Somehow, in the end, what matters to me is that in the course of learning:
[order] notions and their dependencies are introduced in a topological-sorted manner. Be it through multiple small or large texts, or all together in a fat book.
[redundancy] having to read/skim the same notion the least amount of times.
I’ve had trouble finding small piecemeal contents that do not require a whole lot of background knowledge to be understood.
Large, comprehensive texts, my thought was, have lower such risks. And I agree that the bigger the piece, the higher the redundancy risk.
Well, my point was that redundancy is not actually a problem because fluency robs it of tedium. So if you see it as a major issue, it’s inaccurate to say that you agree.
I agree with you.
Somehow, in the end, what matters to me is that in the course of learning:
[order] notions and their dependencies are introduced in a topological-sorted manner. Be it through multiple small or large texts, or all together in a fat book.
[redundancy] having to read/skim the same notion the least amount of times.
I’ve had trouble finding small piecemeal contents that do not require a whole lot of background knowledge to be understood.
Large, comprehensive texts, my thought was, have lower such risks. And I agree that the bigger the piece, the higher the redundancy risk.
Well, my point was that redundancy is not actually a problem because fluency robs it of tedium. So if you see it as a major issue, it’s inaccurate to say that you agree.
Yes, you are right. I was being a bit flexible saying that I agreed. I only partially agree. I may be too conflict averse.