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Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

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Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

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Post by kirillzubovsky »

The title is rather misleading. The outcome of the research, as per the writeup, is correlation in a particular set of circumstances, at best.

Although I find science fascinating and would want this to be true, stuff like this is what leads people to disbelieve in legitimate science.

If someone can say that breaks improve memory, for sure, 100%, definitely (but actually only, you know, maybe), then someone else could say that vaccines cause cancer, and that would be totally believable. Game over.

Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

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Post by seeker_ »

mrob wrote: post #22
Someone1234 wrote: post #18

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You may wish to go see your doctor, that doesn't seem normal (excess fluid consumption can be a sign of diseases like diabetes). And more worrying you're bordering on water intoxication at 32 oz/hour: > Your kidneys can eliminate about 5.3-7.4 gallons (20-28 liters) of water a day, but they can't get rid of more than 27-33 ounces (0.8-1.0 liters) per hour. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619.php Also, yo…

There are only 24 hours in a day, so how it is possible to eliminate 28 liters in 24 hours without exceeding 1 liter per hour?

Body needs water so it doesn't have to eliminate all that it gets! Do you think we drink water to rinse our internal organs?

Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

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Post by echelon »

This seems to fit with the spaced repetition learning curve. By default, Anki (spaced repetition software) will repeatedly show you new facts on a minute-long interval. Once you've got it, that interval becomes ten minutes, and then a day.

This stuff works. I've used it to study Japanese and Chinese with great success.

I'd love to see more studies as to why. If we understand the biochemistry, perhaps we can enhance it.

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Post by OnlyLys »

arvinsim wrote: post #46
8456523 wrote: post #34

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>Being on an empty stomach also seems to help There might be microbes (bacteria) in your gut (intestines, etc) that produce toxins that dull your thinking when they have food.

The gut-brain connection do seem to be true on my end. I am always careful to avoid carbohydrates when I am starting work that is concentration heavy.

I have a similar carbohydrate problem too.

If I have more than a small amount of carbs in one sitting, my mind will get hazy and I'll get really sleepy an hour or so later.

I did a blood test recently and everything was OK, so I'm really not sure what the problem is.

And funny thing is that I don't seem to have this problem with quick sugars. I could have ice cream and chocolate and not crash at all.

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Post by ramblerman »

The best piano teacher I ever had, left me with a little trick like this.

When I was working through a song, getting the next few bars in my fingers lets say. If I got it right without mistake I had to stop immediately. lift my hands of the keyboard, and reward myself with a little breath - and tell my subconscious that was it.

Before that I would just practice the loop over and over.

Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

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Post by spookybones »

echelon wrote: post #63

This seems to fit with the spaced repetition learning curve. By default, Anki (spaced repetition software) will repeatedly show you new facts on a minute-long interval. Once you've got it, that interval becomes ten minutes, and then a day. This stuff works . I've used it to study Japanese and Chinese with great success. I'd love to see more studies as to why . If we understand the biochemistry, perhaps we can enhance…

As a Japanese learner who would also like to learn Korean, what do you constitute great success? Are you conversational in each? Can you read in each language? I find Anki pretty boring, but want to like it. After studying the basics, I’ve had better success with extensive reading.

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Post by meruru »

proctor wrote: post #55
hnuser123456 wrote: post #51

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You're also breathing in your sleep, exhaling carbon, which is normally how you lose weight anyways.

yes! veritasium did a pretty fun video on this some time back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2e0rWvjKI

Did he take a 1.5Kg dump? Isn't that a huge one?

Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

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Post by avjinder »

I've had this happen to me multiple times now. The last time it happened, I was trying to learn Kotlin Coroutines and found them very difficult. After struggling for a while I gave up and stopped. Almost a week later I gave it another try and to my surprise found it very easy to understand. I felt surprised and elated.
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