[GLLUG] Teddy bear principle

[John Hearns]

I was taught Computer Science by Jennifer Haselgrove in Glasgow. Her first
lecture concerned talking to your cat, and as I remember telling your cat
the steps needed to make  a cup of tea. So you are wrong - it is cats, not
teddy bears.
Something surprising about Dr Haselgrove - she lectured in Comp Sci bit had
no degree in the subject. Why? Well when she was an undergrad no such field
of study existed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenifer_Haselgrove


On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 at 10:43, Andrew Black via GLLUG <
gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Happy christmas everyone....
>
> Some time ago someone suggested the idea of solving a tech problem by
> explaining something to you teddy. He is very stupid so it makes sure you
> explain it well. Sometimes the process of explaining makes you find the
> thing the clue you have missed.
> I cant put my finger on where it came from (does it matter). Google is
> taking me to all sorts of sites like "how to make teddies" and "why teddies
> are called ted".
>
> I find it SOMETIMES explaining helps, but sometimes can get you further
> into the misunderstanding that is causing the problem. Googling for a
> solution when you are looking at a bad solution...  Asking on Stackoverflow
> and like can be same:
>   "You dont want to do X, you want to do Y" "Yes in an ideal wolrd but if
> I do Y I will ahve a partial X and partial Y"....
> Any thoughts...
>
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