Learn Exponentially

Post by pkilgore » Sun, Oct 09, 2022, 4:33 PM UTC

p-christ wrote: post #43

pkilgore wrote: post #42

Anyone else feel like they just read a bunch of assumptions with no support followed by a chart "proving" an exponential equation grows faster than a linear one? What the heck am I supposed to take away from this? This is a half ass theory, not evidence. Where's a shred of evidence, on the time scales here, these "units of information" are retained (under either method). Are they even relevant compared to a _skill_ l…

What bit do you doubt? The core concept that spaced repetition increases rapidly in effectiveness over time is called the Spacing Effect. There are many many studies that have investigated and proved it

Post by p-christ » Sun, Oct 09, 2022, 4:34 PM UTC

codazoda wrote: post #49

I sometime use a process of capturing stray thoughts, which I do on paper. I’ve considered making an app for it and I had considered showing things back to myself at random intervals. I wonder if I could use this idea to capture things I’ve learned and repeat them back to me at the intervals presented here. It would probably be easy to do and might be an interesting test to see if the schedule benefits me remembering…

Post by p-christ » Sun, Oct 09, 2022, 4:34 PM UTC

Silverback_VII wrote: post #50

Still waiting for the incremental reading app like the one in supermemo 18... I'm more than willing to pay for it!

Post by p-christ » Sun, Oct 09, 2022, 4:36 PM UTC

carapace wrote: post #30

p-christ wrote: post #2

We wrote this at Save All ( https://saveall.ai/ ) and want to know what you think - tell us why it's wrong / right

It's a good piece, and excellent as far as it goes. You should investigate hypnosis. E.g. you can just remember things, w/o spaced repetition or anything, just transfer a piece of knowledge directly to long-term memory immediately. The tricky part is second-order effects. Once you move naturally-autonomic subsystems into voluntary control you now have responsibility for them. The result is a kind of change-of-being l…

Post by p-christ » Sun, Oct 09, 2022, 4:40 PM UTC

pkilgore wrote: post #48

p-christ wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What bit do you doubt? The core concept that spaced repetition increases rapidly in effectiveness over time is called the Spacing Effect. There are many many studies that have investigated and proved it

"Proved" is not a word used in any physiological research I've ever been familiar with, at least not with paragraph, if not pages of qualification. Would you please link me to this proof?