Comment by InkCanon

Comment by InkCanon 13 hours ago

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It's someone I wondered, what is the point of memorizing a proof if it only ever proves something you already know. The answer is you hope it generalises. There is a possible way you can do it in SRS, being inspired by RL training. Instead of cards you'd show options within a game or simulation. But this would need a lot of expert knowledge for a single concept.

bawolff 11 hours ago

Sure, but if you are memorizing the proof instead of understanding it, you aren't going to be able to generalize it.

In general, math is not a subject where memorization is going to get you ahead. The "why" matters much more than the "what".