Computational thinking is using abstraction and decomposition when attacking a large complex task,” she wrote. “It is choosing an appropriate represe… - David Epstein

As each man amassed more information for his own view, each became more dogmatic, and the inadequacies in their models of the world more stark.

Whether chemists, physicists, or political scientists, the most successful problem solvers spend mental energy figuring out what type of problem they are facing before matching a strategy to it, rather than jumping in with memorized procedures.

learning itself is best done slowly to accumulate lasting knowledge, even when that means performing poorly on tests of immediate progress. That is, the most effective learning looks inefficient; it looks like falling behind.