Post by A on Aug 2, 2014 3:16:16 GMT -5
This may have died out in the time I was away but when I was last active here, there was a good deal of talk tying certain functions to certain disciplines and functions. I'm not sure how true this is or isn't, but I am most likely a delta and do find physics comes pretty easily and naturally to me compared to most people. However, I am unconvinced it is because of an inherent difference in ability. One thing that came to mind is that, from the statistics we have, it seems deltas are over-represented amongst top physicists and one thought I had was that, as it is deltas writing the textbook, the textbooks are written and the courses are taught in a way deltas are hardwired to understand. I noticed a similar phenomenon with general chemistry and a few branches of mathematics, where it just seems like the material just "clicks" with my brain and I can extrapolate quickly and accurate. Other people seem to have a similar reaction to different things, like music or languages or CT, which to me, do not make intuitive sense. I do wonder, however, how much is in the presentation of information and if it is more a self-perpetuating phenomenon, not "deltas are better at physics" but "deltas are better at learning physics from other deltas". This may make no sense as it is late and I am tired but this is what my insomnia brain came up with today.
