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just_the_things75. Read one of the Great Courses
I have seen these on the shelves for years and have always wondered if I'd like to learn while driving. I tried earreading one about the American Revolution, but the first CD was so scratched, I couldn't get through it. So I turned that one back in and tried again, this time with a course called Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines.
I enjoyed the lessons, and often I'd come up with counter-arguements to theories being presented a minute or two before they were covered by the instructor. I also loved hearing about Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing, of course. The discussion of AI wasn't all that new to me, but in the context of the human mind, it was an interesting spin. However, I don't learn well by hearing things. So while I made it through the whole series of lessons, and I followed it all, I didn't retain very much. I remember a number of the theories and some of the counters to them, but I couldn't tell you their context or the names of those who developed them. So now I have weird, iincomplete knowledge of this subject without any firm idea of what I actually believe on the subject.
I'm glad I gave it a shot, but I don't think the format works for me.
I have seen these on the shelves for years and have always wondered if I'd like to learn while driving. I tried earreading one about the American Revolution, but the first CD was so scratched, I couldn't get through it. So I turned that one back in and tried again, this time with a course called Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines.
I enjoyed the lessons, and often I'd come up with counter-arguements to theories being presented a minute or two before they were covered by the instructor. I also loved hearing about Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing, of course. The discussion of AI wasn't all that new to me, but in the context of the human mind, it was an interesting spin. However, I don't learn well by hearing things. So while I made it through the whole series of lessons, and I followed it all, I didn't retain very much. I remember a number of the theories and some of the counters to them, but I couldn't tell you their context or the names of those who developed them. So now I have weird, iincomplete knowledge of this subject without any firm idea of what I actually believe on the subject.
I'm glad I gave it a shot, but I don't think the format works for me.
