From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:14:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] fast-forward: add help about merge vs. rebase
Message-ID: <b5cdd34b-c50e-f6f4-4462-c869836d309d@iee.email>
In-Reply-To: <60faf81658201_defb208d4@natae.notmuch>

On 23/07/2021 18:10, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> It is good to have diagrams for the visual learners!
> Actually, it seems there's no such thing as "visual learners" [1]; we
> are all visual learners.
>
> Cheers.
>
>>> +    D---C---B---A---M master
>>> +	 \	   /
>>> +	  X---Y---+
>>> +------------
> [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-myth-of-learning-styles/557687/
It's a double myth, in that many try to suggest that a person has a
single style (untrue), or that a single style is relevant in a
particular context, when it should be that sometime individuals fail to
learn (a particular item) when not provided with a particular style that
would suit them in the moment. I.e the removal of a particular format
(e.g. no visuals) will reduce the effectiveness of the manual (excepting
the 'The pictures are better on radio' aphorism ;-).

Philip