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#73 Steven Strogatz: Exploring Curiosities

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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How to Get Unstuck

i've lived it with these students, that when you make a space that is safe for mathematical confusion. Nobody's going to feel stupid here. We're all we're all confused. Confusion is the normal state of affairs when you're trying something really hard and when you're exploring the unknown. And am don't worry about looking pid. I'm confused over here too. That sounds like a great environment. It is. When you collaborate on on research at the cutting edge of math, where nobody knows the answer,. i mean, you can't ask a professor, cause no one knows. The whole course is based on me never lecturing. I just give them puzzles, and then

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