BRF Episode 07: “Memory”
In this episode Ragini and Shar discuss everything that came to their minds (and extensive googling) with the word ‘memory’. From the proclivity of Indians toward holding Guinness records to interesting, sometimes tragic, stories of amnesia – retrograde, anterograde and dissociative – to why we normies forget things in the first place. Hey, by the way, Shar needed you’ll to know that Canadiana is the term used to describe things (e.g., books, historical documents, and artifacts), ideas, or activities that concern or are distinctive of Canada, its people, and/or its culture, especially works of literature and other cultural products. Does it have anything to do with memory or this episode? No. Why do you ask?
This episode isn’t a how-to of memory techniques but it’s a great place to go if you’re terribly average and want to bemoan the fact in august company. If you do want to forget though, try walking through a doorway! Or have sex! For science, of course. There’s a connection. More in the episode on that!
Memory is a curious thing – and how far it goes back for each of us is so varied and that’s curious in and of itself. For some, like Shar, it barely stretches back to the day prior, and for some who have hyperthymesia, you remember every single detail since childhood. We honestly can’t figure out what’s worse – not being able to recall what you wore yesterday or remembering in vivid detail the ridiculous outfit you wore ten years ago.
But we can say for certain that if you do weird stuff in front of a baby, they’re not likely to remember, so that’s a huge relief! You’re safe from your infant remembering that one time in school that you waved at someone who wasn’t actually waving at you (gives Ragini significant look).
We also discussed past-life regression and the power of suggestion and then put our well-earned MDs to use in combination with our PHDs to bring you a hard-hitting look into crytomnesia, the collective unconscious, theories of form with some help from our good friends and colleagues Plato and Carl Jung. Just kidding – we’re way younger and hotter than those guys.
Now stop trawling through this blog post for more info and listen to the episode!
Links of Interest:
How our brains alter timelines
Dave Farrow and his memory techniques
Memory record for longest sequence of objects memorised in one minute
Memory record for longest number sequence memorised in one minute - binary
Memory Record for memorising random colour sequences
Episode edited by: Mohit Shandilya
Music for the episode: Charita Arora
Listen to the episode for all the details!
