式。然後你會想：「這題式和 N 有什麼關係呢？」接著，你會直接想起：「N 越大，即是燈泡數目越大，所以電流 i2 越大。」而明顯地，i1 和 i2 是有關係的。因此，你會發覺，你要先找出 i1 和 i2 的關係。

最重要的是，你先間底（underline）題目要你找什麼，從而明確知道自己的目標（第 n 步）；然後問，該個目標之前的一步（第 n-1 步）是什麼；然後再問，再之前的一步（第 n-2 步）是什麼；如此類推，直至到達你此時此地的處境（第 1 步）為止。

— Me@2010.11.19

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

— The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

— Stephen R. Covey

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