Show HN: Project Lovelace–Learn science and programming through problem solving
While I like the idea of this site, I think it is good to understand how it is fundamentally flawed.<p>I do training. And most outside of training don&#x27;t stop to think about how there are a variety of approaches to training, and a variety of topics, and not every topic aligns well with every approach. And choosing the wrong approach has some very bad consequences - harder learning, poor learning, and less joy in the learner.<p>I read the first problem - rocket physics - and it does a disservice to both physics and programming. Personally, rocket physics is where I would probably take a historical approach to teaching - what did we learn, how did we learn it - embedded in failure and success stories. And there were software failures there too. But I understand that this site isn&#x27;t trying to teach those things. It is taking it&#x27;s one hammer (problem based teaching) and applying it to a bunch of nails.