{"id":9338,"date":"2020-12-16T01:19:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T01:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=9338"},"modified":"2020-12-16T03:15:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T03:15:59","slug":"have-you-ever-really-tested-your-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/have-you-ever-really-tested-your-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you ever really tested your memory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Have you ever really tested your memory?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mathematical-notation-circumference-constant-mathematics-number.jpg?resize=640%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mathematical-notation-circumference-constant-mathematics-number.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mathematical-notation-circumference-constant-mathematics-number.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mathematical-notation-circumference-constant-mathematics-number.jpg?resize=768%2C552&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday was the day for me. What got me was how easy that can be. Based on a discussion I had recently seen, I wanted to test how long it would take me to memorize 100 random digits. That was when I realized the number Pi is ideal to test this on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Have you ever really tested your memory?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y171ppIAVxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I stopped after 8 minutes when I realized I had just remembered what turned out to be 30 digits. I stopped because it was easy. I no longer felt challenged, but actually driven to talk about it&#8230; on camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Have you ever really tested your memory? 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What got me was how easy that can be. Based on a discussion I had recently seen, I wanted to test how long it would take me to memorize 100 random digits. That was when I realized the number Pi is ideal to test this on. I stopped after 8 minutes when I realized I had just remembered what turned out to be 30 digits. I stopped because it was easy. I no longer felt challenged, but actually driven to talk about it&#8230; on camera. 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