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Volume 17How much of what you discuss do you retain?
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David Lilienstein asks, “How much of what you discuss do you retain? At a party are you a wealth of knowledge on almost any subject? Or, is it more you recall talking about a topic once but cannot remember the details?”
I don’t have perfect memory, but I can speak extemporaneously on a great many subjects that I’ve covered in podcast episodes. Just this week I went into a rant at a local tavern about the origin of the Julien and Gregorian calendars.I have demonstrated Cantor’s diagonal proof to show that there are infinities larger than other infinities, which is always a bit hit at parties.
I also have a trick where I can list every country in the world off the top of my head.
Some things require a very brief refresher. Even just 15-30 seconds of looking over a show script will often bring everything flooding back to memory.
As with anything, the more you go over any topic and the more you read about it the more you are going to retain.
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