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I don’t think cards like that work over 10 years because they violate minimum information principle (rule 4 here: http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm h

I don’t think cards like that work over 10 years because they violate minimum information principle (rule 4 here: http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm). I agree though that you have to find the right cue to initialize recall or else the card is pointless. I think incrementalism in incremental reading is better for this since it’s easy to modify and improve your cards over time.

keiferski 6y ago
The link isn’t loading for me. I also don’t really see how that matters if your cue is inherent to the situation in which you will use the information. To use a real life example, returning to a place you haven’t been in twenty years still conjures up hidden memories. You can also make multiple cards/cues for the same information.
- rajlego 6y ago
  Maybe this link will work: https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/20rules https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/20ru... If we go with the example you mentioned as a card: “You’re at a conference and you start talking to someone about [The Great Depression.] What are some key points to remember?” there are a few issues tl;dr by being complex but still a single card SRS isn’t actually going to strengthen the memory very well and you’ll be stuck with short intervals on a card that will take at least 10 seconds each rep. It will still work but it’ll take up much more time than it should. (The link explains it much better) But it’s not a bad idea. If you answer the card and write out an answer, memorizing pieces of that answer in accordance with minimum information principle will leave better memory effect. While you might have 20 subcards, over time these will get much more accurate intervals from being atomic and actually take less times in rep than your massed question.
  - keiferski 6y ago
    I'd generally recommend making more than one card per topic. But yes, it will take more time, but (in theory) it should be more effective.

keiferski 6y ago

The link isn’t loading for me. I also don’t really see how that matters if your cue is inherent to the situation in which you will use the information. To use a real life example, returning to a place you haven’t been in twenty years still conjures up hidden memories. You can also make multiple cards/cues for the same information.

rajlego 6y ago
Maybe this link will work: https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/20rules https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/20ru... If we go with the example you mentioned as a card: “You’re at a conference and you start talking to someone about [The Great Depression.] What are some key points to remember?” there are a few issues tl;dr by being complex but still a single card SRS isn’t actually going to strengthen the memory very well and you’ll be stuck with short intervals on a card that will take at least 10 seconds each rep. It will still work but it’ll take up much more time than it should. (The link explains it much better) But it’s not a bad idea. If you answer the card and write out an answer, memorizing pieces of that answer in accordance with minimum information principle will leave better memory effect. While you might have 20 subcards, over time these will get much more accurate intervals from being atomic and actually take less times in rep than your massed question.
- keiferski 6y ago
  I'd generally recommend making more than one card per topic. But yes, it will take more time, but (in theory) it should be more effective.