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Straight up memorization is required in some areas, though. Language, for example, requires a lot of memorization, and there's not really an "understanding" component once you already know the grammar and you're just trying to learn vocabulary.
I don't think the problem is with memorization per se (since memory is obviously a component of learning), but rather with rote methods of achieving memorization. For instance, with languages, one commits new words to memory primarily through writing, reading, and speaking on a regular basis (i.e., through use.) Flahscards with words on them, OTOH, are simply not effective at all for some people, and when they are effective, a lot of the time it's only for short term deployment on exams or some other abstracted measure of "learning."