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submitted 8 months ago by [M] to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There's just no way rote learning is easier than mnemonics unless you have a photographic memory.

Shit, I still remember the order of taxonomic ranks after seeing the phrase "King Phillip came over from Germany stoned" written in a used bio textbook 30 years ago when we never even made it to that chapter to officially study in class. I guarantee I never would've remembered the list "kingdom phylum class order family genus species".

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Don't ask anyone over the age of 45 how they remember resistor color codes ...

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Warning: my music nerd's about to come out.

    I'm in my 40s, and have been playing music since single digits. I still remember the order of lines in the staffs with "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge", "FACE", "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always", and "All Cows Eat Grass". I did teach my kids "Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart", though, since they seem to like burritos.

    My internal math nerd agrees with the grandparent though, for some reason I just remembered the order of operations and was confused when my kids came home with PEDMAS. But to be fair, I use the order of operations every day at work, so 🤷. I'm also one of those people who will insist on using parentheses everywhere there's more than two terms, though, so take from that what you will.

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