So, Electricflyer, your thesis as I understand it is that electronics, for example, is more complex than it once was (I agree), and that therefore we ought simply to pretend to learn its principles (I disagree).
For, after all, memorizing answers is sham learning, isn't it?
We do agree, though, that memorizing answers is sometimes more difficult than learning how stuff works. So why, exactly, do you recommend the rote method?
Incidentally, I don't believe your implication that learning to repair and maintain requires the skills of a design engineer. I know it ain't so. In my youth I made my living repairing electronics before I went to college and became a design engineer (BSEE, U of Fla, 1969). The difference is rather huge.
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