Re: Experiment and Interpretation

Posted by Eric Charles on Jul 04, 2011; 5:31pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Experiment-and-Interpretation-tp6544946p6546885.html

Sarbajit,
I believe that for the purposes of some types of learning, Nick would consider that a form of "fiddling." Certainly I would. This is most obvious if you are trying to find out what would happen if you sit under the boddhi tree by yourself for a while. However, it is presumably an appropriate means of experimentation for trying to answer a host of other questions.

Eric

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 12:19 PM, Sarbajit Roy <[hidden email]> wrote:

As opposed to the (a ?) fourth way of simply setting under a boddhi tree and isolating yourself from the world ?

Sarbajit

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson@...> wrote:

Dear Peter,

 

There are three ways to learn something:  read, fiddle with things, and talk to somebody.  I think the best learning take place if one is doing all three at the same time.  

 

Nick

 

 

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