Alex_Altair comments on How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caspian 24 January 2012 12:09:27AM 6 points [-]

I found spaced repetition systems easier to use on a regular basis than visualised-association systems such as the peg system and mnemonic major system, which were interesting to learn, but a bit cumbersome to practice regularly. Possibly I could become more fluent with practice of the latter but it's been procrastination-inducing so far.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 24 January 2012 03:22:26AM 4 points [-]

I think spaced repetition is for natural amount of memory (e. g. 10 new terms each class) whereas visualization techniques are for unnatural amounts (e. g. 20 digits in 5 minutes).