The Feynman Technique
Richard Feynman understood the difference between:
- knowing something and
- knowing the name of something
He created a formula for learning that ensured he understood something better than everyone else.
3K
18.8K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
The importance of practice and repetition in learning
How to stay motivated and avoid burnout while learning
How to break down complex concepts into manageable parts
Related collections
Similar ideas to The Feynman Technique
7. Question everything
“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
Feynman believed that we shouldn’t settle for surface-level understanding. Instead, we should dig deeper and truly understand how things work....
The Feynman Technique
The Feynman technique for teaching and communication is a mental model (a breakdown of his personal thought process) to convey information using to the point thoughts and simple language.
Feynman started to record and connect the things he did know with those he did not know, resulting...
The Feynman Learning Technique
The Feynman Learning Technique is a way to supercharge your learning.
Learning doesn't happen from browsing through a book or remembering enough to pass an exam. We learn information when we can explain it and use it in several situations. The Feynman Learn...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates