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by jbxntuehineoh 56 days ago
> I’m like… wait, I actually don’t know.

reminds me of the experience of reading a math text without doing the exercises, thinking that you've understood the material, and then falling flat on your face when you attempt to apply your "understanding" to a novel problem. there's a significant difference between passively reading something and really putting active effort into it. only the latter leads to actual understanding ime