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Shoutout to my grandpa's old plant ID book versus the app I use now
His 1978 Peterson Field Guide had these hand-drawn cross sections that taught me way more than just snapping a photo for an instant answer. Anyone else feel like they learned more slowly with physical books?
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emeryj662mo ago
The drawings forced you to actually look at the plant's parts. Apps are fast but you don't always remember why something is what it is.
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Yeah I read something about that exact thing lol.
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aaron7402mo ago
Remember my friend who tried to learn trees with an app? He could name them fast, but then his kid asked why a pine was a pine... he totally blanked. The app never made him notice the needle bundles or cone shapes, just gave him the answer.
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felix41412d ago
Tbh that's exactly the problem with apps - they give you the quick answer but skip over all the details that actually make you understand it. Ngl, I had the same thing happen with bird identification apps, could name every bird in my backyard but couldn't tell you why a sparrow was a sparrow until I went back to old field guides. It's way slower but actually having to look at the wing bars and beak shapes is what makes it stick.
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