. Being able to reel off a list of dates in history, while useful, is so much less important than understanding why those dates matter, or understanding enough about the way civilization has developed to be able to figure things out from what you already know.From "Free Range: Google It"
So what's suggested here is that perhaps actually understanding the subject matter and being able to form concrete thoughts around it are more important than raw memorization? Interesting concept. I believe we used to call that being educated.
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