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You and I are going to try learning quantum mechanics together. I don’t know anything about physics and it doesn’t matter if you don’t either. Our strategy is going to be: For example, on the quantum mechanics Wikipedia page we might at first not understand “subatomic particles”. We click on it and go to its page. Then on that page we don’t understand “composite particles” so we click on that, and so on, remembering where we were each time so we can come back to the right place. Do you think this strategy will let us learn quantum mechanics? As you probably know intuitively, it won't work. It will let most of us learn quantum mechanics for about 5 minutes before we feel lost and give up. Try it if you’re not sure what will happen. All the information is on Wikipedia though so why doesn't learning like this work? It doesn't work because our working memory has a maximum capacity of roughly 4. When reading about quantum mechanics we encounter new Concept 1 and store it in our working memo

Learning is Remembering by Petros Christodoulou • 4 minute read • #1 on Hacker News You and I are going to try learning quantum mechanics together. I don't know anything about physics and it doesn't matter if you don't either. Our strategy is going to be: Start reading the quantum mechanics Wikipedia page When we encounter a concept we don't understand (let's call it Concept 1 ): Go to Concept 1's Wikipedia page Read about Concept 1 until we understand it. Then go back to the quantum mechanics page and pick up where we left off When reading about Concept 1 , if we encounter a Concept 2 that we

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