Remembering what numbers are associated with what letters: 0 - Looks like a wheel, which screeches and sizzles like a race car 1 - T and D both have a long vertical stroke in which a one fits 2 - flip it on its side, and it’s shaped like an N 3 - flip it on its side, and its shaped like an M 4 - lay it down and the pointy end goes right up into the bottom of R 5 - put your hand out and thumb to the side. Makes an L. 5 fingers. 6 - cursive J sorta looks like a 6. IDK go with it. 7 - put it diagonally and it fits in a K 8 - cursive F looks like 8 9 - flipped b and mirrored p look like 9

@againandagain174

4 жыл бұрын

You too this from Neil

@againandagain174

4 жыл бұрын

Reeeeeeeee

@sejalb725

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Kaufman what does “soft” and “hard” letters mean?

@jchatoyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@sejalb725 Hard C is as in CAT, soft C is as in CERTAIN Hard G as in Green, soft G as in GEORGE

@workspace9290

2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful. Thanks @ryan. We will be using this technique to teach our students in our upcoming youtube cyhannel

I have always had a bad memory, as far back as I can remember.

@paoloantoniozambranamagri1405

6 жыл бұрын

Decode Channel I can't remember if I've forgotten something or not. It's that bad.

@paoloantoniozambranamagri1405

6 жыл бұрын

Stefan Djordjevic why, thank you! That's such a great advice. I would have never guessed I should just try to have a better memory! Kudos to you.

@paoloantoniozambranamagri1405

6 жыл бұрын

Stefan Djordjevic I'm sorry, but I hope you realize that saying "just improve" doesn't help at all? You can say that about anything, but doesn't really give any useful or meaningful information into improving or solving anything.

@anastasiaalvarezpopova8541

6 жыл бұрын

Decode Channel I

@introvert.1425

6 жыл бұрын

BUAHHAHAHAHAHAH I see what u did there

"Emergency services" number sequence from The IT Crowd used at 0:50. Memorised that when I was about 13, 9 years ago!

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

Glad at least one person caught it :P

@stevencarney2572

6 жыл бұрын

Couldn't miss it! It's all about the 3.

@VampsOnCrack

6 жыл бұрын

I will never forget that number! 0118999881999119725...3

@koxukoshu

4 жыл бұрын

i cant believe i had to scroll all the way down just to find this comment haha

@stevencarney2572

4 жыл бұрын

KoxuKoshu worth it?

I use the Hearthstone technique. If two numbers match the Attack and Health of a minion from Hearthstone, I attribute those two numbers to that minion.

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty cool method! I've played so much DDR and Pump It Up that I can also remember numbers as specific arrow combinations, but I figured that wouldn't be so helpful to most other people :P

Who is here bc of Mike Boyd

@jayApp00

5 жыл бұрын

Ishwar Mahabiersing me😃

@ulissemini5492

5 жыл бұрын

me

@_lilnuggetwithbbqsauce3615

5 жыл бұрын

Me 😁

@stelioscharalambides8194

4 жыл бұрын

I

@ezrajosephgoodare

3 жыл бұрын

Me

This one seems beneficial if you need something committed for life, but in general, it's a bit cumbersome.

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

My experience is that it seemed a bit cumbersome at first, and it took me about 15 minutes to learn the table. But after some practice, it's become pretty much second nature to pick a word and then create an image - the brain is really quick at doing that. Now I can more easily remember things like the combination to my gym locker, or certain phone numbers I wanted committed to memory (in case I ever lose my phone). In a more general sense, though, I think this is a good introduction to memory systems in general, and will combo really well with something like the method of loci once I practice that a bit more. And even though I technically have a phone in my pocket that can store anything I want, I don't want to rely on it too much. Better to have a strong internal memory ;)

@garylundberg7238

6 жыл бұрын

It's only cumbersome for the first few days. After you get the hang of it it's second nature. Structured memory programs like method of loci are unbelievably powerful and useful in daily life and school. It works on anything, not just numbers. So imagine memorizing all the answers to a big 100 problem test the night before and aceing it.

@aqe7914

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thomasfrank exactly whoever plays musical instrument knows this, first its hard but slowly you feel your neuropathways being build and becomes so easy that you laugh at your 2-4 weeks earlier

@sidneyrobinson18

3 жыл бұрын

@@aqe7914 True, I can play the clarinet so easily now that I wonder how I ever struggled with it, and tbh I dont even remember how I learned

Dude, just photograph page 48

@mohammedalfateh1034

6 жыл бұрын

fakefake539 Damn 😂😂

I've been using this memory system for years, just with slightly different letters. You can also use it as memory pegs and remember dozens of items for a shopping list for example.

Can confirm. I have used this to memorize 100 digits of pi. It's awesome that you're making videos on memory techniques now though. Thanks!

I've been doing the Major System (and other mnemonics) for years. I need to; it seems like the only way I can remember anything. I can now memorize a 200 single digit number forwards and backwards

Hey Thomas! I am a med student, who has an oral exam this mid June. Can you recommend anything or can you make a video about how someone should study for an oral exam? It's so much different than a multiple choice. Next to the ways of how to recall the needed informations on the spot, there is the pressure to sit next to the professor and the fear of failing is making studying almost impossible and I need to ace this exam. I'm sure there are many more students around the world, who would be also very about this topic. And thank you so much for your videos! It helped me a lot to ace my multiple choice exams (which I didn't like before watching your videos). Greetings from Switzerland!

@arman1367

Жыл бұрын

Hey, you still a med student?

I memorised digits of pi by rote. I wrote a little python program where you have to type in the digits one by one, and if you get one wrong it pushes you back to the beginning and tells you what you got wrong.

if you study accountancy ... you really need to remmber a lot of numbers thank you Thomas

Pretty nice technique, I've got interested in memorization after trying to learn japanese. I thought it would take years to learn all 2136 joyo kanjis. And then I discovered that people learn all of them in 4 months thanks to the Heisig's Method

@koxukoshu

4 жыл бұрын

would you mind linking a resource?

I don't have photographic memory, but I can remember long strings of numbers or letters by visualising them in my mind. For example, with the string of numbers you showed in the beginning, I just visualised it and now I can recall it for a while. I can keep remembering it by refreshing the visual image after few days, repeating this until I remember it without even needing to repeat it.

@renpnal229

6 жыл бұрын

And I have become better at this with practise. I can remember bar codes or words with ease, without needing to use memory techniques, they feel like cheating.

@neonayolzi1539

Жыл бұрын

What is you do?

This is awesome. Today I was thinking about if I should use the major system combined with the loci-method (as I need to memorize a lot of numbers and gibberish words in a short amount of time), but I was too lazy to do so. You managed to motivate me to try out the major system now! Thanks, and great work as always!

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm finding the Loci works really well in conjunction with the stories. Yesterday I memorized a 112-digit number by breaking it into 8 groups of 14 digits. That means 7 words per group (using 2-digit chunks), hence 8 stories of 7 words each. I think that's a good sweet spot - super-long stories are going to be harder to remember. Loci came really in handy for remembering the order of the stories. I used my bookshelf (going top-down), and picked a book from each shelf to associate with each story.

@shizu3700

6 жыл бұрын

112-digit numbers seem to be quite the challenge! But I guess once you understand the system well, it serves as a great tool to handle whatever you need to memorize. Yeah, I agree, it’s a great approach to associate small stories with the loci-method. But since I have to remember several different “scenarios” within 1 minute each, including around 8-10 different details per scenario (one detail including a series of random numbers), I found out that creating pictures in my head works out better for me than creating comprehensive stories, by correlating the words (in that case). I use rooms in my apartment and different anchor points within those rooms for each detail I need to memorize.

Theres so much dull and mind numbing content on KZread at the moment. Its so refreshing to see something productive every once in a while on your channel. Thanks for that

i feel like it is way easier for me to memorize numbers in chinese. because of the four different pronunciations, a number combination kind of has its own melody. perks of growing up bilingual :)

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't surprise me! One of the more general lessons I learned from making this video is that the brain always benefits from having more connections in the web and more paths it can take to reach individual pieces of information. Knowing more than one language provides more paths :)

@DerSmirf

6 жыл бұрын

Good Idea. Now i need to learn chinese

Hey man, i appreciate the video. i can't wait to check out more of your stuff. I started reading a book called how to learn anything in 48 hours. lol it was a little more than what i thought it was going to be. The way you talked helped me understand "smashin scope" a lot more.

I can also recommed the book "How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week: 50 Proven Ways to Enhance Your Memory Skills" by Dominic O'Brian. In this book he displays multiple methods of remembering things in specific situations, like names, faces, grocery lists, etc. all with exercises.

I love how you always upload videos at the most convenient times, like this the day before my next math test.

You can also read the book - "Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive" in one of chapters it also covers this system or something similar, although some methods in that book maybe aren't effective (at least I think).

what does “soft” and “hard” letters mean?

Do a video on how to improve comprehension.. Also how to not think about anything else while reading .. My prob .. while reading technical books I tend to procrastinate.. like.. Ohh this thing is good .. i will tell my colleagues abt this nd impress them... Why there is a constant need to impress ppl.. I don't know in which category of procrastination this comes in.. if u can help me with this ...pls help..

This seems so complicated.

@irishpolyglot

6 жыл бұрын

Most mnemonic systems are an upfront seemingly cumbersome investment of time, but then you internalize it and get better at it, and you go into "autopilot" and simply remember the things more efficiently. Rote memorization isn't complicated enough.

@UserName-ii1ce

4 жыл бұрын

Life is complicated

I liked the subtle IT Crowd reference. I memorized the emergency services song the first time i watched the episode.

I think this technique is really good but it is very time-consuming. For example if somebody asks you "what is your mom's number"? You have to visualize the story, then the words, then what the letters means and then you will sloooooowly say the number by chunks. It's not very effective in normal life I think. If you have a lot of time then it's really good, but for example when taking an exam, you don't have time to think about stories, letters etc.

@UnderscoreZeroLP

6 жыл бұрын

Jamthom8 I think you'll find that's called having memorised something by rote...

For those who think this is to cumbersome or two much work. What is the other option. I used the idea from Ron White who is a Memory expert . His idea is very similar to Thomas's but it was for remembering people names. I got extra credit in my math class for being the first person to remember everyone name in the class. It was about 40 students and only really talked to about 5 of them. Ron White idea was you take the person's name and then find something about how the person looks as your cue. Then you think of action with the cue. One girl had black hair and her name was Ashley. I thought of a volcano went off and her hair turned back from all the Ash. One guy name was parker. I knew he liked to play baseball. I used parker playing baseball in a park. Only took me two classes to remember everyone's name. You will also be able to remember things faster and be able to use this in the future from what Thomas is teching in this video. JUST FYI - I was put in Special Ed when i was in 2nd grade. Not because I was dumb, but because I had memory issues with my long and short term memory. Now I have a almost a photograph memory now with using the tickets I learned. Lot from Thomas F as well.

How do you decide on what letter you use for a number, is it just random or are there rules to it?

I memorize phone numbers by repeating it over and over in a melodic way. I also write it down a few times and look for little clues that help me remember it even better.

How do you know which letters in your words are for the numbers?

Very interesting video but who is memorizing numbers today? Phonenumbers are in the smartphone and exchanged vs calling the other person. Important is to memorize concepts e.g. for school or job

Had to learn for a history exam today, so this comes at exactly the right time😂😂

Why was "v" chosen instead of any other letter? Was it arbitrary? If so, that helps. If it was for a reason, then I have no idea why.

Excellent video. Already waiting the next video about this topic of memory!!! Super useful.

Great vid! Looking forward for the memory palace one and a mind map as well please! :)

I been subscribed to channel for a long time, you been withholding all the good stuff.😆

That seems pretty complex for me. Personally my memory is kinda odd like I have a 25 digit randomly generated password for my laptop and another one for my phone as well as other stuff. Just always been really good at remembering numbers and other stuff when I try. My friends hate my passwords though because if they need to get on my phone it’s very hard. Love your videos though! A memory palace would be really interesting if you could go really in depth.

@hana-ov1ju

Жыл бұрын

Tbh since u already have great memory, this would take it even further. Or instead u could try learning the trick where u work out what day of the week any date was on by memorising the month codes etc.

Man, I love this channel.

Bro, I am from Russia and I began to study english recently. I want say thank you for your content and subtitles))))) You support me. P.S. Надеюсь, что ты это прочитаешь и мечтаю что решишь перевести это, потому что искренне желаю тебе успеха в твоём нелёгком, но нужном и полезном деле =)

It works. Use the system since a year. I did a similar way: I learned the numbers 00 to 100 Now when I learn the number 39 I think of mouse (cause I am German I have different vocals) Good video :) Best regards from your german follower

Literally I just finished a chapter on memory in psychology. And it basically recommended everything you said. XD spot on!

Loved to see a video about memory palace. I once read it in a book written by Dominic O'Brein and saw it in the Mentalist, but never found myself being able to use this method.

Thanks Thomas. I´m excited for you doing a memory palace explanation

Could you do a video on how to do Scott Young's note takeing strategy and on how to be alert and engaged during class?

Any ways to memorize a passage that can't be understood ?

@allegato1047

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe assign the sounds from the passage to numbers and translate those numbers into major system?

I don't think it is easy or useful to create a new word or words every time I need to memorize a number. So I did create one list with words from 0 to 100 and I did memorize it. Now every time I need to memorize a number I just combine words from that list. It's easier and your brain understand with time that you want to keep every information connected with that words, so today I don't need to "imagine" that much. I am using that list not only with number, I do for everything so I don't need to use the Loci method.

If you were in a coffee shop, you could have just used a napkin as a bookmark. Work smarter, not harder. Btw I know it’s just an example

You should give a TED talk👍👍

@IOwnThisHandle

6 жыл бұрын

Devendra Khisty you don’t understand who goes on TED.

@josephinelee9270

6 жыл бұрын

well, why not?

@IOwnThisHandle

6 жыл бұрын

Anyone cannot just go on TED. That just isn't how it works.

@josephinelee9270

6 жыл бұрын

I have watched a ton of TED talks and they get people from a myriad of different places/walks of life. I really wouldn't be surprised if he got asked to do one.

Thank you for all these useful videos. Keep up the good work 👍

Hi, I saw your video on summarizing in 6 minutes, but I'm not really sure if I could do sth like that on my own. Could ypu do one video on summarizing more, please? Maybe on a more complex issue. I would be very grateful. Thanks for your time and help

Great vídeo! I always like to know more about memorization techniques. Thanks for talking about it! :)

First test, let's memorize PI

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

My first real test was a 112-digit number I created on random.org two days ago. Just tested it this morning, and I was able to remember the whole thing! I'm probably going to make a proof video - just not sure yet where I want to upload it.

@caddydz

6 жыл бұрын

On this channel of course, everything you do is high quality

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

I think I might upload a public version that's sped up (it took about 5-6 minutes to recite the whole thing), and link to an unlisted real-time version for the skeptics.

@donlon7757

6 жыл бұрын

well I just remember it by creating a little song, worked for the first 100 digits of pie:D

@papacitoloko1117

6 жыл бұрын

I like pie 😀

Prefect timing. I am trying to remember the Planck units.

Even though I can remember complicated plot details of movies I have seen years ago, I cannot to save my life remember a number consisting of more than four digits, not even for a minute. So, of course, I am intrigued by this method.

It's cool that you can use it for something as simple as remembering which page of Seth Godin's book you were on (and I love Seth Godin) - but you were in a coffee shop, you could have used a napkin as a bookmark. :)

Could you please make a video for people who might have ADHD?

@wg3771

6 жыл бұрын

Feihyme yes please!

@najiiklove

6 жыл бұрын

Check out how to adhd. Really great channel. Has helped me a lot.

@camokazi1313

6 жыл бұрын

Najik Nasimi I don't know you... but THANK YOU SO FREAKIN' MUCH! 😄

Great video, what do you use to edit your videos?

@oosmanbeekawoo

6 жыл бұрын

Adobe products, as seen on his other vids.

Thomas, you said you read 25 pages everyday. Did you have time to read books in college too? (i dont mean required reading)

Very helpful explanation, thank you

Deliberate practice will improving memory. Great video.

Sir,please give me some tips to memorize important dates with events..i hav to study almost 200 of these days

Thanks great video! A small point: Should’nt TH be 8 not 1?

I recognize that background music but there doesn't seem to be anything in the description.

Can you explain the holistic learning method in detail..

I think I need a memory system for this memory system

@ryankaufman3590

6 жыл бұрын

There is one! 0 - Looks like a wheel, which screeches and sizzles like a race car 1 - T and D both have a long vertical stroke in which a one fits 2 - flip it on its side, and it’s shaped like an N 3 - flip it on its side, and its shaped like an M 4 - lay it down and the pointy end goes right up into the bottom of R 5 - put your hand out and thumb to the side. Makes an L. 5 fingers. 6 - cursive J sorta looks like a 6. IDK go with it. 7 - put it diagonally and it fits in a K 8 - cursive F looks like 8 9 - flipped b and mirrored p look like 9

Hmmm, amazon is selling the book.....?? Excellent book, but strange to give it away and have other people selling it?? Good vids, keep it up!

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

I self-published it to Amazon because people were requesting a print version, and then I decided to offer a Kindle version for people who discovered it through Amazon and didn't know about the free edition. You can't make a book permanently free on Amazon so I just made it 99 cents. There will be an audiobook version this year too :)

I like when he try memorizing not only the page number but also the book(context) together by creating scenario for 2 images together.

Oh my God!! I'm so, so, so excited for a method of loci video!!!!!!

tried the loci method but i have much better results when i do it with lyrics of a song i know instead of a path

Hey Thomas. It would be amazing to see videos on Seth Godin. This may be about his books or about things you've learnt from him. Thanks for this video ! :)

At timemark 5:45, you put down, representing the number 2, "Kn". What was THAT all about?

Believe it or not I only opened KZread today to know if you uploaded or not.

The moment you realize that we are not designed for memorizing , but processing. :-)

Thank you.

Pls make a video on Best Psychology books for Students!!

I think this is a little too much work and kind of inconvenient to implement in real life. For example, if I wanted to memorize the temperatures which are used in PCR for biology class, I technically could use this system... but on a test, I wouldn't have the chart to translate my consonants into numbers, which is why I probably will just have to stick with rote memorization :/

@rancorhercules3623

6 жыл бұрын

Similar to what he is talking about, I recommend the Loci method or the Memory in a Month program(pretty cheap). Very easy to learn, effective( I actually learned how to memorize 20 digit numbers forward, back and different parts.) and pretty useful.

Quick maths

How about doing the Jonathan Levi SuperLearner course which is really awesome :)

This looks like a cool way to write some secret code. Maybe hide your password in a random story.

video of memory palace pls

I memorized 50 digits number not with the major system but turning numbers into shapes . For example : one could be a pen , 2 a swan you get the idea right .. try it its not that hard

Your upload schedule is all over the place

can u make a video that how to memorize *formulas...*

So instead of remembering 10 digits, it's easier to translate those 10 digits through some arbitrary code (which you won't remember) into 5 words?? Hmmmm

@christianrupp4006

5 жыл бұрын

The thing is that it is much easier to remember a story that random numbers. I would translate the 10 digits into 3-4 words and connect them with a story. When you practise it well enough (which is not hard) it's amazing how well this works. And 10 digits are not that bad to remember without the method, but with themethod I can do 30 with ease

@alihamzacekinmez6269

5 жыл бұрын

I understand your point but there is this issue. Human brain always looks for models, symmetry, structure and relations in nature. Your brain is much better at recognizing patterns than memorizing random and recalling it later. When you translate random numbers into a code/story/relation. They are yours. You do not forget that as easily as a random number.

Awesome! Very good video🤩subscribed)

@Thomas Frank, you lied to us... now you’ve got to find the rock’s number for us

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

I'll get right on that

This video actually isn't the first place I've heard about this technique.

I'm horrible memorizing, but I need do a presentation this week. I need to memorize my speech and conpsets.

you could of just placed a napkin or some other thing inside your book as book marker.

What's up with that colour correction ?

@Thomasfrank

6 жыл бұрын

I experimented with a cinematic color profile on my camera this time, but accidentally make the background lights too warm. There was no way to bring down the warmth overall without majorly desaturating my skin. Whoops :P

@Midotaha1234

6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Frank Great video as always , can't wait for you to hit 1 million subscribers

i feel bad for the random guy that received 64000 calls

This is a good way to come up with some cool new passwords! :)

So... to remember one thing, you make another thing to remember... so now you have to remember 2 things? or more depending on how complicated that fucking story you made? xD sounds about right.

Inefficient! I use a table made common alphabets after which comes the hiraganas and katakanas, each with their own number from 00 to 99. After learning the table and the numbers associated with the letters/symbols I can easily parse together strings of over 20 digits as I hear them (with uneven numbers I simply +(number) to the end of the string.) For example 16879338984571375347 would be pふめケらタしクネツ in my table. (I have good audiovisual memory)

The only problem is having to remember that table, and the stories that you create.

how much do bench brah?

Is Hanoi the capital of Vietnam? I'm Vietnamese. From Vietnam with love.

That edit quality tho

You do a video on how to find and do reliable research.