I read a comment, possibly on HN, about a college professor who tried an experiment on information recall. The first group had just raw information, and the sec

I read a comment, possibly on HN, about a college professor who tried an experiment on information recall. The first group had just raw information, and the second had the information crafted into stories with simple, singular ideas each. The second group by far did better at recalling the information than the first. People are story driven creatures, there's a reason our oldest epics are stories. That's why self help books follow this formula, because it works. And like the other commenter said, there is a huge difference between reading something, understanding that something, applying that understanding, and finally mastering that application.