olimay comments on Rational Reading: Thoughts On Prioritizing Books - Less Wrong

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Comment author: olimay 30 March 2011 04:18:21PM 0 points [-]

My guess is that it's related to what makes spaced repetition work--the process of switching forces the reader to recall the context and previous facts. See if you can even vaguely recall where you read this; I'd like to take a look at any pertinent research.