— core idea desirable difficulty
~ sometimes, difficulty is desirable
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- ~ contextual variation is desirable difficulty
- ~ friction slows you down, leading to better encoding
- ~ interleaved practice is desirable difficulty
- ~ less helpful software may generate experts faster
- ~ predict solution before solving problem
- ~ putting something into a (good) SRS is costless
- ~ sometimes, difficulty is desirable
- ~ spaced practice is desirable difficulty
- ⁓ cloze deletion is aided recall
- ⁓ reading books is a pressure cooker for vocabulary
- ⁓ sometimes, intentionally show difficult items