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My boss came into the office this morning saying "I've got a thing on my desk advertising a seminar by some guy from Yorkshire who claims to be the World...
Ben Pridmore
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Feb 1, 2005
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Hi, Ben, I don't get British TV and even if I did I wouldn't switch it on for fear that my brain would deliquesce and run out of my ears leaving a stain on the...
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Feb 1, 2005
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Hi Ben I have also read this claim, amongst others who have been wrong. Not that I know whether this is wrong or not.I'm trying to compile a kind of historical...
Aldo
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Feb 1, 2005
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The old issue returns again as to what is a world record in memory. In any of the WMC events the record is only ratified if it is beaten IN COMPETITION. But...
Rob Carder
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Feb 1, 2005
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David's record for memorising 22,500 digits of pi was a British and European record at the time. It was broken last year by Daniel Tammet with 22,514, which...
Ben Pridmore
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Feb 1, 2005
12:29 pm
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Regarding Tony Buzan, I'm fairly sure it's true that he held a record of some kind at one time, although I can't find details of it on the internet right now....
Ben Pridmore
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Feb 1, 2005
12:34 pm
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Thanks much Ben Thought that was about the size of it. I also seem to remember David Thomas referring to himself as a media tart. Fair enough, but I'm sure...
Aldo
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Feb 1, 2005
1:17 pm
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I made some enquiries about his memory readiness memory program a few years back. It sounded really good. It turned out it wasn't his, although their...
Aldo
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Feb 1, 2005
1:27 pm
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Ben, I won't be at home at that time, but I will try to record it. I will enjoy watching a world champion. Things are more complicated than only a single shot...
lacivert
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Feb 1, 2005
2:28 pm
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Aldo Sometimes, she is quite nasty though she makes me laugh. She perfectly fits in to the concept of that program. I wonder if she rehearses before the...
lacivert
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Feb 1, 2005
2:39 pm
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Hi Umut Well, she started off as a watchdog. She'd make any snakeoil salesman shake in their boots. I guess I just like freckles:) Cheers Aldo...
Aldo
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Feb 2, 2005
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I have a trivia book at home called How To Win Any Pub Quiz; however, despite taking it to the pub with me, I have failed to win even a sausage. I think that...
Michael Curtis
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Feb 2, 2005
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hi yes i droped l.s.d. once at the beach and the answer his laughter have you guys noticed anything diferent with presing butons on the computer within the...
Martin Naylor
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Feb 2, 2005
7:34 am
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HI THE FIRST 2 BOOKS I BOUGHT where 2 books by buzan speed memory and speed reeding and at the end of the book he said if any one can read at 350 words and...
Martin Naylor
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Feb 2, 2005
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The sales pitch is never ending:) Everyone can win! Present him with a legal text and win your discount to an expensive course on skimming (reading at high...
Aldo
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Feb 2, 2005
8:49 am
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Hi For those who are interested in linguistics, semiotics, learning technologies, and some cultural stuff, I have found a good web-page which you might...
lacivert
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Feb 2, 2005
12:45 pm
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Don't Tony's courses cost £3000 or so? A five pound discount from that doesn't really make much difference... ... words and comrehend 50% i will discount five...
Ben Pridmore
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Feb 2, 2005
12:57 pm
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Thanks Umut That's quite a source Cheers Aldo...
Aldo
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Feb 2, 2005
12:58 pm
17527
True Ben But just extrapolate that in words per minute terms. If you take the course at the age of about 20 and reduce the money spent by five huge quid, that...
Aldo
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Feb 2, 2005
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Hi, all, New Scientist's 29th January issue, which may still be on the shelves in the UK, has features on sensory perception and brain plasticity. There's a ...
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Feb 2, 2005
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Hi Elliott, His name rings a bell for me, but I do not really remember having read something about him in Turkish newspapers. Maybe I just missed that one or...
lacivert
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Feb 3, 2005
11:26 am
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A correction: Oliver Sacks is not an anthropologist; he is a neurologist. Regards Umut...
lacivert
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Feb 3, 2005
11:44 am
17531
... I lost some email folders recently and would like to know if this can be done. I see you can access the archives by the website, but i prefer to get the...
Dave
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hi don't forget mister god this is anna by oliver sacks martin lacivert <lacivert@...> wrote: Hi Elliott, His name rings a bell for me, but I do not...
Martin Naylor
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Feb 3, 2005
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Hi all I used to play a game at university after some lectures. I'd remember about 20 main points of a lecture (using tricky dirty underhand mnemonics) and...
Aldo
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Feb 4, 2005
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Sorry for the late response. Thanks for posting this. Woww, I purchased his course years ago. Toby Subject: Megamemory for criminals Hi all Here is an...
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Feb 6, 2005
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yeah ive done that using tony buzans sem thingy i say thats a good way use the 1-100 it would go over of course ..use then to learn the locatoion of the...
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Feb 6, 2005
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People are drawn to leaders whether religious or political not because of linguistics, but because most people have an instict born into them-survival. Hence,...
Peggy Clayton
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Feb 6, 2005
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Hi people, I was reading Tony Buzan's "Speed Reading Book" and it tells us to train reading 2 or 3 lines at once, which looks pretty hard to me. Have anyone...
Henrique Athayde
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Feb 6, 2005
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thegame_ya, I also have the same problem, I'm not good on memorising places and journeys. Because of that I asked for Mark Channon's help in his Mnemonics...
Henrique Athayde
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