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Content in the knowledge that every detail will become a permanent memory, you become the architect of your own mind.
Instead, I give them away for free on my website with the disclaimer that no one has successfully used them to learn a language. Of the few thousand people who have downloaded them, no one has tried to refute that claim, so I feel confident stating here that my personal decks are useless to anyone but myself.
Now, I have had the fleeting, fifteen-second experience of searching for this image on the Internet, seeing many different dogs of many different ages and breeds, and choosing this golden retriever.
In using a non-personalized deck, this instant of confusion will be recorded along with the memory, and the meaning of the word will be uncertain.
The original experience that you’ll remember with every review will become “WHAT does this MEAN? I don’t have TIME for this $#*@!” which can quickly become frustrating.
Anki: “Creating your own deck is the most effective way to learn a complex subject.
can’t be understood simply by memorizing facts—they require explanation and context to learn effectively.
