Ask someone to memorize ten random facts; they quickly forget them. Ask them to remember a story with those same facts, and retention rises sharply; the human brain evolved to think in cause-and-effect narratives, not isolated data points.
- From How to Be a Storyteller by Nicholas Bate
[Note; This book just came out. I wish I'd learned its key lessons long ago. They would have made a positive difference in how I studied while in school.]
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