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Re:Creativity fundamentally comes from memorization by watwut on Thursday August 01, 2024 @05:36PM (#41133901)
You don't "memorize" when learning math. You solve problems and then you happen to learn to recognize patterns and start to remember some things. Those are not the same learning activities.

Memorization is something else. I have seen students trying to memorize math and these were all bad students. Completely lost when the exercise changed slightly.

If we start to use "memorization" for "any time something is remembered" then the word will loose its meaning.

Re:Creativity fundamentally comes from memorization by rcxdude on Friday August 02, 2024 @08:42AM (#41138384)
"Drilling" is perhaps the better word. The point is it benefits from repetitive practice.