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Originally Posted by Brutha  The amount of people that use a memory system in daily life is quite small.
How much of the people who read Buzans book will be using a memory system in their daily life five years after they read the book to memorize other books (information that doesn't follow a clear pattern)?
I happen to know a lot of people that don't. If I would guess, I would say less than 1%.
That metric is a lot more interesting than knowing how many seconds the best person that learned the system needs to memorize a deck of cards. |
Morning Brutha,
This is a great site. I am considering a memory course (including pmemory), and am really interested in your comments above. I have little interest in spending 100+ hours to become a card-remembering freakshow, but would love to be able to retain knowledge, particularly when trying to cross reference between books I read, and therefore be able to make connections / construct arguments which, if I were to rely on piles of notes, I could never do.
So to you (and anyone else) I have the following questions:
1) Are you saying you reckon 1% of people who have done memory courses use them in real life, or that you reckon 1% of the population use memory techniques in their lives?
2) Does this ever become unconscious? I would say that many learned skills can become unconscious at a basic level, but the oft used analogy of working out is the opposite: you have to keep struggling on if you want to stay in shape.
3) Linked to the above, how much of a real-life distration is the remembering part, (ie are you constantly staring off into the distance trying to visualise, peg, create stories while the rest of the conversation is happening)?
4) Where is it most useful? Is it just that you dont have to look for your car keys any more, or can you start to see links between information that you would otherwise have not?
Could anyone replying just let me know if they have an interest in a memory improvement company.
The cost of the course is pretty large, but the opportunity cost of 100+ hours is HUGE, so all responses much appreciated.
ps Ive just had a kid and can confidently say that the quickest and cheapest was if improving your memory instantly is to give up alcohol. I anticipate this will last about two weeks.