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submitted 1 year ago by soggywhale@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I just learned the mind palace technique to memorize stuff and wanna put it to use.

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[-] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

The mneumonic major system. Once I learned it by heart, it helped me memorize all kinds of numbers: cards, IDs, passwords, addresses…

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

That sounds a lot more complicated than just memorizing the number itself. How long did it take before you felt comfortable with this?

[-] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

To give an extreme example:

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." vs. "053250411391271"

But to be fair, I never end up with nice sentences. It's more like "Thank you, rainbow. Clock firework" and I imagine myself thanking a rainbow and telling it to "clock firework", whatever that means…

As to how long, I think it could've been a couple of months doing a dozen or so conversions. In total it's a very small investment of time, assuming you space it out and don't cram. It really helps to use the Wikipedia mnemonics (like how 4 is kinda like a mirrored R).

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I'll give it a shot, since the example you gave is awesome.

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