Facts vs Fiction: What is Better for Learning?

While facts are informative, they are also boring and less likely to be remembered or to convince someone of an idea. Stories and fiction on the other hand are more memorable, but also a lot more interpretable and the underlying message might not always be understood. Both, however, are important in the context of education. Let’s take the example of tragedies and Oedipus.

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Facts vs Fiction: What is Better for Learning?

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Script: Jonas Koblin
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CHAPTER
00:00 Introduction
00:29 Tragedy definition
00:49 Oedipus story
02:43 Fact vs Fiction
04:32 What do you think?
05:27 Patrons credits
05:35 Ending

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[augustjalbertsen]

As a person with ADHD I love your channel. Your videos are short and entertaining. This, helps me a lot with learning and remembering knowledge about complex subjects!

[Memetvu]

I spent my whole vacation learning P-block reactions in inorganic chemistry and completed the whole Harry Potter series in just 1 month.

[BigHenFor]

Good storytelling is more memorable and more interesting than just dry facts or badly structured fiction because they engage all areas of our brain. For example, we remember stories about the most heinous crimes because they engage us viscerally, emotionally and intellectually. And as a former Law student, the most interesting law cases that have an engaging set of facts attached and which also illustrate legal rules are the most memorable. I still remember certain cases decades later because the case facts were far more interesting than the legal rules they established.

[PhilTruthborne]

Personally i find facts to be just as interesting as fiction in most cases and it seems to me that it's about what your mind percieves as engaging. When you have a deep interest in understanding the world you live in and broadening your range of useful knowledge then hard facts can be some of the most rewarding things out there.

This is of course not true for _all_ facts and info, but it goes to show that even factual learning can be both as fun and engaging as a good story.

[AstorEzequiel]

This reminds me of a book called "The Power of Habit" written by Charles Duhigg. The book talks about facts and neuroscience, but at the same time it tells about real-life stories and examples.
It's one of the best books I've read when it comes to learning facts, as it made things clear, relatable and you even attach emotionally to the people in the stories.

I would like to see a video explaining the skills Charles used to communicate facts and stories.

[StoryByte]

This is why I love stories with intelligent heroes; they are gripping fictions about people who know all the facts.

[IBTU]

Our politicians need to watch this video

[MyMy-tvfd]

Facts vs Fiction: What is Better for Learning? It depends what you are learning. A story which contained the whole of the mathematical times tables would not be a 'strong' story.

[scientistx]

On good side sometimes reality is more insane than fiction did you see some animals like pistol shrimp nature evolved? Or the absurd stuff that happened in world history

[ashishranjan]

There is an anime which used Oedipus story .. Terror in Resonance. It was amazing, Still remembers till this day. This shows the power of story telling.

[pyeitme]

Welp sometimes ideas ftom fiction be later become fact when taking time & resources to make things happen💡.

[thejoker]

i'm in the good and healthy 50/50 mix of of both worlds boat

[pyeitme]

Oedipus married his mom as wife prophecy? Oof that's a Sweet Home Alabama situation 😅

[williamspell]

Nonfiction is for the curious. Fiction is for the bored.

[Manrija]

I've already forgotten the first story, that's what I learned. :/

[tanvirahmed]

I will convert all my studies into stories and then try to learn something.

[joshuasbecreative]

Awesome explanation
I remember story called Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
remember that story let me know okay

[grapeshott]

What exactly is "Law of Small numbers" for fiction stories?

[Emanon...]

Fiction told as facts, obviously.
How else would you explain high school rejects suddenly becoming experts in virology, vaccines, geopolitics etc etc

[richardlynch]

While we as young persons have stories told to us, the moral of the stories are driven home powerfully.
As we grow and learn from classes, books and entertainment, we have a strong foundation on which we can form conclusions.
When say history repeats itself as say for instance, the banning and burning of books, we automatically remember the moral of that particular story.
For those never hearing of that story or having read about this chapter of human history, the outcome of their conclusion may be arrived at in many different and not always positive ways.