So in this lecture, we're going to talk about the method of loci. This is a very old technique back dates back to the Roman times, it was said that Cicero hosted a party. But unfortunately, during the party, there was a collapse of the building. And many guests were crushed beyond recognition. There was a poet there named Simon IDs of CEOs who by using this method was able to go around and identify the dead just based on their location at the party. And so this is also this technique is also called the memory palace.

And what you need to do is basically think of a place that you know very well I think a childhood home works very well or your dorm or your apartment, someplace that you visit on a frequent basis. And, you know, really all the details about various various parts of it. So basically, how it works is you you visualize the place, you know, well like your house, your childhood house, and then just kind of in a logical order, visualize the locations, think about how you would drive up to house where you would park. As you approach the door with the door looks like where the location of the maybe the hidden key is the doorbell, the light or the keypad, whatever you use to access the house, what you see when you first enter the door where you put your coat, and just kind of move in a logical order as you enter your house or your apartment.

So that's, that's first, that's the first step. The next step is to take whatever Lister items you're trying to remember and put those items in location. So for example, you park your car in the same spot in the driveway. And so you assign one item for that location. Then you move into the front door area is you assign another item for that location, and so on and so forth. And so, the way it works is basically you know, if you visualize and link the object to the door and try to do it in a sensical fashion, if you can, but obviously if you're memorizing biology facts or historical dates, it's a little challenging to do that.

But basically, you're going to put one, maybe two items in a location, and then walk through the house or the apartment or the dorm, in place the next item on the list that you're trying to remember in another location. And then as you go back through, you'll, you'll be able to visualize, okay, car that goes with this fact front door goes with this fact. It's a very powerful system. There are a lot of articles out there that you can find that walk through other examples of this, but it's basically you're just stacking layers of information on top of each other in linking the list that you're trying to memorize with a particular location. It's very powerful. This technique has been used for centuries.

I've used it for decades, and I think it's a great way to memorize a lot of facts, a lot of data, and it makes rote memorization a lot easier than just brute force.