“I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant”

~ updated at: 2025-07-05T11:50:10.012Z

Watching a video is like skimming the material where by the end, you’ll know where it’s all headed and the mind is already working on recognizing the independent points of agency, a traversal in the graph if you will.

Then as a second pass, slowing re-reading the transcript to help the mind affirm/reaffirm or even break assumptions, is gonna have a lasting impact in the learning process.

This explains why I remember random lore/moments in stories I adore. Watch something end to end and then meticulously revisit parts with a new perspective (akin to multimodal recall).

Inspired by this wonderful piece of writing: https://cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.htm

~ updated at: 2025-07-05T11:49:23.200Z