I also have an Anki that very strongly reminds me of your entries. Also almost all insight type entries need no Anki repetition. They are just obvious. I still think that repeating them helps though. Also a nice repository to use for generating topics to use in discussions with my children.
ADDED: I notice that you seem to have no references in your entries. I use lots. I would have expected one for e.g.
assuming I have lots of competitors for things I want. So this is really ‘just’ a trigger action planning tool.
From what you wrote, I’m guessing you use your deck for a different purpose.
For me, it’s not about learning, or remembering.
It’s about internalizing and offline habit training.
So this is really ‘just’ a trigger action planning tool.
Exactly.
I don’t need references, because I don’t add things I’m unsure what to think about. I might add things I want to test without being sure how they turn out, but I’m sure that I want to test them.
Also about the “assuming I have lots of competitors for things I want”, I don’t have any references because it’s original. I don’t add biases until I have a strong, personal experience related to them. Figuring out a new bias is a strong personal experience so it counts.
It’s about internalizing and offline habit training.
Sounds like a type of learning to me. Or else I do not understand what you mean by “offline habit training”.
Yes, I use Anki for learning, but not much for rote learning currently. I use Anki’s adaptive repetition system to remind me of topics which I deem relevant to keep aware of like low-frequency habits, contacts to people, insights and ideas.
I do not need memorization much because being out of university I can look up most facts I need online :-) So it’s only important where to find some unusual concepts and for these I record the sources with the concepts. I noticed that I often have trouble to quickly locate good refs for advanced concepts online (those not found on Wikipedia for example).
Is still suspect you don’t fully get what difference I’m trying to point at. In any case, it’s OK, and I’m not telling you your approach is worse or anything. But to make this clear, let me explain it like this:
Are you familiar with mental play on piano or another instrument?
Have you ever imagined yourself doing a physical motion, e.g. a jump, before you actually did it, to prepare your body to respond quickly and without hesitation in the way you wanted it to?
Now imagine applying the same method to mental habits and CTAPS.
This is what I call “offline habit training”.
And sure, it is also a way of “learning”, but not the first one that comes to mind when you say the word “learning”.
Interesting. I know that visualization future action works (I use it e.g. in fencing to ‘plan’ an attack).
It is also related to cached thoughts.
If I understand right you generalize from simple motor action to all kinds of physical or cognitive behaviors that can be represented and rehearsed succinctly, e.g. habits. Nice idea. And yes, my Anki is different but also contains things that fall into this category esp. in the area of charisma, acting and noticing and reacting to people.
I also have an Anki that very strongly reminds me of your entries. Also almost all insight type entries need no Anki repetition. They are just obvious. I still think that repeating them helps though. Also a nice repository to use for generating topics to use in discussions with my children.
ADDED: I notice that you seem to have no references in your entries. I use lots. I would have expected one for e.g. assuming I have lots of competitors for things I want. So this is really ‘just’ a trigger action planning tool.
From what you wrote, I’m guessing you use your deck for a different purpose.
For me, it’s not about learning, or remembering.
It’s about internalizing and offline habit training.
Exactly.
I don’t need references, because I don’t add things I’m unsure what to think about. I might add things I want to test without being sure how they turn out, but I’m sure that I want to test them.
Also about the “assuming I have lots of competitors for things I want”, I don’t have any references because it’s original. I don’t add biases until I have a strong, personal experience related to them. Figuring out a new bias is a strong personal experience so it counts.
Sounds like a type of learning to me. Or else I do not understand what you mean by “offline habit training”.
Yes, I use Anki for learning, but not much for rote learning currently. I use Anki’s adaptive repetition system to remind me of topics which I deem relevant to keep aware of like low-frequency habits, contacts to people, insights and ideas.
I do not need memorization much because being out of university I can look up most facts I need online :-) So it’s only important where to find some unusual concepts and for these I record the sources with the concepts. I noticed that I often have trouble to quickly locate good refs for advanced concepts online (those not found on Wikipedia for example).
Is still suspect you don’t fully get what difference I’m trying to point at. In any case, it’s OK, and I’m not telling you your approach is worse or anything. But to make this clear, let me explain it like this:
Are you familiar with mental play on piano or another instrument?
Have you ever imagined yourself doing a physical motion, e.g. a jump, before you actually did it, to prepare your body to respond quickly and without hesitation in the way you wanted it to?
Now imagine applying the same method to mental habits and CTAPS.
This is what I call “offline habit training”.
And sure, it is also a way of “learning”, but not the first one that comes to mind when you say the word “learning”.
Interesting. I know that visualization future action works (I use it e.g. in fencing to ‘plan’ an attack).
It is also related to cached thoughts.
If I understand right you generalize from simple motor action to all kinds of physical or cognitive behaviors that can be represented and rehearsed succinctly, e.g. habits. Nice idea. And yes, my Anki is different but also contains things that fall into this category esp. in the area of charisma, acting and noticing and reacting to people.