I was the sort of person who did not believe in memorisation as a solution for anything. Then I tried getting really good at spaced repetition for a year (yes, it is a skill that needs to be trained for good results) and I've completely changed my mind.
Spaced repetition allows me to become proficient even in things I don't get the natural opportunity to practise daily, so that when the day comes and I need them, I have some level of knowledge already. This has happened to Kubernetes troubleshooting, statistics, PowerShell windows programming, and traffic engineering just in recent history.
I have yet to publish some of these, but I have examples from statistics:
Spaced repetition allows me to become proficient even in things I don't get the natural opportunity to practise daily, so that when the day comes and I need them, I have some level of knowledge already. This has happened to Kubernetes troubleshooting, statistics, PowerShell windows programming, and traffic engineering just in recent history.
I have yet to publish some of these, but I have examples from statistics:
https://two-wrongs.com/intuition-and-spaced-repetition.html
https://two-wrongs.com/inventing-fishers-exact-test.html
The latter is certainly creative in my book, although it does imply creativity within strict bounds.