Friday, February 24, 2017

review

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And then the thing is to review the record ... continually.

I hypothesize that the effectiveness of a recorded thought is related to the frequency with which it is reviewed. I hypothesize that the effectiveness of a collection of recorded thoughts is related to the frequency with which the recorded thoughts in it are reviewed.

It is possible - because: magic - that just recording thoughts will produce a complete effect.

It is possible - because: magic - that just looking at the record of a thought, or even just displaying it, will produce a complete effect.

Even so, I hypothesize there is a relationship between the frequency with which a thought is thoroughly reviewed and the record's effectiveness.

The record of a thought might be a collection of words. Thorough review of the record of a thought could mean actually reading those words and striving to form a mental image of what they mean. Let's say it means that.

Well, if it is, for some reason, very difficult to actually read the record of a thought (even though it has been displayed), that would then, according to this hypothesis, reduce the potential effectiveness of the record ... or it could.

My hypothesis then becomes: if, when the record is displayed, the entire record is instantaneously visible, or nearly so - and if its geometry is fairly simple - then a thorough review of it should be possible ... in a short period of time.


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