>>14286486People cope and say memorization isn't important, but it's an integral part of learning. Somethings require more memorization than others though. For example, languages. I have learned three languages for work and a large part of it was just brute force memorizing the inflections, idioms, and weird syntax rules. Once you have that down, everything tends to fall into place.
Lazy idiots always have the cope that "if i just keep using the language, i'll eventually get it! Kids do it!" but we aren't kids, people expect you to use correct grammar, and you probably don't NEED to learn the language to survive like kids do.
I find that memorizing stuff in math helps a lot too. Thinking about things is a lot easier when you can remember definitions and theorems. Of course, you still need to be able to reproduce proofs and such, but if you don't remember that has a simple, easy to use form, trying to find such a form is less likely to pop into your head.
That said, if you only rely on memorization, you'll never be able to go past the bounds of what you have been taught. You need to be able to think with the things you have memorized.
