OTOH creating neural connections takes time. It's a real distance. Small for us, but great for the cells. That's why explaining difficult concepts too fast, while cool for people getting things instantly, is not good for general population.

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teiferer 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I very much agree and it saddens me often when I see folks dial it up to 1.5x or 2x "because it is boring otherwise". They might think they just get as much, only in half the time, but I'd hypothesize that they retain less because the mind needs some time to digest.

Similar with the trend to auto-cut pauses that speakers make, just to cram in more text into a youtube video. Destroys not just the pacing but any chance for the mind to take its time.

I'd love to see studies about this.

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jbstack 29 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

There's a difference between pacing (good), and repetitive speech (bad). Between pacing and repetitive speech.

	▲	teiferer 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ironically, spaced repetition is the key to successful learning. Obviously one can overdo it. And there is variance in what people require. But not giving things time, instead giving in to the dopamine-craving, that's killing your learning abilities.