Most questions and answers should be atomic:Most questions and answers should be atomic:1 Avoid orphan cards:How to best help users when they forget the answer to a question？Improving the mnemonic medium: making better cardsHow can we develop transformative tools for thought？2020-10-18Journal1 Avoid orphan cards:2 Avoid orphan cards:3 Avoid orphan cards:4 Avoid orphan cards:5 Avoid orphan cards:Most questions and answers should be atomic: Avoid orphan cards: These are cards which don't connect closely to anything else. Suppose, for the sake of illustration, that you're trying to learn about African geography, and have a question: “What's the territory in Africa that Morocco disputes?” (A: “The Western Sahara”) If you don't know anything about the Western Sahara or Morocco or why there's a dispute, that question will be an orphan, disconnected from everything else. Ideally, you'll have a densely interconnected web of questions and answers, everything interwoven in striking ways. Continue reading… Index 1 Avoid orphan cards: 2 Avoid orphan cards: 3 Avoid orphan cards: 4 Avoid orphan cards: 5 Avoid orphan cards: Continue reading…