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		Silverback_VII on Aug 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spaced repetition can allow for infinite recall there are only a limited amount of things you can memorize because your lifetime is also limited. Piotr Wozniak the creator of supermemo, the first spaced repetition program, talks about it on his site: https://supermemo.guru/wiki/How_much_knowledge_can_human_bra... this guy is a genius in my opinion.

orangepurple on Aug 8, 2022 [–]

I am in no way affiliated with the guy but you should read the seminal papers published by John R. Anderson.

This guy has been in this game since the 70s

Carnegie Mellon University Professor of Psychology and Computer Science

http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/peoplepages/ja/

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