Can spaced repetition systems transform your identity, asks?
(In collaboration, I hope to offer experimental opportunities of that sort; stay tuned...)
notes.andymatuschak.org/z39D31syJUE1gt
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An example from of how using SR to memorize trivial information unexpectedly reshaped his curiosity. (starting ~minute 4:00 on the video)
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Very interesting story! has an interesting framing which relates—that these prompts are a mechanism to stimulate the Baader–Meinhof effect.
Speculation: Is the Baader-Meinhof effect produced by the recall of experiences that would formerly have been forgotten because they had no anchor in the concept network? Frequency bias may be too weak a characterization, since it doesn't explain the dynamics of noticing.
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Your point about the dynamics of noticing is very interesting. I realize I don’t know what “noticing” is! I’m having trouble finding serious attempts at mechanistic explanation of these effects. One relevant theory in this book chapter:
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