The Feynman Technique - timeless & effective

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Odysseas

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@BramTheStoic 2 ай бұрын

The Feynman technique was so effective that I learnt everything I could from the technique just by reading the title.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

The classics always need repeating

@maruthimacha1847 Ай бұрын

😂

@literatelogos 2 ай бұрын

I agree, “Anything meaningful has to have effort behind it.” Simple yet challenging to achieve sometimes.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

For sure, need to constantly remind ourselves that

@mitesh67_89 2 ай бұрын

profound idea! 💡

@kubricksghost6058 2 ай бұрын

4:05 technique starts... saved u 4 mins of ur day

@S_H_A_M_S_U_L Ай бұрын

Thaaaaaaaax

@abdouippo1793 29 күн бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@kshitiz06 28 күн бұрын

Thanks man. As he was going on and on for first minute, I started to get bored and started scrolling through comment. Glad I found yours.

@Jeff-vv4pn 2 ай бұрын

This sounds similar to Benjamin Franklin's writing improvement technique. He would pick an article that he liked. Read it. Take notes. And several days later try to recreate the article using only his notes. Then he would compare his article with the original and make changes, sometimes keeping his words if he thought his words were better.

@hanclintonnyx 2 ай бұрын

Homeschooling and teaching in a homeschool co-op have been an amazing way to accomplish this technique. I've been teaching my kids and other's for over sixteen years. I love our co-op because we're a pretty academically oriented community, but we don't just hire in outside experts to teach all the subjects for us. Our ethos is that we grow and learn with them, basically by following Feynman's approach. We taught our own kids to read, and then I started teaching kids in a co-op when they were toddlers. If you keep going as they grow up, there's a lot you can learn because you have that pressure of a literal class of kids asking "Why?", and you have to keep going back and figuring out why. I did major in education, but by homeschooling, I've learned far more than I would have in a traditional school setting. The beauty of a co-op is that the different parents tackle various subjects so that nobody has to try to learn absolutely everything from scratch. And there are also online classes available for what we can't do. By doing this, I've had the opportunity to learn and teach Latin and Aristotelian Logic, and I've been able to read far more great books than I ever would have made myself read. I've also learned far more about birds and spiders than I ever imagined I would. 😄

@Circ0_0 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Love to see worker cooperatives teaching kids. Great job mate, you are a real inspiration and a blessing to the community 💜 🅰️🏴

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing, I never knew there were co-ops for this but it makes so much sense. I bet since others rely on you, it helps make the work fulfilling too.

@frankharris3380 25 күн бұрын

This sounds like the kind of community children can thrive in.

@paraskevaspolitis2704 2 ай бұрын

@Odysseas, I just discovered your channel yesterday, and I’ve already watched most of your videos. They provide great value, and I really appreciate how you approach all the topics with humility and curiosity, rather than acting like you know everything. This makes your content relatable. You're doing exactly what I hope to do on KZbin in the future. Keep up the great work! I also appreciated the creativity and the B-roll shots for each step-genius! Greetings from Greece, Paraskevas

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks man, I'm real grateful for your words. Best of luck with the video making too, I'm excited to see it. Καλή συνέχεια.

@laureanooliva7836 2 ай бұрын

Agreed love you channel @@odysseas__.

@masodu 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, I am a senior in high school trying to pursue Physics and Computer science. After being in depression for so long, and trying to do self-improvement (in terms of getting smarter and getting stuff done,) You have awakened my love for physics again. When I was younger, I always neglected math. I did not like it, and there are some gaps within my knowledge, which led to me to not being efficient at math. This is why I stopped trying to pursue physics back then, But now, I can finally focus, your vids help me a lot, since I don’t have a lot of direction and guidance in my life.

@SadiaShara 28 күн бұрын

You got this!! I am proud of how far you've come

@samuelnwobi3184 2 ай бұрын

Finding your channel is one of the best things I am grateful for this year. Love what you do👍🏽.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Grateful for this, thanks

@synnotus 2 ай бұрын

This technique gave me first class honours and I still remember almost everything I learnt 8 years later

@suasor1a 2 ай бұрын

Blaise Pascal perfectly encompasses step 5: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter"

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

It's exactly that, great quote

@alexcopa2059 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this quote.

@moiramarques 2 ай бұрын

Odysseas, you are my new favorite channel on KZbin, thank you for the valuable tips, for boosting up my Obsidian game, and for inspiring me to be a better learner and creator!

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Always grateful, thank you. Love to see that creative energy from you as well.

@JaronEscoffery 2 ай бұрын

I remember receiving the same advice from Malcolm X (whilst reading his autobiography). It was a huge help, especially for maths and software engineering. It forces you to embrace publicity and rapid cycles of learning/failing. That trial and error mentality. And I think when you take that onboard, the world really opens up for you

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Interesting connection there, and even though it's embarrassing at first, there's so much value in it.

@JaronEscoffery 2 ай бұрын

@@odysseas__ for real, especially on the embarrassment. Also I’ve gotta say thanks, you were a big help + inspiration on getting started with KZbin, just posted my first video 🫡🍻

@emirobinatoru 2 ай бұрын

Active Recall + Feymann is such a W that I ignored for my philosophical growth. I wasted the whole summer just because I ignored this brilliance. Hopefilly I will be able to study analytical philosophy as a career in the future!

@emirobinatoru 2 ай бұрын

Also I love your St Augustine wallpaper, it's one of the best on Wallpaper engine!

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Wishing you all the best for it

@soumyamukho Ай бұрын

Apart from the fact that the knowledge you share is useful, if not new, helps affirm ideas, work as reminders.. I also like your videography style quite well.

@theta-mage 2 ай бұрын

My method of learning is similar to Feynman technique, but I’ve kind of polyglot-ified it. Most of my study materials that I use are in Finnish (my native language), and when it’s time to simplify, I explain it in different languages. I speak three foreign languages, English, Swedish, and Russian. I speak English the best (at a C2 level, so I’m not really learning it anymore, simply fine-tuning certain aspects of grammar and expanding vocabulary), so that’s the first. Then, Swedish, my second best foreign language that I speak (level B2, actively learning to construct more complex sentences and expanding vocabulary a lot). And finally, Russian. My Russian is probably at an A2 (on a good day-learning conjugation, sentence structures, vocabulary et cetera), so it demands a lot of simplification to be able to explain any topic. It’s also two birds with one stone: not only am I solidifying my understanding of the topic I’m learning (by allowing the constraints of my language skills to force me to simplify), but I’m also learning my target languages better.

@sydney2802 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, it was super interesting. Especially the end, when you said that a good teacher would rephrase the lesson depending on who they’re speaking to (a middle aged woman vs an out of touch rich teenager). I also appreciate you wear the same kind of watch I do, lol I never noticed that because I was always focused on what you were saying, but you attaching that post it note really brought it to my attention.

@Orlando-qj7bh 2 ай бұрын

Not sure if this is what you were talking about missing at the end of the video, but I thought of how one could apply this to the arts in addition to non-fiction. -- Step 1 - Study: If you want to be able to recreate a technique you see in a piece of writing or a drawing, etc, first find 5-10 examples of said technique, from a variety sources. Try to understand the commonalities between how the technique is applied in different pieces, and what the effect of the technique is. Step 2 - Teach Attempt to explain what the technique is composed of (word choice, structure, use of metaphor, etc; or brush width, colour, brush type, etc) and how those parts work together to create the effect. Explain and imagine how it could be used in different scenarios. (Optional for more difficult techniques) Step 3 - Reflect: Revisit the original text/piece you saw the technique in, and try to see what you're missing. Look for more examples from different sources to expand your understanding. Step 4 - Integrate: The most important step -- apply the technique into your own work. Then, compare your usage to the original exaples you were inspired by, to see if you can improve. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as necessary. -- I've done this a bunch with my creative writing and it's a very satisfying process. You start out mimicking your fav artists and soon develop your own unique style! Would recommend.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Love this application -it's the learn as you go style that is so powerful for any craft

@ArunderpDonkeykong 2 ай бұрын

I have to take notes on obsidian to remember anything you say XD, so full of quality

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, really grateful to hear it

@rohanbidi 2 ай бұрын

I employ step 5 during work by encouraging clients to ask me whatever questions they have, no matter how basic or silly they may sound. Quite often, the "untrained unregimented" mind can think out of the box, see possibilities or raise queries a trained mind does not. This forces me to come up with explanations which tests my grasp of the subject, and as you said a middle aged person will see things differently to a teenager so I have to adapt my communication skills which in turn further simplifies the topic in my head. P.S. That frame of Krebs Cycle brought back nightmares from my physiology lectures :)

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

That's clever, I like it. It's easy to overlook the 'obvious' ideas otherwise, especially if you have expertise in the topic. And yeah I picked the Krebs because I thought it would have maximum fear effect haha

@billgross3579 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are so incredibly helpful. Thank you!!

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, I appreciate your words

@emirobinatoru 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations, both you and Jared are fine masters of youtube!

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Cheers! I saw his shoutout, crazy stuff . . .

@NrminSoltanova-ib3ef Ай бұрын

Your videos are amazing literally, I wish I had discovered this channel before

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thank you, always appreciated!

@huntermartin1300 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for including a Chapters feature. Great work all around.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

@checknate8266 2 ай бұрын

Very smooth transition into the sponsor spiel. Respect.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Cheers, I'm glad to hear it

@serenalandolina8974 25 күн бұрын

Omg i've Just discovered your channel and WOW - where have you been all my youtube-watcher lifeee

@odysseas__ 25 күн бұрын

Thanks, I'm grateful to hear it -welcome too!

@vaughngene 2 ай бұрын

I always heard of this term here and there, but I never actually looked into. This was really insightful 👌

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Cheers man, glad you liked it

@1234minecraft5678 2 ай бұрын

Very good explanation of the technique, thank you. Very actionable.

@xevilman1 2 ай бұрын

Your Obsidian vault looks huge!

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

You should see some of the obsidian KZbinrs on here -mine is like 1% of theirs, it's crazy

@xevilman1 2 ай бұрын

@@odysseas__ This new kind of transitions in the video was a nice touch.

@miguelangelous Ай бұрын

Man, I missed you mate 💯Thanks for the content

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Cheers man, it's full steam ahead

@QRAY4ONCE 2 ай бұрын

man i love your vids , they make sense and are actually helpful ❤

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@nusi4043 2 ай бұрын

girlll i love ur channel!! thank you!! :DD

@maherhasan4517 2 ай бұрын

Great video mate. New topic. Insightful ideas.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks man, I really appreciate it

@clintonahaneku4481 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for all you do ❤.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Cheers man, much appreciated

@johnqf3972 2 ай бұрын

I liked the transitions of the steps. Very creative and funny?

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad to hear it

@QuietHeart89 2 ай бұрын

As always fantastic video

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it

@kimbapx 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't know if this helps anyone, but do not be anxious. It will take time to understand new concepts. Keep calm and keep your mind straight.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Great advice

@rcdmrl 2 ай бұрын

There’s a certain synergy thing between this and your idea of the “mini essays”

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

They're a great outlet for it for sure

@WorldViewAspects 2 ай бұрын

Spoke like a true polymath. 🎉🎉🎉

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@knw-seeker6836 2 ай бұрын

Actually the Feynman technique + Blooms Taxonomy + whole part whole method is the way to go no matter what or why you’re Learning

@peetung 2 ай бұрын

Had to pause after 2:35 to give a thumbs up to this video.

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@sinxenon3181 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Very nice video!

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Cheers, glad you liked it

@Economix002 Ай бұрын

I want to develop a technology that can help me master anything just by looking these type of vedio. It's very tempting to watch these vedios but hard for me to do it.

@h7jwss Ай бұрын

You're an introvert, no problem. But change your personality. Smile, be energetic, enthusiastic, non-serious. Coming from an introvert as well.

@PeterIntrovert Ай бұрын

A little smile probably won't hurt. But I am coming back to a channel for that peaceful and calm energy. For me he doesn't need to be more energetic and vice versa what he already has we can consider as a brand that makes him different and fits the channel well.

@h7jwss Ай бұрын

@@PeterIntrovert right

@VaibhavShewale 2 ай бұрын

quite informative

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@auskaikru1302 2 ай бұрын

Hello, I have recently watched your Obsidian guide and I loved it, I am really enjoying the process of taking notes down and writing short essays (even though they aren’t really, I’m just starting out and they are more of detailed notes) however I have a couple of questions on what I should do. 1) I read more practical books so would it be better if I were to copy quotes exclusively in the notes tab (under source material) and comment underneath them, or should I refrain from copying quotes all the time and write the notes in my own words? 2) when writing the notes (under source material) should I link to a tag or essay within the actual writing or should I leave that to the reference area at the bottom? I’ve noticed that an idea that I’ve spoken about is in another note and is mentioned by name (the title of the note) should I just put the square brackets around it so the reader (me in the future XD) can press on it while reading and understand the idea that is briefly mentioned in the note? I don’t know if that made sense, I’ll try to simplify it. Note B mentions the idea of Note A, should I put a link to Note A in the text or leave it at the bottom where the references are?

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, and I love to hear you're getting the work in. I only write quotes if I found the sentence well-written or nicely summarising the idea. With or without quotes, I'll always write something in my own words just for learning's sake. You can definitely link within the text too -if anything, it's even nicer. If you want the link to the note to appear as something else in text, try adding a '|' after the note title, like this: [[Note title| what you want the link to show up as]]

@sincerely.yours.a 2 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate it!

@Joevim Ай бұрын

you said at the end there about writing summaries. the biggest myth in all of learning is that highlighting actually does anything. Instead of wasting your time with highlighting, writing a summary of what you were going to highlight in the margins is far better

@emmanuelboakye1124 2 ай бұрын

Powerful stuff😄

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated

@tasadar24 Ай бұрын

"Who am I to teach you this" Well, aside from having qualified the knowledge, there is no guarantee that credentialed "experts" are the source of knowledge. The only question that is important is always: Is it true? not where is it from.

@1234minecraft5678 2 ай бұрын

How to apply to a skill that needs execution of some sort? Like how to apply it for programming / writing?

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

Learning by doing is sort of the same thing, where the 'doing' is the teaching.

@ListenToKrish 2 ай бұрын

7:27 May i know the book

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

@knw-seeker6836 2 ай бұрын

Do you compare and contrast the ideas that you write in the margins?

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

If it pops up, sure

@asgaming2490 2 ай бұрын

Pls how can i get like your wallpapers

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

I use max resolution paintings from wikimedia commons. But you're right, at one point I should share the folder somehow. Many of the paintings are John Martin, John Atkinson Grimshaw and Rembrandt too

@SaraAldhfiri 2 ай бұрын

I really want to learn psychology but I don’t know were to begin if anyone know your help would be appreciated

@BruceWayne-ei6sn 2 ай бұрын

Hey, this is off topic. I want to know your thoughts about the writer Robert Greene-author of: 48 laws of power, and the art of seduction. What do you think about his writings Btw i like your videos keep up. I learned too much, especially with the obsidian video.

@1234minecraft5678 2 ай бұрын

I disagree, we don't all learn differently, there are some universal concepts that might apply a bit easier to some, but in general all rules apply to nearly everyone. I feel like society has a wrong view on Eating habits, workout habits and learning habits, because all of those activities boil down to the same rules that need to be applied in order to be successful, but somehow it is generally accepted to say that those rules don't apply for oneself because of xyz.

@Jeff-vv4pn 2 ай бұрын

The learning expert Dr. Robert Bjork agrees with you. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKewZaCkeq6rq7M

@M4XD4B0ZZ 2 ай бұрын

Man I'm so lost at learning for my bachelors degree 😫 i just never learned how to learn and now it feels like i am only able to remember things for an exam and then immediately forgetting everything. I can't even remember something from two weeks ago like wtf. I am using obsidian now and transfered most of the important informations there but quickly learned that i was doing nothing i mean it makes no difference if i see that information in a book or in my pc or what am i missing? Yes the notes are linked but i don't see any positive with that? It doesn't matter if i am able to click that link or if i just read another page in a book? What am i gaining outside of some seconds? I am super frustrated right now as i took like 4 weeks of note taking and linking and commiting to obsidian but it just feels so pointless 😕

@odysseas__ 2 ай бұрын

So the issue is you want to retain more of the knowledge outside of your notes and in your mind? If that's the case, I'd practice writing and articulating yourself without notes in your own words, so that you begin to integrate the ideas into your understanding

@M4XD4B0ZZ 2 ай бұрын

@@odysseas__ would you say that writing something in my own words will help me retaining that knowledge? I just don't know how to be honest. I have that mountain of informations i would like to remember to become an expert in that subject and also to use that knowledge later by continuing my career and studies. I never wrote something outside of the obsidian notes and i dont know what to do. I bought the "how to make smart Notes" book from Sönke Ahrens but i feel like the zettelkasten approach is not the right system for me even though it is describing what i want to do in the future. I feel like zettelkasten is good when i want to find new ideas but at the moment i need to solidify my knowledge from a known source somehow. Also i struggle a little bit to articulate myself as english isn't my native language 🙃

@John-yv2xh 2 ай бұрын

@@M4XD4B0ZZ I have heard a good piece advice from the Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen. He was a genius of philosophy and theology, and had a telecast entitled, "Life is Worth Living" where he would teach to an audience of millions. Here's the kicker: he would never write a script - rather, he could recall the subject and spontaneously teach about it with extraordinary aptitude. In a lecture called "How to Improve Your Mind," he describes a 3-step process to integrating knowledge. 1. TASTE - Before commiting to a reading book or attending a class, "taste" it to see if it is really worth the effort. Does this help me to understand truth, beauty, goodness? Does it apply to my life in any meaningful way? Some things just aren't worth dedicating your mind to. 2. CHEW - When reading a book or attending a class, this would apply to the actual process of highlighting/underlining important information and note-taking. The goal of this step is to begin to break down the information and parse through what is important versus what can be let go of. The Ven. Archbishop mentions that when reading a book, he would underline on the first readthrough. Then after the second or third, he would make a personal index at the back of the book for reference. Do whatever works for you in this stage, maybe this is where the notes in Obsidian come into play. 3. DIGEST - This stage is about integrating those ideas that you have deemed important. The Ven. Archbishop says that here, we should "re-think" the ideas. This is where Odysseas' suggestion of mini-essays comes into play - if you endeavor to write an idea in your own words, you naturally must re-think it. Pehaps you need to refer again to your notes because you don't have a full understanding of the concept. Or maybe you need to explain a concept in multiple ways before you can remember it. That is good, in fact it's the whole point. "Rethinking" makes the ideas truly your own. I hope this can help you in some way! I can definitely recommend that lecture, you can find it here on KZbin. God Bless your studies! :D

@John-yv2xh 2 ай бұрын

@@M4XD4B0ZZ One more thought! You mentioned that English isn't your first language, but it sounded like that is the language you are studying in. Maybe you can use this to your advantage! When you are "re-thinking" the idea, maybe you could write in your native language, as though you were trying to teach the concept to someone who speaks that language. I think this would really reinforce the concepts!

@M4XD4B0ZZ 2 ай бұрын

@@John-yv2xh thank you for the input 🙏 i am in a moody day and sometimes feelings can get overwhelming but your comment helped me :) I think i just need to carry on and write a lot of notes. Then turn them into cards for Anki and repeat them on my phone. Maybe i should take half a hour a day to write something short and just try it out. Sometimes i get so negative it kind of overwhelmes me but i guess i am on the right track anyways

@Choco794 2 ай бұрын

What about programming

@Jeff-vv4pn 2 ай бұрын

I'm not a programmer, I just write short scripts on occasion, but how about this idea. Read some high quality code. Turn it into a simplistic pseudo code. Think of your pseudo code as notes. Then try to recreate the original code using only your pseudo code (notes). Your feedback would be compiling and running your code. And looking at the original source.