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> This is a case where memorizing the equations (with the help of Anki) helped me reflect on them and keep everything in my head long enough to improve my understanding.

Dr. Mark Colyvan once preparing for his test couldn't understand a proof. So he went ahead and tried to memorize it anyway but in the process of memorizing he understood the proof so he had no need to memorize it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqYh1h2t8WU



That's a great way of putting it - the memorization becomes sustained through deeper understanding.




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