Dr. Yip Swee Chooi memorized a 1,774-page dictionary and can recall any word when you give him a page number. He doesn’t have eidetic memory but uses a mind palace.
Here is the video: Ed Cooke tests Dr. Yip Swee Chooi on the 1774 page Chinese-English dictionary he learned by heart:
What did you think about this article? Do you have any questions, or is there anything that could be improved? We would love to hear from you! You can leave a comment after clicking on a face below.
astonishing ! , étonnant ! , ilginç !, what else :)
Definitely a great accomplishment. :)
Thanks for posting this! I used a similar technique to memorize the Gospel of Mark, but that only has 678 loci slots, not 57,000. :) I'm relieved he didn't memorize the prose definitions verbatim ... that would seriously mess with my head. Although Foer mentions those "Shass Pollak," who seem to have memorized the exact layout of 5000+ pages of Talmud...I wonder if those texts had any rhythm or rhyme.
How could he learn how to spell all those words?
I'm not sure how he did it, but maybe look into some of the techniques used for school spelling bees (prefixes, suffixes, etymologies). Some of those kids take it really seriously. :)
Dr. in what field I wonder?
How could we learn about his process? I'm brand new here... Can I start a thread about it ? Is that how things work ?
I was to fast... He start describing the process @ 6:00.
Yes, head over to the forum and start a discussion and/or read through some of the other related threads. Also try this page. :)
