Via Dumb Little Man:
If only we had listened to that sage advice. But the truth is, we’re not hardwired to learn that way.
3 Reasons Why You’re Hardwired to Learn the Hard Way - by Dumb Little Man
Points:
- We learn best from experience – According to Benjamin Bloom’s “Taxonomy of Learning” theory, there are three domains of learning: thinking, feeling and doing. And guess what? Of course, they are all related to memory, but they also involve tying emotions to those memories. When someone gives us advice, the experience usually isn’t emotional. We listen, maybe even try to remember, but unless it evokes a strong feeling, it’ll always just be advice instead of a lesson learned.
- It’s how we were raised – How did you learn what “hot” and “cold” meant? If you never felt either sensation, you would still be confused. Someone could try to explain how it felt, but it just wouldn’t work. Even the words used to describe hot and cold would be off limits. If you don’t know cold, you certainly couldn’t understand levels of cold, like blistering, freezing or chilly.
- We think we’re far from it – Most of us are pretty grounded. We know that nothing lasts forever and our lives will eventually change. We just think it’s going to happen sometime in the distant future. So, why worry about it now?
