Charan Ranganath

is you have a preexisting structure in your head of like your childhood home or this mental palace that you've created for yourself. And so now you can put arbitrary pieces of information in different locations in that mental structure of yours. And then you could walk through the different path and find all the pieces of information you're looking for.

is you have a preexisting structure in your head of like your childhood home or this mental palace that you've created for yourself. And so now you can put arbitrary pieces of information in different locations in that mental structure of yours. And then you could walk through the different path and find all the pieces of information you're looking for.

So the method of loci is a great method for just learning arbitrary things because it allows you to link them together and get that cue that you need to pop in and find everything, right?

So the method of loci is a great method for just learning arbitrary things because it allows you to link them together and get that cue that you need to pop in and find everything, right?

So the method of loci is a great method for just learning arbitrary things because it allows you to link them together and get that cue that you need to pop in and find everything, right?

Oh, yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And I think the principle here is, again, I was telling you this idea that memories can compete with each other, right? Right. Well, I like to use this example, and maybe someday I'll regret this, but I've used it a lot recently. Imagine if this were my desk, it could be cluttered with a zillion different things, right?

Oh, yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And I think the principle here is, again, I was telling you this idea that memories can compete with each other, right? Right. Well, I like to use this example, and maybe someday I'll regret this, but I've used it a lot recently. Imagine if this were my desk, it could be cluttered with a zillion different things, right?

Oh, yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And I think the principle here is, again, I was telling you this idea that memories can compete with each other, right? Right. Well, I like to use this example, and maybe someday I'll regret this, but I've used it a lot recently. Imagine if this were my desk, it could be cluttered with a zillion different things, right?

So imagine it's just cluttered with a whole bunch of yellow Post-it notes, and on one of them I put my bank password on it, right? Well, it's going to take me forever to find it. It's just going to be buried under all these other Post-it notes. But if it's like hot pink... It's going to stand out, and I find it really easily, right?

So imagine it's just cluttered with a whole bunch of yellow Post-it notes, and on one of them I put my bank password on it, right? Well, it's going to take me forever to find it. It's just going to be buried under all these other Post-it notes. But if it's like hot pink... It's going to stand out, and I find it really easily, right?

So imagine it's just cluttered with a whole bunch of yellow Post-it notes, and on one of them I put my bank password on it, right? Well, it's going to take me forever to find it. It's just going to be buried under all these other Post-it notes. But if it's like hot pink... It's going to stand out, and I find it really easily, right?

So that's one way in which if things are distinctive, if you've processed information in a very distinctive way, then you can have a memory that's going to last. And that's very good, for instance, for name-face associations. If I get something distinctive about you, you know, that it's like...

So that's one way in which if things are distinctive, if you've processed information in a very distinctive way, then you can have a memory that's going to last. And that's very good, for instance, for name-face associations. If I get something distinctive about you, you know, that it's like...

So that's one way in which if things are distinctive, if you've processed information in a very distinctive way, then you can have a memory that's going to last. And that's very good, for instance, for name-face associations. If I get something distinctive about you, you know, that it's like...

You've got very short hair and maybe I can make the association with Lex Luthor that way or something like that, right? But I get something very specific. That's a great cue. But the other part of it is what if I just organized my notes so that I have my finances in one pile and I have my reminders, my to-do list in one pile and so forth, so I organize them.

You've got very short hair and maybe I can make the association with Lex Luthor that way or something like that, right? But I get something very specific. That's a great cue. But the other part of it is what if I just organized my notes so that I have my finances in one pile and I have my reminders, my to-do list in one pile and so forth, so I organize them.

You've got very short hair and maybe I can make the association with Lex Luthor that way or something like that, right? But I get something very specific. That's a great cue. But the other part of it is what if I just organized my notes so that I have my finances in one pile and I have my reminders, my to-do list in one pile and so forth, so I organize them.

Well, then I know exactly if I'm going for my banking, my bank password, I could go to the finance pile, right? Yeah. So the method of loci works, or memory palaces work, because they give you a way of organizing.

Well, then I know exactly if I'm going for my banking, my bank password, I could go to the finance pile, right? Yeah. So the method of loci works, or memory palaces work, because they give you a way of organizing.

Well, then I know exactly if I'm going for my banking, my bank password, I could go to the finance pile, right? Yeah. So the method of loci works, or memory palaces work, because they give you a way of organizing.