Old Man Learns about Learning

  Focus and Muscle Memory are part of the equation !!! This video explains why Handwriting is superior to digital shortcuts: Odysseas --  How to Think on Paper [18 minutes]           ---^^^--- Odysseas Blog past posts are here         ---^^^--- DEEP FOCUS: how to do more of what matters         ---^^^---  2 Years of Obsidian in 11 Minutes (stdD) = Standard Deviation s -- [Brain's OS] --  A Systems Theory of Qualia        ---^^^---  Standard Deviations Deep Dives  [playlist]         ---^^^---   Socio-Symbolic Space [many 'deep' videos lack sound]         ---^^^---   Ontological Logic: [What is] Reality?         ---^^^---          ---^^^---            ---^^^---           ---^^^---      ...

  Here's an interesting approach: (TmT) = theMITmonk --  Give Me 18 Minutes and I’ll Make you Dangerously Smart (with AI)

Lately, everything is a long playlist of "courses" Latest update:( here ) = "Mind Master" 5/03/2026 (PE) = Psych Explained -- The Brain Explained for Dummies Anatomy             ---^^^--  Sensation & Perception (playlist, 6 videos)             ---^^^-- Sensation vs. Perception: What's the Difference?             ---^^^--  Development and Learning (playlist, 6 videos)             ---^^^-- How Your Brain Organizes the World: Schemas, Assimilation & Accommodation             ---^^^--              ---^^^--  (cc) = Crash Course --  Focus & Concentration: Crash Course Study Skills #5                              ---^^^-- Study Skills playlist        ...

 From Reddit on 1/15/2026 [Highlights added]: This page last updated 01/18/2026 (here?) Takes me a lot of time to understand the material I'm studying. [Finding the better "neural anchor points"] [an OP writes]: To put it into perspective, I just took 2-3 hours for a 17 min video on fertilization (I'm a med student). I had like a million doubts and then some more. So I kept pausing the video and googling and googling. And it's not like I understand the contents after one google. No, it takes me question after question because it seems like there's a new doubt for every answer. I see all these tips like "teach others" "active recall" "use flashcards", etc.  but these only seem to be useful to remember stuff rather than understanding it for the first time. How do I teach something that I couldn't understand in the first place? This is a huge problem for me cuz I have tons of material to cover. I'm gon enter exam season in ...