[pythian] Re: DESIGN - Experience
- From: Ariel <arielr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pythian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 14:59:04 -0700
I disagree with all of you to talk about this again ! We already spend many
times about this long time ago and that's why I don't participate to this
discussion. I really think that it's useless to talk about experience again.
Sorry !
Ariel
At 04:50 PM 5/7/2003 +0300, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
> > > i disagree, i think that for every type of skill, reading a book
> > > should only increase your your potential in that skill. this
> > > just seems
> > > more logical.
> >
> > I was going to argue with you, but I couldn't think of any examples where
> > you could read something and instantly be as good at it as you would be
> > after practicing it several times. Therefore, you must be right :)
>
>I think the key is in the golden mean of 2 approaches.
>Yes - maybe reading the book is not rising your skill directly (except the
>"reading" skill ;-)),
>but who ever tried to read a book without trying to do something from this
>book?
>There are allways some sort of examples in good book - so reader should try
>them WHILE READING IT.
>Such a book is much like a teacher. But maybe not so good as living one.
>
>So I propose the following benefits of reading:
> - gain some grow of potential
> - skill is increased by some amout (maybe quite a bit)
>
>
> > > - minimium skill limit for a book to be read.
> > > - skill proportionality - they can read the book, but because they
> > > dont understand it, they only gain a little but of knoledge from
> > > it
> >
> > Sure, if the book is so far ahead of your current skill that you can't
> > understand, you'll gain less, similarly, if the book is written at your
> > current level, you'll gain little. This suggests there is a
> > gaussian curve
> > (bell shaped) centered around an "ideal" skill for learning from
> > a book, and
> > getting smaller if it's far far advanced, or not advanced enough for you.
> >
> > Sounds good.
>
>Great idea. But this is really good candidate to hide from players.
>At least the "gaussian curve" calculation part. ;-)
>
>Andrey.
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