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> You won’t get smarter by… playing the violin Yes, you absolutely will
This is reversing the causality I think.
Of course, there’s the studies, but we’re all capable of looking those up.
Other software which have nailed spaced repetition (and a much better UI than Anki): - https://www.duolingo.com/ (language learninig) - https://www.chessable.com/ (chess) - https://readwise.io/ (book highlights) - https://examarly.com/ (test prep) - https://app.bestudious.io/login (certifications - CFA) - https://magoosh.com/ (vocabulary)
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This is reversing the causality I think.
Anecdotally, musical instruments are a constant, unending brain game. If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Of course, there’s the studies, but we’re all capable of looking those up.
Because nothing makes you smarter. There are no means of intelligence enhancement, other than correcting deficiencies (e.g. iodine) in early development.
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Anecdotally, musical instruments are a constant, unending brain game. If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Of course, there’s the studies, but we’re all capable of looking those up.
>If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Because nothing makes you smarter. There are no means of intelligence enhancement, other than correcting deficiencies (e.g. iodine) in early development.
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Anecdotally, musical instruments are a constant, unending brain game. If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Of course, there’s the studies, but we’re all capable of looking those up.
>If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Because nothing makes you smarter. There are no means of intelligence enhancement, other than correcting deficiencies (e.g. iodine) in early development.
Other software which have nailed spaced repetition (and a much better UI than Anki): - https://www.duolingo.com/ (language learninig) - https://www.chessable.com/ (chess) - https://readwise.io/ (book highlights) - https://examarly.com/ (test prep) - https://app.bestudious.io/login (certifications - CFA) - https://magoosh.com/ (vocabulary)
What Anki provides:
- Open source guarantees your data won't be gone and/or unusable when the company goes bankrupt in a few years
- General purpose, fully customizable card creation
- Tunable scheduler, recently also fully tunable scheduling systems like FSRS.
> Spaced repetition is, by far, the most effective cognitive hack I’ve used. I totally second that. Well, sleep and exercise do amazing things for you too, but if you need to memorize things, I don't know of a quicker method than spaced repetition. Check out Leitner system: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system Flashcards Deluxe supports Leitner, I don't know about Anki? https://play.google.com/store/apps/de…
Thanks for the pointer to the Leitner system (my last name coincides…) But why would you want to use that simplified Leitner system if Anki can track each card individually? Disclaimer: I don’t know if Anki supports a simplified system that applies spacing to a whole group of cards instead of each card individually, but why you would want that?
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>If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Because nothing makes you smarter. There are no means of intelligence enhancement, other than correcting deficiencies (e.g. iodine) in early development.
So school doesn’t either? If that’s true, then I don’t think we mean the same thing when we say “intelligence.”
Other software which have nailed spaced repetition (and a much better UI than Anki): - https://www.duolingo.com/ (language learninig) - https://www.chessable.com/ (chess) - https://readwise.io/ (book highlights) - https://examarly.com/ (test prep) - https://app.bestudious.io/login (certifications - CFA) - https://magoosh.com/ (vocabulary)
At Math Academy ( https://mathacademy.com ), we implement spaced repetition in combination with a knowledge graph consisting of several thousand math topics and tens of thousands of connections (and growing). We're working on a post that explains how this all works technically. We have a Linear Algebra course ( https://mathacademy.com/courses/linear-algebra ) that some of you might find interesting given how often th…
I'm very interested in your methods of proofs and abstract algebra courses and I'm excited for them to be released!