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How to Learn Anything So It Sticks & Peculiarities of the Human Brain

Something You Should Know

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Is There Something Inherently Good About Knowing How to Add and Subtract?

The best single predictor of what you're able to learn is what you already know. The idea that no one needs to learn any addition and subtraction anymore because they have a calculator or a cell phone is, I think, really short-sighted. It's just easy to test these very rote bits of information as opposed to richer information we really want people to know.

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