From ignorance to knowledge

A person must keep learning his/her life. The motivation here is simple: we are still "ignorant" in some aspects, and ignorance is an obstacle to doing things. If we want to do a good job, we need to learn and change this ignorance.

But what most people do not know is that "Ignorance" is not actually a state, but two completely different states, one is known as unknown ignorance ), the other is known as informed ignorance ). I believe many people have this experience: One day I saw a book, oneArticleI think that the knowledge here is something I have never thought about or touched on. It is a brand new field, which means that you suddenly discover your ignorance, and know your ignorance, that is, from uninformed ignorance to informed ignorance. the other difference between the two types of ignorance is that the first type of ignorance can make people ignorant and fearless, because they will not realize this ignorance. The second approach is to make people cautious, know that they do not understand this knowledge, or consult professionals, or make up for the relevant knowledge. In our life, all our knowledge is outside our head. Therefore, we were originally in a pure uninformed ignorance State. Therefore, from ignorance to knowledge, we must go through two processes, the first process is from the first ignorance to the second ignorance; the second is to eliminate the second ignorance of the part, reaching the knowledge of the part. These two processes are actually completely different, but we often confuse them.

The first process is actually a very easy and pleasant process, and you don't even need to spend too much effort. There is a saying that you can see more and learn more, that is, you can also see more in the mountains and play with water. Today, when the Internet is developed, just a few links and a few Wikipedia articles can make people feel "growth. This is a good thing, because we are more likely to discover our own ignorance. At the same time, it is easy to have cognitive satisfaction in this process. Therefore, many people don't know how nice it is to "increase your knowledge" every day. It's easy and pleasant. Unfortunately, this process can only allow informed, rather than knowledgeable. What you want to know is persistent, in-depth, and systematic learning. Unfortunately, this process is not so easy and pleasant.

When I was in high school, I liked mathematics very much. I had a college mathematics book in the library, so I couldn't help but read it. I looked at the "differential equations ", the Nouns such as "variable function" are very excited. Although they are constantly discovering their previous ignorance, they also feel that they have learned new things, new terms, and new concepts. However, in general, "watching" does not require any mental power, especially when you never know that you do not know the status, this is a so-called Epiphany (and I suspect that the so-called epiphany may also suddenly feel that I am a dumb and I will realize it ). In this way, I thought I was very knowledgeable in mathematics. Then I went to the mathematics department in college. I suddenly found that even though I read those books in high school, I only knew about the nouns (informed) and really learned about mathematics training, it was not easy and pleasant to start when I used the knowledge in the book to do exercises later. I don't know if it is common. I met many students who liked a certain major in high school. When I really chose this major, I suddenly did not like it, this is also caused by the difference between be informed and be knowledgeable cognitive processes. These two cognitive processes cannot be replaced by each other. In other words, it is impossible to become a knowledgeable person if you only want to pick up cheap fruits and take the first step, or replace the second step with the ease and pleasure in the first step.

Without lasting, systematic, and in-depth learning, the knowledge structure will be in a half tone. In some articles about English learning, Mr. Li xiaolai mentioned the importance of intensive reading and dictionary searching. For example, if you are satisfied with informed ignorance in learning English and encounter a word that you don't know, you just want to guess the meaning of the word, and you don't want to write down the usage of the word, it cannot be your own word. Then, if you just write down your usage and do not consciously use the word (or see it multiple times) in the future, you may soon forget it. We agree to the intensive cultivation of language learning systems, but we may not be able to understand the need for all other disciplines, especially in areas that we think are "simple" or "fragmented, like bees, we often become tireless collectors and constantly be informed, forgetting to be behind knowledgeable rather than collecting, but learning. Knowing that you are ignorant is a very good thing, but do not tolerate the embarrassing situation between knodge dge and be informed. do not represent it to professionals, or take the time to study and learn from ignorance, to be informed.