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Comment by ants_everywhere

I've thought a lot about education, and my personal take is that in the US we way undervalue drilling (by which I mainly mean building up familiarity and muscle memory) and way overvalue understanding.

I've been collecting quotes about these topics for a few years. One relevant to creativity and drilling is Bob Dylan's

> If you sang "John Henry" as many times as me.... you'd have written "How many roads must a man walk down?" too.

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