4 ms·
> I'd say we could be better at remembering that some piece of information exists and where to find it instead of having to memorize it. This seems more powerfu
by drdeadringer 6y ago
> I'd say we could be better at remembering that some piece of information exists and where to find it instead of having to memorize it. This seems more powerful.
[paraphrase] "I wrote it down so I don't HAVE to remember." --quote from Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
Seems similar to Einstein's "Never memorize what you can look up.".
- EForEndeavour 6y ago> "Never memorize what you can look up." I can look up all the definitions and grammar rules of English, but without memorizing them, I wouldn't be able to communicate with anyone around me.
- dunce2020 6y agoI don't know any of the definitions, grammar rules of English yet I'm still able to effectively communicate with and understand others.
- warkdarrior 6y agoIf you are a native speaker of English, you learned those rules over your whole childhood, by example instead of being explicitly taught the rules.
- dunce2020 6y agoAgreed - I learned examples, not rules.