On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Brainious <[email protected]> wrote: > Gwern: > >>On Jun 7, 10:51 am, Gwern Branwen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Suppose you have a '___ is not bar' / 'Foo' flashcard. Eventually you >> memorize the three letters 'Foo' and forget the real meaning. Oops. >> >> The problem is that you only had 1 flashcard. You should have had '___ >> is not bar', 'Foo is not ___', '___ is quux', 'Foo is ____'. What's >> easier to remember, 'Foo is not bar and is quux', or 'Foo, bar, foo, >> quux', etc.? > > Would you mind explaining your idesa on this example?
I thought I was fairly clear. I'll try again. 'Is Foo X?' no is a bad flashcard. You might just memorize 'no', nothing about Foo & X. What you should do is have both flashcards: 'Is Foo X?' no 'Is Foo not X?' yes Now there is no shortcut. What are you going to memorize, 'x = no, and not x = yes'? Or the fact 'Foo is not X'? I know which one I would find easier to memorize - the latter. The principle: ask the question with enough different correct answers that it is simpler to memorize what you want to know than to memorize the answers themselves. -- gwern -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
