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I don't think you can learn your way to the cutting edge of science in a lifetime with project-based learning. In my experience it just takes too much time.
by franknstein 4y ago
I don't think you can learn your way to the cutting edge of science in a lifetime with project-based learning. In my experience it just takes too much time.
- whatever1 4y agoI don’t think you are at the cutting edge if you are not comfortably getting your hands dirty with it, to the point that you can clearly see what is missing and how you can further improve it. To truly learn is, in my opinion, to own.
- leereeves 4y agoYou don't think theoreticians are at the cutting edge of science?
- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoThe issue is that the "low hanging fruits" such as general relativity have been picked, the high hanging fruits require at least some kind of ladder, nuts and bolts. Perhaps a theoretician should not wire themselves the electromagnets or write the ladder logic of the PLCs running the experiments, but going up and down the stack certainly helps one's understanding and appreciation of the larger scope.
- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoYou could be hard-pressed to find a more project-based learning project than the Large Hadron Collider/James Webb Space Telescope. No amount of Gedankenexperimenten could ever prepare you for the cutting-edge science&engineering at LHC/JWST/ITER/etc.