You gain retention by assimilating facts at the same time you have some emotional experience, this is one of the reasons why professors who are entertaining can sometimes also be much better teachers. Laughing while assimilating works better than simply trying to memorize stuff.
Even looking at rote memorization, most experts in memorization tell you to associate places and emotions with whatever you're currently trying to memorize.
So by removing the emotional payload from the memory, you're effectively also removing the memory itself, even if superficially the facts remain. What will happen over time is that since there's less emotion associated with the facts, the facts will be forgotten -- like all the other facts in your life day-to-day are forgotten.
I knew all of that and thought others did too. Next time I'll try assuming that is not the case.
You gain retention by assimilating facts at the same time you have some emotional experience, this is one of the reasons why professors who are entertaining can sometimes also be much better teachers. Laughing while assimilating works better than simply trying to memorize stuff.
Even looking at rote memorization, most experts in memorization tell you to associate places and emotions with whatever you're currently trying to memorize.
So by removing the emotional payload from the memory, you're effectively also removing the memory itself, even if superficially the facts remain. What will happen over time is that since there's less emotion associated with the facts, the facts will be forgotten -- like all the other facts in your life day-to-day are forgotten.
I knew all of that and thought others did too. Next time I'll try assuming that is not the case.