https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/the-lowest-layer-of-the-pyramid-is-the-foundation/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/the-lowest-layer-of-the-pyramid-is-the-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-2550861 Wang Weilin Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:53:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41750#comment-2550861 If you can’t remember you can’t synthesize. How hard is that to understand?

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/the-lowest-layer-of-the-pyramid-is-the-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-2550849 Borepatch Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:15:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41750#comment-2550849 And thus we see why certain facts are NOT taught in school, because lack of those facts prevents real critical thinking on certain “protected” topics.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/the-lowest-layer-of-the-pyramid-is-the-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-2550843 Aretae Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:57:14 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41750#comment-2550843 Nicely done. True in math. True of what I know in scientific discovery.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/the-lowest-layer-of-the-pyramid-is-the-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-2550838 Ross Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:06:39 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41750#comment-2550838 I guess this is why Edison’s employment tests were super memorization-heavy to the frustration of many…. He saw it as critical to creativity.

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