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I mean you are just wrong. You memorize what sound (well sounds) the letter "a" makes, which is of course fundamental to being able to write because English use

I mean you are just wrong. You memorize what sound (well sounds) the letter "a" makes, which is of course fundamental to being able to write because English uses an alphabet. You might argue that reading isn't writing, but the two are interdependent (or at least writing generally dependent on reading). Not to mention memorizing how to physically write (i.e. what you're talking about with handwriting)... I assume you think I mean composition or something, which is of course extremely obviously not what I meant... But to develop that skill of "writing" that you're talking about requires memorization of the fundamentals... Which applies quite broadly to other disciplines...

arpa 5y ago
It's not memorization, it's pattern recognition that really counts. What sound "a" mkes is irrelevnt if you're recognizing the relevnt pttern. So it's you who's in the wrong.
- ravitation 5y ago
  You cannot reasonably intuit the sounds that letters make, or the meaning of combinations of letters without some underlying phonetic information. Your ability to recognize those patterns is built upon learning the meaning of words and letters as I described (not to mention whether what you're doing is pattern recognition or pattern memorization). You are just wrong in every possible way.
  - arpa 5y ago
    there is qualitative difference between simple memorization and generalized pattern recognition. You fail to distinguish the two very distinct things, one of which admittedly is the base of the other, but the other one is very much required for higher cognitive function. Memorization can be done on a cellular level, generalized pattern recognition - not so much.
    - ravitation 5y ago
      Lol. Ignoring the general absurdity here, none of this has to do with the basis of reading/writing, which in English is a set of phonetic letters. I've described why these must be memorized.
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      - arpa 5y ago
        Welp. We are in a dead-end.
        ravitation 5y ago
        Lol.

arpa 5y ago

It's not memorization, it's pattern recognition that really counts. What sound "a" mkes is irrelevnt if you're recognizing the relevnt pttern. So it's you who's in the wrong.

ravitation 5y ago
You cannot reasonably intuit the sounds that letters make, or the meaning of combinations of letters without some underlying phonetic information. Your ability to recognize those patterns is built upon learning the meaning of words and letters as I described (not to mention whether what you're doing is pattern recognition or pattern memorization). You are just wrong in every possible way.
- arpa 5y ago
  there is qualitative difference between simple memorization and generalized pattern recognition. You fail to distinguish the two very distinct things, one of which admittedly is the base of the other, but the other one is very much required for higher cognitive function. Memorization can be done on a cellular level, generalized pattern recognition - not so much.
  - ravitation 5y ago
    Lol. Ignoring the general absurdity here, none of this has to do with the basis of reading/writing, which in English is a set of phonetic letters. I've described why these must be memorized.
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    - arpa 5y ago
      Welp. We are in a dead-end.
      - ravitation 5y ago
        Lol.