Mark T. Tomczak on Nostr: npub1k4qml…73lsq In general, I wish we taught more history in STEM. Because so much ...

npub1k4qmle0sq0u0fwfz8l7zr85j3ag07z0v3lzj7xrkz5v6sfxdd00ss73lsq (npub1k4q…3lsq) In general, I wish we taught more history in STEM. Because so much of the stuff we expect students to memorize that looks like arbitrary bullshit is arbitrary bullshit... In the sense that it comes from extremely path-dependent history.

I find knowing some of that history gives me hooks to hang the arbitrariness on.