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resdog wrote:There used to be an info-mercial type show in America (not sure if it's still on) called Amazing Discoveries. Basically, it was an info-mercial but looked like a talk show. Anyway, there was this product by Kevin Trudeau called "Mega Memory." During the show, he took one person and gave them 20 words, then took them backstage to teach him the memory system for 10 minutes. So this person had to memorize 20 words in 10 minutes. And he recited them all, frontwards, backwards, they would calll a number, and he would say the word. I thought that was pretty cool, so I bought the product (it was a series of audio tapes). And the first lesson teaches the 20 word quick memorization. And it didn't use the memory pegs. It was association. here were the 20 words:
1 - tree
2 - light switch
3 - stool
4 - car
5 - glove
6 - gun
7 - dice
8 - skate
9 - cat
10 - bowling ball
11 - goal post
12 - eggs
13 - witch
14 - diamond
15 - paycheck
16 - chocolate
17 - magazine
18 - voting booth
19 - golf club
20 - pack of cigarettes
Now at first glance, it doesn't look that easy, but it was all about about associating the number and the word. For example, 2 was light switch, so just remember that a light switch has two positions, on and off. 10 is bowling ball, just remember there are 10 pins in bowling, and you bowl 10 frames.
Each of those words are easy to remember. This was 11 years ago that I listened to those tapes, and I still remember all 20 words.
Kitsune wrote:I've gone through a whole lot of memory books and learning how to memorize stuff, and yet I still dont know how Derren does it, that when he glances at a couple of buttons he knows exactly how many there are...
Marvell wrote:Kitsune wrote:I've gone through a whole lot of memory books and learning how to memorize stuff, and yet I still dont know how Derren does it, that when he glances at a couple of buttons he knows exactly how many there are...
Counting buttons isn't memory. I've got an idea how the button counting is done, but I can't be sure unless I actually try it.
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