Formula’s are quite helpful in achieving an end. If someone has already achieved an end in a certain way, you can use that way too, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
Given the general limits of pedagogues, what is taught is the formula, and not the ends. That was how I was taught when young. Do this. That’s the right way.
In grad school, my advisor gave both the end to be achieved, and a formula for doing so. The end was getting people to read and understand the article. The formula was a means to do so.
If you want people to read your articles, you need to motivate them to do so. They need to anticipate a payoff of value to them, which will we weighed against the anticipated cost.
If you want people to understand, you should help them to do so.
I want to use my time efficiently getting value for me, and appreciate it when writers help make that happen. Help me assess the value of their article to me up front. Help me to extract the value from their article.
they encourage a lazy style of reading in which you decide before you begin reading whether or not you’re going to discard the evidence before you, or consider it.
I prefer the ultimate lazy style of reading—to not read at all if I don’t see value. I don’t think I’m alone in that.
Formula’s are quite helpful in achieving an end. If someone has already achieved an end in a certain way, you can use that way too, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
Given the general limits of pedagogues, what is taught is the formula, and not the ends. That was how I was taught when young. Do this. That’s the right way.
In grad school, my advisor gave both the end to be achieved, and a formula for doing so. The end was getting people to read and understand the article. The formula was a means to do so.
If you want people to read your articles, you need to motivate them to do so. They need to anticipate a payoff of value to them, which will we weighed against the anticipated cost.
If you want people to understand, you should help them to do so.
I want to use my time efficiently getting value for me, and appreciate it when writers help make that happen. Help me assess the value of their article to me up front. Help me to extract the value from their article.
I prefer the ultimate lazy style of reading—to not read at all if I don’t see value. I don’t think I’m alone in that.