<p>This is something I'm curious about. During high school, I've memorized stuff the old way - learning, in depth if needed, and memorizing through exposure.</p>
<p>I've always been aware of the efficiency of mnemonics, but I never bothered to learn them. I'd like to now. The more well established mnemonics (memory palaces, method of loci, etc) seem very practical for memorizing surface information.</p>
<p>How many of you guys use memory methods? :)</p>
<p>I make up my own mnemonics regularly. It allows me to memorize something that would normally take anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes in a matter of seconds.</p>
<p>Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, but My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine (Pizzas). </p>
<p>I’ve never forgotten those XD</p>
<p>^ My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine -Pickles-
Same use as yours… also have never forgotten it. In fact, I still use it whenever I need to know the order of the planets. Would have no idea without it. Other than that, though, I don’t usually use them</p>
<p>I like the one about cranial nerves. I told my brother that one and he thought I was a lez because I told him it was my favorite mnemonic, hehehe.</p>
<p>“Oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel…”</p>
<p>But yes, I love mnemonics. I love the one about King Philip Came Over For Grape Soda, although my crazy Asian bio teacher told us another one about Philip wanting to be intimate. :P</p>
<p>kids pick candy over fancy green salad. (kingdom phylum class order family genus species)</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>The eight bones of the wrist: Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate.</p>
<p>Some Lovers Try Positions That They Cannot Handle.</p>
<p>^lol, I like that one :)</p>
<p>I was thinking more along the lines of memory palaces though (aka method of loci).</p>
<p>I had “King Philip Came Over From Germany Stoned”
Got changed to “Drunken King Philip…” once “domain” got added to the mix</p>
<p>Yeah I tried the location thing …
It takes a while to use the first time but the information stays with you for a long time.</p>
<p>But the method I used needed to chain or link events (can’t grab them out of order or only a few of them) but overall it felt much more efficient than brute memorization.</p>
<p>This doesn’t really count but this is the only way I can remember the quadratic equation:</p>
<p>“There once was a very negative boy(-b) who couldn’t decide(+ or -) whether or not to go to a radical(rad sign) party or be square(b^2) and miss out on 4 awesome cuties(4ac) all over at 2 am(/2a).”</p>
<p>^ The song is so much better!!</p>
<p>^ What’s the song??</p>
<p>Wow, I had no idea everyone used these memorization methods. </p>
<p>I memorize things by rationalizing them. If it doesn’t make sense then I make up a reasonable rationalization for it. When neither works (rare), I start rethinking my rationale…If you can’t reasonably explain something that’s real, then something is wrong with your reason.</p>
<p>If it’s something that’s just a name (like the planets above), I’ll memorize with brute force. I’m probably inefficient.</p>
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<p>X equals negative b, plus-or-minus the square root, of b-squared minus 4-a-c, all, over, 2a.
To the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel” 
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<p>"Wow, I had no idea everyone used these memorization methods.</p>
<p>I memorize things by rationalizing them. If it doesn’t make sense then I make up a reasonable rationalization for it. When neither works (rare), I start rethinking my rationale…If you can’t reasonably explain something that’s real, then something is wrong with your reason.</p>
<p>If it’s something that’s just a name (like the planets above), I’ll memorize with brute force. I’m probably inefficient. "</p>
<p>I have done the exact opposite. Like I remember for a class I took once freshman year I had to associate dates with certain people, and I seem to remember something being, “XXXX is Francis Bacon, because I like bacon.” Oddly it worked great.</p>
<p>Kinky mean girls teach p***s extending zen yoga.</p>
<p>For SI prefixes >1.</p>
<p>Always learn stuff if it’s learnable. If it’s not and it’s pure memorization, use mneumonic devices to never forget(unless u forget the device…but then that’s not a very good device to begin with)</p>