Is memorizing things useful?
Many of us think memorization is a useless practice forced on us from the early days of our education. But is it that useless?
With the advent of the internet, we are used to having knowledge at our fingertips. However, it is knowing what knowledge is available and how to integrate it into our existing knowledge base that is important
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I have always been against memorization but this article has changed my view on it, especially considering the examples of software engineers that are just searching on the web for any problem they have.
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