# Learning by doing and idea sex happen through the same mechanism At the end of the day,[[The creation of a heuretic has two steps - conception and implementation]] and the mechanism is the combination of ideas in a human brain - [[New ideas need to come out of a single mind]] But the difference between them is hard to describe: [[How can you describe the difference between learning by doing and idea sex?]] [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Learning+by+doing+and+idea+sex+happen+through+the+same+mechanism) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Learning+by+doing+and+idea+sex+happen+through+the+same+mechanism)