A few years ago, I happened to be in a small shop in front of a college. It was buzzing with students who were there to buy snacks and sodas. The students would take what they want and keep money on the counter. The shopkeeper would give back the change in no time from an unorganised drawer mixed with currency bills and coins of different denominations. It was a shock for me to realise that the shopkeep was blind. How come he did such smooth transactions so swiftly in that rush hour?
It's the power of distinction. Yes, the shopkeeper could distinguish different coins and notes. The ability to differentiate things in your field of work or interest is a superpower. For example, performers segment their audience; painters can see various shades of a single colour, musicians can often hear different notes in a piece of music that we cannot. So, as a learner, how can different types of learnings help us understand and learn better? The intention is not to label the different approaches as good or bad. It is to see through them, understand and choose the right one for a given context.
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