Sentences with phrase «though common wisdom»

Even though common wisdom suggests that rote repetition helps us remember things, mixing in new information may be a superior strategy.

Not exact matches

Though Cummings's prosaic, analytical voice has little in common with the freewheeling wordsmithery and bumper - car collisions of ideas that were the signature of his critical idol Manny Farber, it shares with the latter an ability to burrow deep into fine - grained detail and a restless dissatisfaction with intellectual shorthand and orthodox wisdom.