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Malcolm Ocean 🏴☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• about 5 years ago
The phrase "that'll teach them a lesson!" involves a deep confusion around how learning works. "I can't teach you, I can only SHOW you." Show cruelty, and people will learn cruelty. Show anger, and people will learn anger. Show resent, and people will learn resent. https://t.co/ZqtBuIAO4u
Malcolm Ocean 🏴☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• over 6 years ago
@QiaochuYuan relatedly, from Victor Wooten's The Music Lesson: (HT @alifeofmovement) "I cannot teach you because no one can teach another person anything." "What do you mean by that?" "You can only teach yourself... I can teach you nothing. I can only *show* you things." https://t.co/uYkZcAbPCS
Malcolm Ocean 🏴☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• almost 5 years ago
Replying to @Malcolm_Ocean