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by aries1980 2007 days ago
Yes, but the point of memorisation is you can much quicker re-learn the subject and you know there is a solution to a problem when you face it. If you have never learnt it, you don't know that there is a solution, or you start to optimise things in a way that is proven to be wrong. You might not able to recall them, but the knowledge is likely there in your subconscious.