When I learn for myself, I learn quickly and completely.
When I am learning because I am supposed to know or am required to know it for no apparent reason I don't learn it well at all.
I once took the test to join Mensa. I passed. I declined to join. I did it to prove something to myself and I discovered that the local Mensa group should just tattoo their IQ on their foreheads. It would save time.
What I have not been doing since I left college is doing much learning.
I can clearly remember that I used to know how to do some things, but I can't do them any more.
I once could have calculated what the recoil of the GAU-8 gun was in g when fired from an A-10A in a 30˚ dive. I can't remember how to do that now. I tried. It's clearly NOT 3.8g. An A-10 doesn't shed nearly 100 mph in a 1 second burst.
Your brain is like a muscle, use it or lose it!
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