Difference between revisions of "Creative forgetting"
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| + | Andrew Wiles quote: "I really think it's bad to have too good a memory if you want to be a mathematician. You need a slightly bad memory because you need to forget the way you approached [a problem] the previous time because it's a bit like evolution, DNA. You need to make a little mistake in the way you did it before so that you do something slightly different and then that's what actually enables you to get round [the problem]."<ref>https://plus.maths.org/content/andrew-wiles-what-does-if-feel-do-maths</ref> | ||
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* [[Spaced proof review as a way to invent novel proofs]] | * [[Spaced proof review as a way to invent novel proofs]] | ||
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[[Category:Spaced repetition]] | [[Category:Spaced repetition]] | ||
Revision as of 20:38, 14 April 2021
forgetting something is not always bad. by forgetting, you allow yourself to look at the same thing with "fresh eyes".
stuff to add to this page:
- some stuff from the SuperMemo wikis
Andrew Wiles quote: "I really think it's bad to have too good a memory if you want to be a mathematician. You need a slightly bad memory because you need to forget the way you approached [a problem] the previous time because it's a bit like evolution, DNA. You need to make a little mistake in the way you did it before so that you do something slightly different and then that's what actually enables you to get round [the problem]."[1]
