How is reality shaped to make spaced repetition a viable recall strategy?
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If spaced repetition is a hack/workaround, how do I change my surroundings or context to truthfully reflect my reality and goals, that operates on the basis of the same structure?
Hypothesis: exponential decay (the forgetting curve) is the time-discounted utility of information to a humanlike agent. Hypothesis: the forgetting curve is optimized as part of the design of collective memory: it represents the RTT for a memetically fit piece of information to come back around to you after making the rounds of your Dunbar's number tribe.
I'm basically asking: Why is the brain designed like that?
- this was written thinking of the kmett learning to learn talk most likely.