# Learning Many Small Skills Instead of Getting Stuck

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learning-many-small-skills-instead-of-getting-stuck/1873
**Category:** Elliot Temple
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**Created:** [September 28, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learning-many-small-skills-instead-of-getting-stuck/1873 "2023-09-28T10:23:49Z")
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### Author: ![Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/elliot/32/14_2.png) [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learning-many-small-skills-instead-of-getting-stuck/1873/1 "2023-09-28T10:23:49Z")

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I see people get stuck while trying to learn philosophy. I'll tell you what they don't do: incrementally learn a dozen different small skills, of multiple types, successfully, with some skills building on previous skills, and practice each skill.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://criticalfallibilism.com/learning-many-small-skills-instead-of-getting-stuck/](https://criticalfallibilism.com/learning-many-small-skills-instead-of-getting-stuck/)