Importing from Wikipedia without duplicates
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This FAQ explains the use of incremental reading in SuperMemo. Incremental reading is the universal speed learning technique pioneered by SuperMemo since 2000
Wikipedia duplicates
The following video explains a couple of techniques useful when working with Wikipedia:
Incremental reading: handling duplicates on the role of anandamide in runner's high:
- detecting duplicate pages (those that have already been imported from Wikipedia)
- browsing duplicate pages
- importing from Wikipedia (via Internet Explorer)
- enhancing extracts in the learning process (increasing the priority and shortening intervals)
FAQ
Question
You say that concepts are secondary in learning, but the video shows a very long list of concepts. Why so many?
Answer
Concepts are useful containers for subset review or neural creativity. Each time you focus on a major area of interest, it makes sense to conglomerate all associated knowledge in a single concept. Even if you generate a concept per week, you will get 50 new concepts in a year.