But it seems to me that a good way to get “fuzzy” background context is to bang your head against a variety of concrete problems (rather than explicitly being fuzzy). Example: you don’t know how to approach a math problem, so you solve a lot simpler/related/example problems and it gives you a better “feel” and intuition about the objects involved. Then you come back to the original problem. I’ve seen this pattern a lot.
Can you give some examples of the opposite being true?
But it seems to me that a good way to get “fuzzy” background context is to bang your head against a variety of concrete problems (rather than explicitly being fuzzy).
I agree. There is no need to be fuzzy “explicitly”. My point is that a lot of important learning will be excluded by the requirement for specific one-sentence summaries. For example, banging your head against a bunch of concrete problems :-) One-sentence summary: “My head hurts” :-D
I am not sure what do you mean by “opposite”—going from a more complex problem to simpler ones?
It’s OK, since you agree on the “not being fuzzy explicitly” point, I don’t have anything more to say about it.
Don’t treat this “one sentence summary” thing too strictly—it’s kind of a reflex/shorthand that is useful in many situations, but not all. I like it because it’s simple enough that it’s installable as a subconscious reaction.
But it seems to me that a good way to get “fuzzy” background context is to bang your head against a variety of concrete problems (rather than explicitly being fuzzy). Example: you don’t know how to approach a math problem, so you solve a lot simpler/related/example problems and it gives you a better “feel” and intuition about the objects involved. Then you come back to the original problem. I’ve seen this pattern a lot.
Can you give some examples of the opposite being true?
I agree. There is no need to be fuzzy “explicitly”. My point is that a lot of important learning will be excluded by the requirement for specific one-sentence summaries. For example, banging your head against a bunch of concrete problems :-) One-sentence summary: “My head hurts” :-D
I am not sure what do you mean by “opposite”—going from a more complex problem to simpler ones?
It’s OK, since you agree on the “not being fuzzy explicitly” point, I don’t have anything more to say about it.
Don’t treat this “one sentence summary” thing too strictly—it’s kind of a reflex/shorthand that is useful in many situations, but not all. I like it because it’s simple enough that it’s installable as a subconscious reaction.