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thibodeaux 
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Posted on: Jul. 21 2010,12:14 |
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Discuss.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Jul. 21 2010,12:37 |
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There's a lot of stuff I used to know well, but through lack of use, I've forgotten.
Like the citric acid cycle. Used to be able to diagram every molecule, but then the kid came and I lost the IQ points.
I don't consider that "then I never learned it."
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Jul. 21 2010,13:48 |
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There's loads of mathematical formula & processes I used to have memorized that I'd have to look up nowadays. Â I don't exactly remember how to integrate cosine squared over tangent cubed, but I bet I could once I looked up the appropriate substitutions.
So what's learning? It is straight up memorization of arbitrary facts or is it familiarity with the patterns in the facts & their correct usage?
Edited by Malcolm on Jul. 21 2010,13:49
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GORDON
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Posted on: Jul. 21 2010,13:51 |
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I've forgotten the names of women I dated, but that doesn't mean I never knew their names.
Just means they were forgettable. :-)
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TPRJones
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
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Posted on: Jul. 21 2010,18:10 |
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I've always had a very very poor memory. Â I'm not the guy from Memento, but I'm as close as you can get without having actual brain damage. Â I can never remember how to do things or what things are or anything. Â But I can remember the basic understandings behind how things work.
I've always been that way. Â Because of it I've gotten very good at relearning things at breakneck speed. Â For example when I was a briefly a physics major I rederived the formulas of force and motion every time I needed one on a test. Â I think I've reinvented most of calculus from scratch at least twice by now. Â Every time I write a program I may have to look up most of the syntax yet again, but the algorithms are always perfect and built fast and tight.
I also learn new things at super speed, too. Â But I have to relearn them again the next time I need them.
I think it's from all the pot I smoked when I was six.
EDIT: I missed the "well then you never really learned it" part. Hmmm ... I guess I'll vote FALSE, then, but I wouldn't argue too strongly against TRUE if you'll also give me "but you can always learn it again"
Edited by TPRJones on Jul. 21 2010,18:15
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