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I Can't Remember

Deep and Durable Learning

Deep and Durable Learning
I Can't Remember
Feb 08, 2025 Season 10 Episode 3
Michael Gray

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Many parents and children view their inability to memorize as their greatest educational weakness. Learning is more than remembering, but it is not less. Today's episode centers on the reality that durable memory is the byproduct of thinking about ideas. Using mnemonics and other gimmicks to bypass the need for thinking is doomed to fail and is boring to boot.