Feynman Technique

The goal is to understand a complicated concept by dissecting into small chunks, and focus on learning these smaller pieces.

1. Get a piece of paper
2. Write the thing you want to understand at the top of the page
3. Explain it, as if you were teaching it to someone else.

In the last step you often repeat some of the information you already understand, but at some point you can't continue anymore. From the gap, you research the answer.

Example

The essence of the technique is distilling a complicated concept by further breaking down by constantly asking questions like a toddler, and eventually you should be able to explain a difficult subject to a toddler encapsulated as a story.

Technical

git checkout -b branchname
git diff branchname

Plain English

We checkout a certain branch and indicate the differences.

Diagram / Example

Come up with a drawing

Analogy

The Distributed Version Control System is like sharing the changes to the amount each of us spent on a trip.

Specific Cases

Complicated Ideas

Copy the author's explanation, and clarify for myself.

Procedures

Go through to the steps, explain what it does, but also explain how it does it.

Formulas

They 100% should be understood and not memorized.

Memorizing

Finishing a topic without referencing the source material, means you've understood and can remember it.

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