Stop Trying To Understand

In this video I discuss a very important issue that happens with math and other subjects. At what point should you simply move on and accept that you don't understand? Do you have opinions or advice for others? If so, please leave a comment below.
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[@buzinaocara]

I'm not sure I understood the message here. Guess I'll rewatch this video 10 more times until I get it!

[@jayloncarter7030]

As someone who ALWAYS needs to know WHY something works. This is some insane advice.

[@philliparnesen4493]

I failed algebra 2 times before I had a math teacher say this to me. Stop trying to understand, memorize the steps, do the steps, and eventually it will start to make sense. Math for me is a field where you have to run before you can walk.

[@Nerfunkal]

I'm early in my career of learning college math 20 years after highschool and emotionally this is the biggest change for me, when I start to think "But why???" I replace it with "ok textbook I believe you" and I move on. I've also found that for some of these concepts as you say later it is clicking. Before I could not move on and would also give up as these frustrations built and my foundation weakened.

[@ChacingBugs]

This is profound. My self-study has been hindered by my insistence on fully understanding each and every concept, and formula before moving on.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

I learned this, not in math, but computer programming. If you overthink and still no solution, get a sandwich, go for a walk. Nature gives the answer.

[@surrealistidealist]

Understanding the explanations in math is like understanding poetry: you need experience, especially with relevant problems, so that the words have more meaning for you and resonate better.

[@alittax]

The message of the video is clear. The title is a bit misleading. You shouldn't stop trying to understand ever again. Instead, you should stop trying to understand immediately. Thank you for your video!

[@idealsAREisomorphic]

It’s over for mathcels. You can’t even understand.

[@cristalmyth09]

"The important thing isnt can you read music, its can you hear it". Let me tell you dude, I was having a full on awakening during my last college class

[@yangchen400]

“Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”

[@DoltonI]

I know what he means. Here's an analogy: imagine you're asked to explore and memorize a forest, so you can lead a group safely through it. So you go into the forest to start exploring, and you come across a strange tree that looks like it's important. So, you spend time memorizing this single tree's location in the forest to later tell the group about. Then, you move on, and come across another strange tree. You once again spend time memorizing the location of a singular tree. You try to continue, but you find yourself stopping at every single bizarre tree and memorizing each position.

[@mediccjh2948]

When I was a Paramedic student in 2000-01, I asked an ER Doctor how he remembered everything. He said,” Don’t study to memorize. Study to recognize this way when you see it, you know what to do.”

[@wingnutmcspazatron3957]

This feels like life advice more than it does just mathematics

[@Soporific314]

Bro looks llike an ancient mathematician/Scientist.

[@flashbarry296]

Glad it’s not just me! 😭 sometimes it just feels like I’m trying to understand everything in my engineering classes.

[@saiello2061]

This is such an important message. I suffer from same. The intense need to UNDERSTAND a particular point before moving on. Its a bit like the social media FOMO, the 'Fear Of Missing Out'. The fear of not understanding something that could seriously impact you later. Understanding is all about context. If you dont understand something at a particular point then your brain isn't READY to understand, it doesnt have the necessary context. But thats OK, that context will come. I think if more lecturers gave this pep talk right at the beginning, I think more students would spend less time fretting and more time enjoying studying.

[@davidwalker9594]

The most surprising part about math is how it'll suddenly teach you practical lessons for life.

[@mingmiao364]

It took me a long time to realize this as well. Sometimes you just have to focus on the task at hand and try to “black box” certain important results and focus on what you can apply with them

[@coreygraham860]

Lately, I've been writing any math problems I can't solve on the last page of my notebooks. It's easier to move on when you know you can come back to it on a rainy day or something.