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I remember 3.14159. Recently I tried to add an additional 5 or 6 numbers onto it during my spare time. I remembered them for a little while, but now I can't remember them.
DR13 said:I know all of the digits. :P
I saw this post yesterday and thought; maybe I should look at this pi! Doesn't take that long memorising raw numbers, now I know:Monique said:I don't understand why people waste their time remembering the decimals of Pi, do something productive that will actually be of value!
http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/news/index.html"Current World Record : Chao Lu of China recited 67,890 decimal places on 20 November 2005.
ideasrule said:I think the average scientist knows many more digits of pi than the average non-scientist, just because they use the number more often.
I add a couple of digits every decade or so. Now in my late 40's, I have 8 or 9 digits memorized.Klockan3 said:I doubt that there is any scientist who knows less than 3.14.
Felipe61 said:must get really old now.. i only remember 3 decimals of pi.
So, you say 3.1?rewebster said:if you remembered 3----would they still be called decimals?
(i just know one decimal of pi)
Klockan3 said:So, you say 3.1?
I don't think I could do it in 15 minutes if I tried right now. And probably not in an hour even - unless I figure out some clever trick to memorize it. In general though, the way I memorize things is by seeing/using them periodically (i.e., through familiarity). I'm terrible at committing to memory by repeated recitation, like I've seen others do, but that's also probably because I have not put much effort into developing that skill.Klockan3 said:I saw this post yesterday and thought; maybe I should look at this pi! Doesn't take that long memorising raw numbers, now I know:
3.
1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 59
I am sure you know much more digits than that, associated to different things than pi though. I mean 4 digits take ~1 minute to memorize, so the above string should take roughly 15 minutes. Not that much of your life.
The trick is to want to memorize, at least for me. If I don't care I will only remember bits but when I focus I can remember just about anything indefinitely. The problem is of course that you can't just conjure up such focus at will.Gokul43201 said:I don't think I could do it in 15 minutes if I tried right now. And probably not in an hour even - unless I figure out some clever trick to memorize it. In general though, the way I memorize things is by seeing/using them periodically (i.e., through familiarity). I'm terrible at committing to memory by repeated recitation, like I've seen others do, but that's also probably because I have not put much effort into developing that skill.
Pinu7 said:Pi is around 3-ish.
pi-70679 said:I just find that learning pi is a good way to maintain your memory active, plus it's a really good time waster. I found out that now i can remember series of numbers in a lot less time. I just use birthdates, repeating numbers, and my latest, pattern you do with your fingers when you type the keys on the numpad.