But can you really learn all from a single person? Well, no. As long as you cannot know everything about a person, you cannot learn everything from him/her. But how about learning everything you can? Well, that brings up an interesting point.
People are not snowflakes[1,2], there are distinct differences. Some people are better at lying and concealing information, some are better at acquiring it. Some handle numbers better, some have amazing memory capacities. So say you are great at amassing knowledge. Great for you, your persistence keeps you soaring above others when it comes to knowing and navigating details. It is one of the most impressive abilities there are. And then you meet someone who, for the life of him/her, cannot remember stuff they've tried to remember only a few days ago. Even if something is remembered, it is but a piece of what should be. However, that person more than makes up for it with quick wits and icy logic. How can one learn how the other thinks? How is the other able to learn to remember like the first one?
As a late habit I've started reading other people's code. While solving simple tasks doesn't really show much, even in Java, but complex problems require creative problems. Some people tackle them head-on, some take a more scenic route. Some hammer it in the most brutal manner imaginable. But as one reads what another has created, and once comprehends it, one's mind starts to change. It is not just about learning different solutions to problems, subconsciously it is learning new approaches. You learn new ways of thinking, and that carries over to other less-techy stuff.
But it gets worse when you bring in emotions. You cannot 'learn' to have emotions. It's like explaining a colour or trying to understand pain while suffering from congenital analgesia. Emotions and perceptions are subjective and intrinsic. They are inherent of being human with the capacity to experience love and lust, hate and madness, value beauty, practicality, companionship. Trust. These are hormonal responses that cannot be taught or learned. Senses, even worse.
What makes all of it so sad is that while you cannot learn to have emotions, you can forget about them. Bottle them up, shove them to the back of your head, ignore or avoid them. It is easy to forget to enjoy life and no amount of manic pixie dream girl tropes [3] will fix that. "My shoes are too tight. But it does not matter, I have forgotten how to dance." [4]
via Gizmodo
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