Comments on: How much should we memorize? http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2008/01/16/how-much-should-we-memorize/ Effective and Efficient Education Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Georgios http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2008/01/16/how-much-should-we-memorize/comment-page-1/#comment-5309 Georgios Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:31:38 +0000 http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2008/01/16/how-much-should-we-memorize/#comment-5309 there definitely is a big difference between memorising trivia as compared to useful knowledge. For the useful stuff, use Supermemo. The author of the software, Piotr Wozniak, relates some of the benefits of memorising useful knowledge. One of the most important is in regards to creativity, which is based on associating different bits of knowledge to create something new- you can only come up with a new idea if you are holding a few seperate pieces of knowledge in your head simultaneously. The brain obviouly already has very efficient mechanisms for memorising the most useful information. However, if you want to leverage this strength using the natural mechnisms of the brain, I really recommend Supermemo. there definitely is a big difference between memorising trivia as compared to useful knowledge. For the useful stuff, use Supermemo.

The author of the software, Piotr Wozniak, relates some of the benefits of memorising useful knowledge. One of the most important is in regards to creativity, which is based on associating different bits of knowledge to create something new- you can only come up with a new idea if you are holding a few seperate pieces of knowledge in your head simultaneously.

The brain obviouly already has very efficient mechanisms for memorising the most useful information. However, if you want to leverage this strength using the natural mechnisms of the brain, I really recommend Supermemo.

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