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A vote against spaced repetition — LessWrong

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LessWrong seems to be a big fan of spaced-repetition flashcard programs like Anki, Supermemo, or Mnemosyne. I used to be. After using them religiousl…

x A vote against spaced repetition — LessWrong Spaced Repetition Frontpage 76 A vote against spaced repetition by ancientcampus 10th Mar 2014 3 min read 76 76 LessWrong seems to be a big fan of spaced-repetition flashcard programs like Anki, Supermemo, or Mnemosyne. I used to be. After using them religiously for 3 years in medical school, I now categorically advise against using them for large volumes of memorization. [A caveat before people get upset: I think they appropriate in certain situations, and I have not tried to use them to learn a language, which seems its most popular use. More at

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