Re: App to help with Deliberate Practice / Mavis Beacon Teaches Vim?

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 08/04/10 12:49, John Little wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2:44 pm, Duane Johnson<duane.john...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> When I learned to touch type in high school...
>>> ...practice those ones over and over again...
>>
>> I think you're swimming against the strengths of vim. In vim if you
>> find yourself doing something over and over again you stop and find a
>> better way, at the least record a macro.
>>
>> Regards, John
>>
>
> Yeah, thinking about it, it looks like we're once more against the
> conservative <=> progressive theories of learning (Reminds me of a
> recent comment I gave on one of Paul Krugman's NYT blog articles).
>
> A conservative learns by rote the same skills and the same prayers which
> his great-great-great-grandfather used before him -- I'm just
> caricaturing a tiny wee bit ;-)

More than a wee bit, I would say ;-)

: Learn How Not To Think And You Will Be
> A Good Conservative: Curiosity Is Original Sin, And Whoever Is Not With
> Us And Of Us, Is Against Us.

Given the progressive's penchant for dismissing opposing viewpoints as
the result of ignorance and inability to reason, I find it ironic that
we conservatives are the ones so often accused of intolerance... ;-)

Sincerely,
Brett Stahlman

...[snip]...

>
> Best regards,
> Tony.

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