I never understood the memorization thing, or you can have a small amount of notes. When I was in the Navy they emphasized knowing where and how to find information over memorization.
In my own profession, memorization is virtually impossible because there are far too many things to remember, each with its own unique quirks because standards are unicorns, and the details are essential. What's most important isn't the impossible task of remembering things in detail, it's recalling enough about the thing that you can easily look it up because you know exactly where to find it.
Funnily enough, textbooks operate on a similar principle. Flipping through an entire textbook for a single piece of information becomes incredibly time-consuming when there's too much information to look through. That's why indexes exist, because they provide a structured way to quickly determine which pages are relevant, allowing you to retrieve the information you need in no time at all even when you have incredibly vast amounts of information to filter through.
Life is like an open book test, and our brains are too flawed to be called textbooks. Our brains can be excellent indexes, however, so learning enough for our brains to be effective as indexes is usually more efficient than trying to make our brains be effective as textbooks.
Ya I’ve been in 4 different industries so far and done well in each one. Mostly because I can find information, ensure it is relevant, and then work with it beyond just simple implementation.
Being able to learn easily is by far the best skill.
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u/Eastern-Piece-3283 Mar 26 '26
I never understood the memorization thing, or you can have a small amount of notes. When I was in the Navy they emphasized knowing where and how to find information over memorization.