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hand writing. See writing by hand
hard-start–jump-to-easy technique, 241–44, 245–46, 248, 249
hard tasks, 114, 116, 122, 148–49
Hardy, G. H., 223
harnessing, extending abilities, 32–33
harnessing your zombies (habits), 84, 95–101, 97
Hasan, Yusra, 96
Hebert, Susan Sajna, 246
hidden meanings in equations, 203–5, 211, 212
highlighting text, 62, 125, 178, 259
highly attentive state network, 11
hitting the wall (knowledge collapse), chunking, 118, 123
homework and test preparation, 240
hostage negotiation, 147

illusions of competence, 61–68, 64, 67, 77, 79, 117, 125
“impostor phenomenon,” 188
index cards example, 75–76
Inspire! program, 124
intellectual snipers caution, 219–21, 222
intention to learn and learning, 62
interleaving vs. overlearning, 74, 74–78, 113, 173
Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology (Roth), 236
internalizing concepts and solutions, 6, 73
introverts and teamwork, 233
intuition problem solving, 67, 67, 236–37, 247
intuitive understanding, 183–85, 185, 190
inventions, enhancing, 112, 113
Iraq, 80
isolation, 126, 130, 139, 153

James, William, 119
Jeshurun, Weston, 150
jingles, 163
Jobs, Steve, 216
Johansson, Frans, 144–45
Johnson, Steven, 66
Jordan, 168
“jumping genes” (genetic transposition), 206
“just this one time” phenomenon, 135–36
juvenile delinquents, 193–94, 199

Kamkwamba, William, 215
Kanigel, Robert, 223
Karpicke, Jeffrey, xvii–xviii, 61–62
Kasparov, Garry, 9–10, 10, 37
keeping up with the intellectual Joneses, 36
keys to becoming an “Equation Whisperer.” See chunking
“keystone” bad habit, procrastination, 86