Why when learning how to play something, such as an instrument, does something suddenly click and you suddenly become much better at that skill?
And does this apply for learning anything? Such as programming or are some things just learnt at a constant rate by certain people.
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Knowledge builds on knowledge. Quite frequently, in order to understand a topic, you have to understand a lot of little sub-topics first, and when you have finally learned all of the sub-topics and are now feeling confident and capable, it ‘clicks’.
As an example, math and I haven’t ever really gotten along. Between an ineffectual public education system, poor teachers, and a touch of neuro-divergence, I just kept falling behind and consequently, when I encounter math-related challenges these days, it’s difficult and frustrating.
It just so happens that a lot of the stuff I’m working on these days is leaning on calculus in order to make it work. The thing is, when I sit down and commit to working through the learning material methodically and patiently, it eventually comes together. I have to learn a lot between breakthroughs. What does this symbol mean? wtf is a lemma? Or a ‘genus *G* region’? But then I learn the little things. I find the meaning of the symbol or the word and eventually, I get it.
It finally ‘clicked’. All of the necessary pieces of the puzzle have come together and now it makes sense. It ‘clicked’.
I just read, and google, and read, and google. And then it comes together and once I’ve understood the underlying material, everything eventually ‘clicks’.
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