mentat_kgs Wrote:The point is that you don't want to notice things actively while listening.
You want it all passive.
You want to understand without any active effort.

This simply requires hours and hours of practice. If you think that only a few hours/weep will do, you are fooling yourself.

It is like if your mind has a little hole that only lets 1ml of knowledge/second to flow inside. You must keep the water tank full all the time, so the little hole will always be well fed.

Active study is like using a fire hose to fill this hole in a short time. It doesn't work as well.

Well put!

mentat_kgs Wrote:The point is that you don't want to notice things actively while listening.
You want it all passive.
You want to understand without any active effort.

This simply requires hours and hours of practice. If you think that only a few hours/weep will do, you are fooling yourself.

It is like if your mind has a little hole that only lets 1ml of knowledge/second to flow inside. You must keep the water tank full all the time, so the little hole will always be well fed.

Active study is like using a fire hose to fill this hole in a short time. It doesn't work as well.

Isn't listening to things you barely understand more like using a fire hose than active study?

cracky Wrote:

mentat_kgs Wrote:The point is that you don't want to notice things actively while listening.
You want it all passive.
You want to understand without any active effort.

This simply requires hours and hours of practice. If you think that only a few hours/weep will do, you are fooling yourself.

It is like if your mind has a little hole that only lets 1ml of knowledge/second to flow inside. You must keep the water tank full all the time, so the little hole will always be well fed.

Active study is like using a fire hose to fill this hole in a short time. It doesn't work as well.

Isn't listening to things you barely understand more like using a fire hose than active study?

cracky's post count: 168
Mentat's post count: 1200

Mentat wins.

Crap, I need to start spamming more.

^ Success!

QuackingShoe Wrote:Crap, I need to start spamming more.

^ Success!

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mentat_kgs Wrote:The point is that you don't want to notice things actively while listening.
You want it all passive.
You want to understand without any active effort.

This simply requires hours and hours of practice. If you think that only a few hours/weep will do, you are fooling yourself.

It is like if your mind has a little hole that only lets 1ml of knowledge/second to flow inside. You must keep the water tank full all the time, so the little hole will always be well fed.

Active study is like using a fire hose to fill this hole in a short time. It doesn't work as well.

It's not like I'm saying all you should do is study actively. But even you SRS stuff you come across, right?
The more input you get, the better. But don't see how looking stuff up hurts.

When I can watch an anime and understand it all without thinking about it, it's because they're using words I already know.

alyks Wrote:cracky's post count: 168
Mentat's post count: 1200

Mentat wins.

I guess I can't argue with that. My post count was 169 though.