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		Kudzu_Bob on Sept 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Youngest kid, smartest kid? Memory places things in context. We don't even know what we know unless we can remember it.

nitrogen on Sept 21, 2013 [–]

The important thing to memorize is how to look up what you've learned but forgotten. You don't need to store the entire database in RAM, just the indexes.

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