lupin3ken
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Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
This comment made the thread for me.
Comment · 5 years ago
I saw that at Lollapalooza and it one of the best shows I have ever seen.
I thought it was so cool afterwards to see a bunch of people covered head to toe in blue body paint like the aliens from Interstella 5555.
Comment · 6 years ago
> This article essentially amounts to a fire-and-brimstone sermon full of questionable statements, things that run directly contrary to established science, and poor argumentation and use of sources
Which claims run contrary to established science? Are the claims you mention that are established agreed upon unanimously, or are there multiple models comprised of competing evidence?
Comment · 6 years ago
> Here's the basis of that claim [1].
Based on a skim of the paper, this experiment seems to only plan out how individuals study material on the same day, not distributed over a period of time that lasts multiple days.
In order to test how much of the material was retained in long-term memory, they tested the subjects on the material again after one week.
Spaced Repetition software (anki, mnemosyne, and supermemo) will distribute the learning across multiple days regardless of the algorithm they use. I don't believe the paper cited is using the same testing method that SRS systems use.
Piotr Wozniak (the creator of Supermemo) has collaborated on a couple of papers regarding this topic. I have not found many researchers who are studying it and creating algorithms in quite the same way.
There are a few papers cited in a blog post / self-published supermemo wiki here [1] that discuss a proposed two-component model of memory that explain in greater detail why learning on increasing intervals of time (days, not in the structure of repetitions on the same day) can lead to a higher stability of memory.
Comment · 7 years ago
For a good article on proper language learning, check out the guys from Antimoon.
They go into detail on how to learn a language and many myths regarding the topic.
Comment · 7 years ago
There are a bunch of evolutionary reasons that your brain forgets things that aren't used. Check this article for some related to sleep: https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/slee...
But based on the current models of memory, you seem to be correct, your brain has a couple of criteria that it uses to determine whether or not it should retain memories. Frequency (spacing) is one, novelty could be another.
Even memories learned through mnemonics can ultimately be forgotten if not reviewed.
And I think the brain keeps itself plastic by optimizing "unnecessary" information out. Unfortunately, without help we can't choose which information is removed.
Comment · 7 years ago
I think rote learning is only not applicable when you are learning disparate facts with no relation to the whole.
For example, learning all of the HTTP status codes before you know anything about HTTP could seem like a waste of time.
However, when you are writing a server that makes api calls to a third-party service, when you receive a 400, if you know the codes by rote you won't have to research / reason why you are receiving that code.
I think "learning by doing" usually ends with more self-directed, problem solving learning. This type of learning can show your weaknesses and provide you with holes in your knowledge that you can use rote memorizing to fill.
Comment · 7 years ago
^^ This.
Piotr Wozniak (the creator of Supermemo and the man behind spaced repetition software) has re-formatted a lot of his old posts and ideas into a wiki at supermemo.guru.
Use both liberally and you will learn how to learn.
Comment · 7 years ago
If you don't know how to structure cards to be effective, I highly recommend you read through the 20 rules of knowledge formatting https://supermemo.guru/wiki/20_rules_of_knowledge_formulatio...
I used Anki for 7 years without these rules and figured some of it out on my own.
After I used Anki / supermemo to learn these rules, I can learn at a much higher rate with less reviews and higher recall.
My father married a woman (my stepmother) who was abusive and manipulative and it took him awhile to be decisive and leave.
I didn't appreciate how hard it was for him to leave at the time and blamed him for part of it.
Now (a couple decades later) I am just grateful we got out at all.
Your kids might not realize everything that is going on right away. From my experience, there is a good chance they will see all you did for them one day.