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I’m going to tell you why I think this book is one of the best ever written on the subject and why mnemonics are incredibly powerful tools for assimilating, retaining, and recalling knowledge in any subject area… Although virtually everybody has used some type of mnemonics in rudimentary form since kindergarten you’d think more people would stop and ask themselves why they’re so prevalent in our early years, and also why we don’t use them more, and why we stopped (mostly) as we grew older. To cut to the chase, here’s the bottom line in a nutshell: Mnemonics can dramatically increase the ease, speed, and amount of knowledge you’re able to acquire and retain. In short, you’ll get more faster and retain more longer, and far easier too. In other words, with practice your ability to learn nearly anything will exponentially improve. So what exactly are mnemonics? I’ll quote: “The word ‘mnemonic’…is derived from Mnemosyne, the name of the ancient Greek goddess of memory…Mnemonics refers in general to methods for improving memory; a mnemonic technique is any technique that aids the memory.” Although its very important to note that mnemonics aren’t some magical wand or sideshow trickery, rather, they are applied psychology. “Mnemonic systems do not replace the basic principles of learning but use them. They are merely specialized elaborations of normal memory activities…they are based on well established principles of learning.” Memory is not a thing; it’s a process. No matter how it is done, remembering is work, and memory aids are not necessarily supposed to make it easy, just more effective. Learning to use mnemonics is a skill that requires practice just like acquiring any other skill.” So if you’re not willing extend the effort to actually become proficient mnemonics you’ll be wasting your time for the most part.
