Learning Through Search
Trying alternatives, encountering dead ends, and correcting false starts builds a map of a problem space. Obtaining the final answer without that search can leave the underlying expertise undeveloped.
Episodes that teach this
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Shortcuts Destroy The Experience | Future IQ
· explained at 12:25
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by the time they have proved a theorem, they have understood a whole bunch about this particular area of math.
Examples & generalisations
Concrete examples: mathematicians exploring dead ends while proving a theorem