• Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Memory Masters destroying the last of their childhood memories so they can add another 80,000 digits of pi to their mind palace.

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    Memory Mastery is a technique where you force your brain to remember random information by formatting it in a certain way, some people have gone on to use this trick to memorize millions of digits of pi. A study recently came out confirming that every time you make a new memory it destroys an old one, so every time someone makes a “memory palace” it comes at the cost of older memories, such as in childhood.

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      10 months ago

      You wouldn’t happen to have that study close at hand?

      I often nerd into new hobbies and learn new stuff. I also don’t feel like I remember as much of my early childhood as people around me does.

      I have no idéa if this is what’s happening to me, but it’d be interesting to read about.