I Have An Intuition The Chain Rule Was Used Here But I Don’t Have Sufficient Knowledge Of Differential

I was born in the early 2000s and nostalgia plagues me today as the day I turn 20 approaches

Repetition is pushed in math and physics but there’s an intuition you (ought to) develop as time passes. Physics is intuitive but it might be possible to do well in beginner level classes without having a strong conceptual or intuitive understanding of what systems you’re looking at (it might even be possible to go through undergrad without a strong intuitive understanding as stated by some physics grad students who didn’t have this until after their undergraduate years). As an engineering student I see my engineering peers move through introductory physics but when they try to explain things or solve a problem they haven’t seen before, they have no clue. This is because they trained themselves to do problems. They didn’t train themselves to think. They also rely on equations but don’t have any regard for the derivation. Memorizing equations can get you places but not very far, after a while.

I wish I could think like a physicist. I want to make the right assumptions. I want a grasp on the system without needing numbers. I want to make solid predictions on what will happen in a system even if I’m not familiar with it. I’m not equipped with it now but this is something I hope will be developed as time passes. It’s not a one day development, of course.

I notice mathematical intuition is also something that’s lacking in students because it’s not taught to be a priority. I’m not sure if this intuition can even be directly taught, I don’t think it can be.

I see what you mean when you say practice is encouraged in order to do better at problems and how this idea of developing an intuition, which will be your greatest asset in physics or mathematics, isn’t prioritized.

I think something that was underemphasized in my education was the framing of learning as a process that occurs over time.

I mean, to some extent and more so in certain subjects, you are just looking to accumulate some static information in your brain*. but I think most professors would say they are ideally looking to impart a more nebulous sort of skill in "how to think". like, if you are studying mathematics, you need to know the content, and be able to prove theorems, but you also want to be developing a sort of intuition for thinking mathematically.

[*I said this originally in the draft, but in fact even static information seems to be best acquired through spaced repetition!]

they will tell you to practice problems, of course. but it is framed as a way of getting better at doing the problems, not as a generalisable skill. not like in: you have to move the material through your brain repeatedly in different ways to get its value. not like in: you are trying to forge adaptations, not much differently to building muscle. often like: "it might take some time to understand this [because it is hard and you will struggle with it]" (read: if I'm clever enough I could totally pull it off quickly, skill issue), but not like: time is an actual ingredient in this recipe.

I enjoy mocking certain Dostoevsky readers due to how much of a loser they are. These readers can also be pretentious and arrogant about their self proclaimed intellectual identity but as I said: they’re losers. I like dostoevsky’s writing though. I’ve read Crime and Punishment and White Nights. I enjoyed Crime and Punishment more but I resonate very deeply with the narrator in White Nights and soon hope to have a copy of the work

How I wish I had a feast of potatoes placed forth in front of me .

It struck me as odd to see men act as though women are coddled for their emotions while men are told to man up. No one has coddled my emotions and it’s a very few times they’ve been validated. Women have been seen as overly emotional creatures who can’t form rational judgements— hysterical, crazy, and insane.

the biggest bullshit everrrrr is when people say "men and boys are punished for crying whereas women and girls are validated and comforted" it's such bullshit people will literally see a woman crying and call her an evil manipulative bitch

Choice feminism only appears to be an attempt at upholding the status quo under the patriarchy while preaching to women they’re empowering themselves. How does one truly argue these acts are empowering or feminist? Step back from the make-up example but think about the number of cultures and religions globally that have a rigid adherence to patriarchal gender roles— many women within these cultures happily do make choices that leave them vulnerable, abused, degraded, and ultimately seen as lesser beings than men. But they made that choice… what would you say about the nature of that choice? Empowering? Divorce and marrying later in life or perhaps even not marrying at all is a choice many women can make but what are the social repercussions of that? Can women make certain choices without being demeaned by those around them? Can they divorce or live a child-free life while being seen as a whole and fulfilled human?

Seeking to understand how drift velocity is quite low and slow while there’s an almost instantaneous feedback of circuit information once the connection is closed and the voltage is established. I see that drift speed is different from the speed at which the particles collide with one another within the wire too, that collision (or thermal?) speed is notably higher than drift velocity . But how is this almost instantaneous feedback of information possible ?

My neuroscience and philosophy professor abused mt paper I got an 80 and his starting line was “There is much to be desired…” in regards to the to the introduction

Oh sweet grumpy man Please have mercy

I think of the 4th spatial and maybe I should begin writing sci-fi short stories

That sounds lovely and would reflect my eerie dreams

We need science literacy. Now.