Learning as a tree
..learning resembles a tree: you see the trunk, you see the branches, and you see the leaves...
In the beginning any new field is intimidating. Through perseverence, one will start seeing what resembles a branch or a trunk, and then a leaf or two, and then the whole tree. When one sees the tree it could probably answer:
“What is the essence of the idea that this single topic is trying to get at?” If you can argue a counterbelief to that idea, you really know you understand that area.
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