Comfortable Fluency in Consumption is Not a Proxy for Learning

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In the science of learning, there is absolutely no debate: practice techniques that center around retrieving information directly from one's brain produce superior learning outcomes compared to techniques that involve re-ingesting information from an external source.

Some people exploit signaling so their communication gives the impression they’re more capable than they are (false positives).

If you’re not periodically surprised by the capabilities of your own brain, you’re probably training it wrong. Not enough people realize how powerful your memory can become if you just train it using effective techniques.

If you have a New Year’s resolution planned this year, then just start doing it today. The more days you wait until you start, the more practice you’ll get thinking about it and not doing it, which is the exact opposite of the stimulus-response pattern you want.