Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo

Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by keiferski on Sunday November 25, 2018 @11:55AM (#18527609)

The fundamental flaw in the author's argument for using SuperMemo is that there is a ton of value in manually creating the decks yourself. When you write out an item in pencil on paper, then copy it to Anki and create a card, you're creating a memory and physical association with the creation of that card. When you just cloze pre-made selections of reading material, you're skipping this entire process.

This is the same reason that downloading pre-made decks from Anki's website doesn't really work.

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by bedhead on Sunday November 25, 2018 @12:01PM (#18527642)

So true. There just aren't any shortcuts when it comes to learning a new language, and while creating cards/decks in Anki is a huge chore at times, it's also super effective in jack-hammering that information into your brain for long-lasting recallability.

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by hnous927 on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:35AM (#18533200)

I’m OP. Thank you for the feedback!

Yes, I think decks have to be personalized. But I don't agree the argument that "writing out in pencil then transferring back to a Spaced Repetition Software" is better than "pre-made selections of reading material". For Incremental Reading, you have to select the important parts; there's no pre-made selection. It's just like highlighting; the material isn't pre-highlighted. I think the most important thing is the thought process: thinking which part is important and which isn't. The medium, whether you are doing it in paper and pencil is no difference than doing it digitally.

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by keiferski on Monday November 26, 2018 @10:57AM (#18534194)

The Medium, whether you are doing it in paper and pencil is no difference than doing it digitally.

Science says otherwise:

https://www.fastcompany.com/40476984/this-is-how-the-way-you...

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by hnous927 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:42AM (#18541198)

>"Studies have shown that taking notes by longhand will help you remember important meeting points better than tapping notes out on your laptop or smartphone."

By "doing it" I meant the thought process, the selecting process of what's important, not the medium in which you do your "whole studying".

Also that study means that taking notes by hands is better than with a computer. It doesn't mean learning with paper and pencil is better than with a computer, especially when we involve other things like a spaced repetition software.

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