Derren Brown: Archive
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From: metric2009
Date: Thu Apr 17, 2003 2:52am
Subject: Re: memory maximising
--- In a previous message, sculembob
wrote:
> cool ill check that site out, cannibal in answer to your question
> about the journey thing, if you mean the loci method then yes the
> book has it. im not sure if it is the same as the loci method
(thats
> its proper name and never heard of it called journey), what it is,
> is basically u use the parts of ur body as pegs, or familar rooms
in
> ur house u go into when u come home etc. i like that method, and
> use it a lot.
>
> btw, memorized 100 decimal places of pi now, lol, mnemonics kicks
> ass ^_^
Yeah I learned 60 places of pi a few years ago, I didnt use any
special technique other than getting a feel for each group of 12, and
it worked pretty well, it took maybe 20 or 30 minutes at most, and I
never forgot them since! What amazes me tho is that people are even
impressed by it! Everyone knows lots of phone numbers, its the same
thing (but I do realise one can use story visual methods too, I just
dont think its neccecary really, a vague meaning will suffice 4 me!)
I can say it really fast tho... I couldnt possibly say it backwards
3.141592653589 793238462643 383279502884 197169399375(not sure about
that part!) 105820974944 5623.. something like that ? Im not sure if
its all right// see its easy, have a try at home! I have a kind of
personality attached to these groups, but its probably best u try
your own. (1971=its a year!! crazy things like 69s happened alot
etc...) and 4944 is like a catchy number u would see on tv.. =)
