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Originally Posted by momo313  Out of interest, curtis2011, a quick glance at your post history reveals you've been a major promoter of pmemory on these forums, even in the face of Ruslan's dishonest claims, and of only completing 6 lessons. On the surface, you look like you're doing whatever you can to market pmemory, regardless of its ineffectiveness. |
The methods taught in the course are effective.
As for the teaching of the methods itself, yes they are somewhat ineffective. However, I don't know how you would actually go about teaching them in a way that makes them easier to learn for the student, and still get the same result.
It is sort of like lifting weights. If you want to bench press 250lbs, then you will eventually have to work up to that amount. Whether you practice with dumbbells or bench press or pull ups or whatever, you will eventually have to get your arms and shoulders strong enough to lift that weight, one way or another. With your memory, it is sort of the same way. You start out with very low attention span and get frustrated at memorizing things. Eventually, you get better at it. And finally, it becomes almost automatic. Or so I have heard.
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Originally Posted by Trustme What's the difference between TMI and PM?
All memory systems - as far as I can tell - work on the same principles. I still haven't found a way to drag the mechanics over into real life in a meaningful way. Ok - you can use it to memorize a shopping list or even data for a test or an exam. And it works well for that but beyond that? |
If you can memorize a shopping list, you can memorize anything, IF you have training in the right ways to memorize different kinds of data.
Want to remember 100 names and their phone numbers? You can do that quite easily (after you have practice at it). Want to memorize a string of 20 random numbers that you use for your email password online? You can do that easily as well.
Ruslan gave the idea of using Pmemory (or whatever system you want) for changing your personality. He gave an example that you could buy a joke book containing 100 funny jokes, and literally memorize each one perfectly. Then, when you are out with friends or at a party, you can literally tell off jokes (or scary stories or whatever) one after another, with perfect recall.
Also, people on the pmemory forums seem to mention that once you memorize information, it tends to influence your behavior subconsciously. One member gave the example that as soon as he started memorizing information about the effects of different foods on the body, he started eating healthier almost by default.
Another example is one of the moderators on the forum. He learned how to write and speak near fluently in a new language in only a few months. I believe it was Italian or Russian but I'm not sure.
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Originally Posted by Foggy There are some really great aspects here, but the management is stubborn and slow to change things. |
That is a good way to put it.
Ruslan is an interesting character. Nobody really knows what he's up to. Also, he seems to get angry, or at least frustrated with other people, quite easily.