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I simply cannot _recall_ anything unless I understand it I'm chiming in as well because that is exactly how my mind works. I can remember very little trivia or
by JeremyChase 17y ago
I simply cannot _recall_ anything unless I understand it
I'm chiming in as well because that is exactly how my mind works. I can remember very little trivia or material I am fleetingly familiar with. However, I do extremely well when applying concepts, and later I can remember intricacies extremely well.
I also have great difficulty presenting material that I don't fully understand, yet when I understand it I am a great public speaker.
- godDLL 17y agoI have found that preparing to explain something makes me think and research it more, and understand it better. Some things that I sorta-knew how to work and where they come from became my own intellectual possessions, instruments, and later part of the toolbox, once I got to know them good enough to pass the workings on to someone else. That third party needn't even exist, once you get the hang of learning new and lesser-understood stuff that way.
- nimrody 17y agoVery true. You don't really understand something until you can explain it in clear terms to someone without any knowledge of the subject.