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by mrkeen 749 days ago
> If learning durations were log-normally distributed, how would people be able to graduate from universities and finish studies, mostly in time?

By studying an exponentially smaller domain each time round:

* In primary school, study "The life-cycles of animals"

* In secondary school, study "mitosis and meiosis"

* As an undergrad, study "insect reproduction at a cellular level"

* As a postgrad, study "the effect of a particular molecule on the timing of a mosquito's development into sexual maturity"