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Yeah, memorization is very underrated. Memorization increases the size of the building blocks you can use. Mathematics is where I see this most clearly. Why m
by kaashif 6mo ago
Yeah, memorization is very underrated.
Memorization increases the size of the building blocks you can use.
Mathematics is where I see this most clearly. Why memorize hundreds of theorems? Because then you can just cite them on the fly when doing real mathematics. If you had to re-derive everything, you'd be stuck doing undergrad level math forever.
- WalterBright 6mo agoI never memorized the trig identities, but used them so much I knew them anyway.
- sylos 6mo agoso you memorized them, you just didn't explicitly do it.
- WalterBright 6mo agoMemorizing is an active activity. Simply remembering something you use frequently is not the same.