Paul Graham @paulg

Sure, there are some kinds of thinking that don't require writing. People could think before writing was invented. But writing is an extraordinarily valuable tool in the hardest kinds of thinking. [引用 @sfmcguire79]: The head of the philosophy department at Williams College downplays the pedagogical value of writing: “What if we are mistaken in treating writing as the highest cultivation of thought? The evidence that supports this belief is thin at best. Writing can be useful cognitive scaffolding for memory and self-regulated learning, but the notion that it is the best process for developing thinking skill…