Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

Posted: February 19th, 2009 | Author: | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

Note to self: Get Supermemo

Fortunately, human forgetting follows a pattern. We forget exponentially. A graph of our likelihood of getting the correct answer on a quiz sweeps quickly downward over time and then levels off. This pattern has long been known to cognitive psychology, but it has been difficult to put to practical use. It’s too complex for us to employ with our naked brains.

via: Wired