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Someone recently told me that they couldn't remember and recite historical stuff because it wasn't like math, which they could reconstruct from first principles
by asimpletune 2y ago
Someone recently told me that they couldn't remember and recite historical stuff because it wasn't like math, which they could reconstruct from first principles. I replied that if you can begin to understand something you can begin to remember it.
- eru 2y agoThe bar isn't even all that high: your brain just needs a plausible story, but it doesn't really need to 'understand' anything. So a complete bonkers 'understanding' of history might still be perfectly serviceable to help you memorise it.