Re: foundations of relational theory?

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:Npymb.25335$Fm2.12425_at_attbi_s04...
> The choices I'm aware of are: reading, attending classes, and
> debate. For whatever reasons, debate works extremely well
> for me; the other two I find distinctly harder. (Although I do
> both of them. Well, it's been a few years since my last class.)
> I think the cost function may vary from person to person.
> (But if you have any tips on easier ways to learn, believe me:
> I'm all ears!)
>
> Debate works particularly well for areas where I'm at the
> intermediate level, which is roughly where I consider
> myself in relational theory. Areas I'm a beginner at, I mostly
> try just to ask questions. Areas where I'm expert, (Java
> programming, say) I don't learn so much from Usenet, but
> I can contribute back, which has its own rewards. Although
> answering the same questions eventually gets old.

I remember naive question in one exchange:

"Where did you learn all this math staff? Here on sci.math?"

The idea that somebody can learn any significant discipline from usenet threads is hillarious;-) Received on Sun Oct 26 2003 - 19:30:21 CET