There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer literate in order to avoid being cynically manipulated by the computers of the future. The real value of learning to program can only be understood if we look at learning to program as an exercise of the intellect, as a kind of modern-day Latin that we learn to sharpen our minds.
We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to learn from thes… - Roger Schank
We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to learn from thes…
- Roger Schank
Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the answer-well… - Roger Schank
Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the answer-well…
In the end all we have...are stories and methods of finding and using those stories. - Roger Schank
In the end all we have...are stories and methods of finding and using those stories.
Learning is about failure and recovery from failure. - Roger Schank
Learning is about failure and recovery from failure.
Schools in the future will be judged less because of the credentials that they bestow, and more because of the experiences that they offer. - Roger Schank
Schools in the future will be judged less because of the credentials that they bestow, and more because of the experiences that they offer.
There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer… - Roger Schank
There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer…
The language of the culture also reflects the stories of the culture. One word or simple phrasal labels often describe the story adequately enough in… - Roger Schank
The language of the culture also reflects the stories of the culture. One word or simple phrasal labels often describe the story adequately enough in…
Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, t… - Roger Schank
Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, t…
Everything they teach in school is oriented so that they can test it to show that you know it, instead of taking note of the obvious, which is that p… - Roger Schank
Everything they teach in school is oriented so that they can test it to show that you know it, instead of taking note of the obvious, which is that p…
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