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{"pageProps":{"metadata":{"date":"2022-05-20 21:48:41 +08:00","date_modified":"2022-05-20 22:06:46 +08:00","language":"en","source":""},"title":"Learn how to forget","hast":{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"nav","properties":{"className":"toc"},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"ol","properties":{"className":"toc-level toc-level-1"},"children":[]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"As a popular saying goes:\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"blockquote","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Empty the cup so that it may filled.\nBecome devoid to gain totality.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Forgetting is often looked at a negative view but it can be used in a good way.\nAccumulation of knowledge is not often a good thing.\nThere are various "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-05-21-19-26-06"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Pitfalls and illusions of competence"}]},{"type":"text","value":" and situations where one can make a better judgement since "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-07-15-07-25-39"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Being misinformed is better than being ignorant"}]},{"type":"text","value":" (sometimes).\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"A good reason to learn about forgetting is "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/learning.pitfalls.tunnel-vision"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Tunnel vision"}]},{"type":"text","value":".\nIts tendency to block out new ideas in the way of solving a problem is certainly not a great situation to be in.\nThe solution can be simple: don't think about your initial solution.\nIn other words, forget it.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"It can thought of as forcing yourself to see things in a (hopefully) new perspective.\nBasically, the idea of "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/learning.techniques.interleaving"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Switching between different topics makes new perspective"}]},{"type":"text","value":".\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"As much as this idea sounds unique, it completely isn't.\nThis idea is already made its way through all of our lives.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"ul","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Taking a break whenever we're stumped at a problem.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-04-07-18-19-11"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Spaced repetition"}]},{"type":"text","value":" is a minor example of this.\n"}]}]}]}]},"backlinks":[{"path":"/journals.learning-how-to-draw","title":"Journals: Learning how to draw"},{"path":"/learning.pitfalls.tunnel-vision","title":"Tunnel vision"}]},"__N_SSG":true}