With how often I've seen spaced repetition mentioned online recently, I'm starting to assume there's a grand conspiracy that's trying to use spaced repetition to trick me into remembering about spaced repetition.
Surely if this were so, it would mean you'd see fewer mentions of spaced repetition over time, rather than more? (assuming your comment implies having seen more than usual recently)
As an aside, I love doing this sort of thing. In conversation, someone makes a joke about X doing something impossible, and then all of us who analyze everything to death start playing the scenario in our head to understand ramifications or limitations in the fictional and often impossible scenario. Drives my wife nuts, but I enjoy it so much :)
This assumes everybody started learning at the same time. Since they didn't, there have to be compromises on timing.
But just seeing the answer repeatedly isn't sufficient, you also need the effort to recall the answer. That's why so many headlines take the form of a question.
“X big website is down” just hit HN the last few weeks and people on our normally highly rational news site were convinced it was a connected conspiracy.
jsty|6 years ago
Surely if this were so, it would mean you'd see fewer mentions of spaced repetition over time, rather than more? (assuming your comment implies having seen more than usual recently)
asdkhadsj|6 years ago
As an aside, I love doing this sort of thing. In conversation, someone makes a joke about X doing something impossible, and then all of us who analyze everything to death start playing the scenario in our head to understand ramifications or limitations in the fictional and often impossible scenario. Drives my wife nuts, but I enjoy it so much :)
DennisP|6 years ago
But just seeing the answer repeatedly isn't sufficient, you also need the effort to recall the answer. That's why so many headlines take the form of a question.
hobofan|6 years ago
Only if they start learning the meaning behind it by using it ;) As long as they ignore it, it will just reappear in a fixed interval.
doc_gunthrop|6 years ago
[0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect
dmix|6 years ago
winchling|6 years ago
The fact that spaced repetition is proving valuable now is because people in general are confused about their motives for learning stuff.
Anyhow, when it comes to learning, motivation is primary, not method.
ben509|6 years ago