Lack of standalone applicability as the primary cause of formulation difficulty
October 12, 2020Note: This article uses topics (in SuperMemo) as a unit of information (for ease of communication). It also assumes mastery of the 20 rules…
Formulation Fun #1
September 24, 2020Note: I wrote this for myself. Some of it probably won’t make sense, and some of it is probably wrong/demonstrates a poor approach. Also…
Unearned generalizations are less applicable
September 22, 2020Suppose you hear Eric Topol mention that IBM’s Watson—which you remember from Jeopardy!—has fallen significantly short of its medical…
Effective learning, effective fitness - some common threads
August 07, 2020Effective approaches to learning feel less effective than actually less effective alternatives. Effective learning is usually gradual, and…
Multiple words in the answer field of a spaced repetition prompt does not violate the minimum information principle
July 29, 2020Q. Is it okay to have more than one word in the answer field of an item? A. yes (MIP is about concepts, not words) (Snark and strawmanning…
What is this?
July 01, 2020What this blog is about.