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Are you worried that you're forgetting something? In this video, Sabrina explores how our memory works, ways we can improve it, and accidentally memorized 3,141 digits of pi in the process.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 a relatable problem and unreasonable solution
00:27 thank you hostinger
01:20 an existential crisis handled poorly
02:25 the grandma line is out of pocket tbh
02:45 why i want to fix my memory
03:02 how memory doesn't work
03:27 how memory does work
04:12 how to improve memory
04:47 does memory palace technique work
05:20 i finally answered my emails
05:48 how to remember better
06:47 a very reasonable plan
07:10 how to memorize pi
10:01 the benefits of romanticizing your life
11:10 i really thought this was clickbait
12:01 thank you hostinger (reprise)
13:43 i spent 30 days memorizing 3,141 digits of pi
14:36 i solved my problem and got a new, weirder one in return
15:46 facing my biggest hater
16:51 an even more reasonable plan
17:46 it's merch but for a good reason
19:27 still merch though
19:43 the pi recital
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Hope you liked that video! If you want to try a similar memory challenge, check out Nelson's video where he walks through the process in more detail :)
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Have you considered sharing the pi website you made? ❤❤
@@mabelbritt7215Came here to say the same thing!
23:41 there's saif watching hahaa
@@mabelbritt7215 yeah I'd really like this too
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Sabrina is that chaotic friend that will randomly disappear because she is doing some crazy project and then surfaces to tell you all about it.
And we love her for it.
That is so specific and so accurate at the same time
Huh. I feel weirdly called out. 😂
@@AmaraJordanMusic same here
Chaotic evil and Chaotic Good
"let her cook"
It was so much fun coaching you for this project!! Congrats on getting all 3141!
That's alot of Pi(e)......
That was two of my favourite YTers making a colab... That came unexpected. ❤
DDRS is a new standard of memory in the namesake of a fast learner called Sabrina.
@NelsonDellis any thoughts on improving memory for us with aphantasia? (Inability to visualize). I have a great memory, but retrieving the way most do just isn’t possible.
What about those of us with Aphantasia? We can't form visualizations in our minds like most people can. When I say, "picture a bouncing red ball", you can probably see a red sphere bouncing on the ground. But I don't see anything. I can hear the bouncing, and I can feel something round going up and down, but visually, it's just static.
This lady is a freakin super hero. Like she’s said she didn’t feel like she could remember things well so she learned how to competitively remember things, wrote a code to encode the digits of pi, created a mind palace, created an app, and then did a legit photo shoot for her presentation.
I wouldn’t say superhero…
Batman is Superhero & so is Sabrina@@seva7500
@@seva7500ok seva
@@seva7500 try memorizing how to be a good person
@@SketchyCosmos shiver me timbers
Using the littlest cues to remember the biggest things really works. My sweet kitty passed away suddenly a few months ago. I had *one* moment with her that morning where we were sitting at the window and I kissed the top of her head and she purred and mewed up at me. I remember exactly what that moment felt like, and whenever I think of that memory, I can remember all sorts of things about her. In the horrible first few days after I lost her, the thing that scared me the most was that my memories of her would dull, like the memories of my other lost kitties had dulled. Holding onto this key moment has helped me remember lots of other things about her, though.
Pi is actually 3.141… !
The idea of that audience being so supportive and gracious has me near tears
It's funny how people respond to arbitrary difficult undertakings. Or maybe I should just say "quests". I went on a long bicycle tour years ago and I got the wildest cheerleading and support for it from random strangers. As soon as I shared this thing I was doing, they were cheering me on, wanting to know why I was doing it, and just being excited. I think it's a happy part of human nature that we do this. I thought Sabrina's theatre recitation would be kind of meh, yet that audience (and of course, Sabrina's imperfect struggle) made it positively electric. Deep down we want to see each other achieve and improve, and I think that's pretty beautiful.
Same. People in the room tracing numbers on their own little cards is so wholesome
Nu uh
It gave me full tears
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I love the part that goes from skeptical optimism to full blown manic believer of the process.
You can see the exact moment she realizes it's working.
i feel like aphantasia has a huge role on the "memory palace" approach. it's kind of really hard to "imagine" objects in a familiar place when you can't imagine that place at all :/
It does make certain aspects more difficult, but it isnt as big of a handicap as you may think. I have grade 5 aphantasia, meaning I see nearly nothing at best and usually nothing at all. But theres a dramatic difference between the capacity to "see" with the minds eye vs "know" theres something there.
What I mean by that is that your spatial memory is likely still healthily intact, otherwise you couldnt navigate your home in the dark, you'd have difficulty remembering general layout of a home, you wouldnt know where you keep food in your pantry, and so on.
In the same way you may not "see" your bed in your mind, you know where it is in the house, where it is in the room,roughly where its near other furniture and you know what face of it is closest to the door. All without "seeing" it in your mind.
You can apply the same thing to building locations in your mind and creating mnemonic images to store information there. You may store less images per location or require more time to build the skill, but as someone with aphantasia who built 5 palaces, a 100 person/action/object system over just the last 2 weeks, I can promise you its possible.
Please try your best to build the skill, and focus on a multi-sensory experience to add detail over just visual. You may not see the couches fabric, the grain patterns of wooden furniture or even the exact shape of the room, but you likely can "feel" the fabric, "smell" the wood" and "hear" if the room is tile or carpet/big or small. Details make things stick, and the more you practice now, the faster youll get :)
@@Eli-el7mr i also have aphantasia, but the difficulty comes with with assigning things in places and remembering them later, especially when what i'm trying to remember isn't something i'm already familiar with
also, while my visual "imagination" is nearly nonexistent, my spatial "imagination" is still very elusive so doing this is quite difficult for me
i mostly experience my spatial imagination in dreams rather than when i'm awake and in the few times i do it consciously it slips out of my control a lot
Weirdo.
I was literally thinking about this the whole time i was watching this video, it truly sucks to have aphantasia.
@@Eli-el7mr No actually, I can't feel any fabric, smell any wood, or hear any sound..
My ADHD was diagnosed because I went to the doctor distraught by having realized how bad my memory is. You may also find fulfillment in investigating coping techniques that tend to vibe with neurodivergents. Desperate to figure out how to best adapt, I learned a lot about multiple different neurodivergencies. It turns out, I'm not just ADHD, but also autistic. Leaning into adapting my life specifically for myself has made everything way better, and way more manageable.
"a person who is burdened by competence"
You're developing massive Brian David Gilbert energy (along with your own brand of chaos) and I'm all for it
Self-inflicted chaos is the best kind of chaos.
Literally giggling like a middle-schooler at you getting the last digits. Great job Sabrina!!!
I teared up. What a sight to behold!
As a middle schooler, I am offended
I can only imagine the vibes among the people seeing it live.
@@kazeppa cope with it
@@kazeppa as a middle schooler this is incredible
I love how supportive humanity can be and how we can all glory in someone else's victories. Well done.
As your former Reach for the Top coach, I can say, Sabrina, that you’ve always had a very good memory (and oh, so smart!!). Great video and impressive number of views and subs. I miss the good ole days of Reach practice. Your voice reminds me of all the fun and laughs we had, Sabrina.
as a linguist, i can tell you that the skill you were practicing would certainly be harder to map with verbal recitation, esp in front of a crowd. the interesting thing about working memory and language acquisition is that while we may remember both form and meaning, we store them differently/at different speeds (especially after a certain age). You knew the meaning of each digit of pi, but their form (spoken out loud) was not something you practiced. still, being able to remember pi is just as impressive to me as being able to *say* pi. awesome vid
As someone struggling with trying to learn 3 foreign languages: What do you mean by "you haven't practiced their form"?
Very interesting!
@@domlight7254 second that.
@@domlight7254Like, you can read a word (or see the symbols) in another language, understand it in your mind, but not quite say it out loud or speak to another person.
@@domlight7254 If I understood namanaama correctly, she means the act of actually pronouncing the digits. It's kinda like when having to sing your favorite song a cappella on a stage, it's significantly harder to recall the lyrics because your memory of the lyrics is tied to listening to the instrumentals and the rhythm of the song. But in this case, it's saying the digits out loud on a stage that Sabrina hasn't trained, and that takes mental capacity away from her.
This is the content I pay my internet bills for. I have been waiting for this video since she put up the website and art work in her insta story. I just want to be as cool as Sabrina, that's it.
in someplaces you can apply to get free internet if your low income
@@TetraTereziI think he meant that Sabrina alone is worth the bills, basically Answers In progress makes good content, and I agree
@@MaxDev cool i was offerign the advice that some internet companies offer low income help \
@@TetraTerezi ye, Ik it’s all good
@@MaxDev thanks man dude man o matic 5000
This might be the most iconic video of 2023. Holyyyyyy hell bells Sabrina.
as a dancer with a cemented pattern of forgetting choreography immediately after i perform, watching this whole process has been inspiring. hopefully i can learn to apply some new techniques for remembering movements.
Oh, back in the 9th grade when I learned about mnemonics, I set a goal for myself to memorize the first 1000 digits of pi and I achieved it, actually!
I mentally walked around my neighborhood while reciting the digits. Unfortunately, I forgot it almost completely, and I'm starting to forget some details of my childhood neighborhood too... It's been only 8 years
Well, that's because our brains generally set aside stuff that it hasn't used in a while. Sometimes it is use it or lose it
Well 2020 was in those last 8 years. That pretty much wiped the events of 2019 and earlier from a lot of people's memories
@@bornachi wish it did to me lmao
Impressive! I memorized like, 40 digits when i was 14 to try to win a competition, and I can only remember, like, 12 now, lol.
@@bornach bruh, 2020 wiped itself out of my memory. the few things I remember are the first time I got a trailer for genshin impact and me taking selfies to remember how long my hair was getting.
sabrina is like your sister who barges in to your room to tell you about some crazy stuff she's been up to for the last month
*i now discovered how space tastes like! take a look at my 100 research papers and this spoon of space taste*
*slams door open* “i just found out the secret to immortality”
I've never been more proud of a complete stranger until now. Congratulations, Sabrina! 😭 I learned so much through this video
This is always my favorite channel to watch because the way you present the journey is so entertaining, and this time especially I loved the video. Great work!!!!
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
It's not that she recited 3141 digits of pi, but it's the pace, efficiency and quality at which she can learn stuff and do research in different topics 🙆
Amazing.
I can't believe I didn't notice before reading your comment, that 3141 is the beginning of Pi w/o the decimal point.
@@redmatrixyeah man thats the reason she chose to memorize that specific number of digits
@@redmatrixlmao
Please commit to a follow up! While this was cool, it would be _way_ more interesting to hear from 2025-Sabrina whether this ended up integrating well into daily life.
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Yes! I second this idea. We need to know!
yes please
YES.
And to see if she still remembers all 3141 digits! :)
OK. This is nuts!
Sabrina, you rock. Congrats for retrieving Pi out of your memory. Amazing vídeo, wonderful poster, and what a beautiful experience with that audience.
I've watched some of your videos, but now you got me subscribed.
I truly get excited every time i see video from this account. It's my comfort zone, usually after trying to make projects for myself. I love the curiosity journal as well. sending love from Slovakia :)
16:16 - that feedback from Taha just shows true friendship.
The whole video was incredible, Sabrina! You are awesome!
I'm so glad I went to the event, it was so much more chaotic than I could've anticipated lol
Also, thank you for signing my postcard and drawing the little duck :))
Among a sea of content, you created an incredible and vivid story! All puns aside this is a video I won’t forget easily and I look forward to applying the what you shared in my own life. Thanks for being bold and vivid Sabrina!
I hope this gets more views, the quality of this video and the work you invested is excellent
I have been a fan of your channel for YEARS. However I have to say, I was the MOST impressed by not only the subject matter. But your ability to actually accomplish, fail and yet still ACCOMPLISH. Very very impressed Sabrina!
^^^
True success is not in the absence of failure but in continuing on after it.
Still remember pi day in middle school, and the student who recited the most digits got prize pie 🥧 😅 32 digits is my max
wow who won it
@Its_A_Developer 7th grade the winner was me and I got apple pie and then by 8th grade ppl were getting to 100 digits of pi. the winner of that year got Banana cream and her name was Gabby 🏆
My school (K-9) apparently had enough pie lying around that anyone who could remember more than a certain number of digits based on what grade they were in got a slice of apple pie.
That sounds so fun!! Agh I'm a little jealous lol
(I might be biased because I love pie, though...)
@@teally-bop hard agree, pie is the best!! Some ppl don't appreciate warm fruit
You Sabrina, I applaud you for your determination to pull thru all the way after restarting and restarting, the fire alarm and the failure to recall the numbers and also your bravery to recite this in front of an audience. CONGRATULATIONS ❤
This was amazing to watch. You had a great coach the best, what I love is your honesty, and you showed us that you are human and was not born with the memory. I'm going to do the challenge.
I've heard of the memory palace thing before, and the ideas on why it works well. And it's always mystified me... I can't tell you where my sock drawer is, I can only show it to you. I can't navigate around my space which I've been living in for nearly a decade unless I'm physically there, with all those visual cues. And I know this for a fact, because of how many times someone has asked me, "where is your [thing]?" And it wasn't just that I couldn't put it to words, it's that I literally could not remember until I had gotten up and walked over, at which point I could lay hands on it immediately. And folks always tell me, "oh you didn't have to get up, if you just told me I would've got it for you!" But I literally couldn't.
I'm guessing then that it's likely that you have some form of aphantasia, which is a spectrum and can be selective if I'm not mistaken (I know the former, unsure abt the latter), which is where it's harder or basically impossible for people to picture things in their minds, especially with detail. That or maybe it's some sort of spatial memory thing I'm unaware of?
I think I have a similar problem, the whole idea of memory palaces terrifies me. I can remember whole songs and long passages of text when I try, but I'm awful with places. My mind is always skipping over details and missing turns. I don't play 3D games a lot, but when I do, I usually get lost.
I think I also have aphantasia
I can remember whole songs, but physical things? Not happening.
Like
I *know* what an apple looks like. I can recognize an apple if I see it irl, but if you told me to imagine it I wouldn't be able to. I can't see anything when I close my eyes.
The idea of it doesn't terrify me, I've just never been able to do it (as far as I remember which tbh my memory isn't that good)
It could be a result of natural aptitudes in certain areas. I generally also have not-great memory, but since I have really good 3D spatial awareness, if I can translate things into physical actions or spaces or whatever, I can recall it far better. Like, for some of my passwords, I literally could not tell you what they are... but I 'know' them because my fingers remember the motions and can tell when I'm inputing them in wrong.
Lots of interesting replies! I never considered aphantasia, since I can visualize scenes from fiction, etc. Once, during an online tabletop session, while I was listening to description and rp after the combat part stopped, I switched tabs for a moment to check something, then came back and was startled that we went "back" to the battle map-- then I realized we'd never left, I had just imagined what the gm had described.
But also being autistic and going nonverbal only sometimes, I know selective isms are very much possible, hah.
I think it's also relevant to note I have a terrible memory otherwise, though, between ADHD, migraines, and depression since childhood that was only first treated starting in my mid 20s.
Love that this channels shows people exploring the minutiae of our lives, using research and science to improve them, and reminding us that we are always going to struggle and shouldn’t pretend we will live perfect lives yet can make ourselves prone to happiness where it counts. Thanks for the pi!
This is absolutely incredible work you’ve done. A true testament to the human experience
The storytelling never misses in these videos but you really went above and beyond this time
I am in so much awe of you right now Sabrina! What a massive undertaking this is... going in front of people and reciting 3141 digits of pi... the confidence and the dedication you've shown is really magnificent. I am amazed! you pulled through your vulnerabilities and emerged a champion that you are!
Much power to you :) Thank you for creating such inspiring content!!!!!!
I can barely stand in front of people
@@privatizitat815 same😅😂
The motivation and joy this is giving me as I work on memorizing an opera is truly wonderful.
this channel is peak adhd and i'm living for it
*edit:* I forgot to mention how freaking cool you are!
I have aphantasia, so tricks that work with imagery fall flat. Luckily, I have the mechanisms and mental duct tape to make it work!
My memory (presumably like most peoples') is very relational, so I am connecting qualities/information instead of "seeing" it. I still have a sense of how connected things are ("distance") which is probably all that is really needed to get the method to work.
So for me, I know "this chunk of 5 digits [which has these cool properties] is a neighbor to these 8 digits [which have these other properties], and they are part of this neighborhood of chunks." The imagery for most people is replaced by "cool properties" for me.
Wait thats so fascinating! :O
I have basically the opposite of aphantasia. I can rotate entire 3d objects in my head, imagine models of houses, remember vivid imagery and dream vividly, etc.
…but I can’t for the life of me remember numbers… I can’t tell you my numerical passwords, I remember them via muscle memory. I can’t remember phone numbers or birthdays. It’s difficult for me to remember room numbers of hotels, addresses, etc. And you really don’t want to know how long it took me to memorize my own phone number (multiple months). I’ve always wondered if these two things were related somehow, but I’ve never been able to find an explanation.
@@luxill0s Hyperphantasia! My partner is the same way; that's actually how I realized I had aphantasia-- my partner is an artist and was describing their thoughts, and I realized "picture ___ in your mind" wasn't just a figure of speech. People *actually* see things, they aren't asking you to think about the description of an object -_-
Your dreams must be wild if they are anything like what my partner describes!
Could you give a bit more detail, maybe an example?
@@reeyanchoudhury6014 if that is directed at me, I'm not sure I could give an effective example. I really like numbers to an abnormal degree (I've changed walking routes in order to walk by parking lots so that I could look at numbers). When I see numbers, I like to apply operations to them to sus out qualities (factor, multiply, check divisibility, etc.) or recognize them from elsewhere.
As an example a few days ago I was riding in a car and the car ahead of us had a license plate whose numeric portion was 2184. There is someone in our village with the same numbers, rotated (8421), so that's a connection, but it's also really satisfying because 84 is a multiple of 21, which in turn means 2184 can be easily factored to 104*21. And you may be saying, "hey, I recognize 104, that's the number of whole weeks in 2 years" and that means 13 divides 104, so 2184 = 8*13*21, and then you think "well heck, those are Fibonacci numbers, and in sequence!" And suddenly the weird little number is pretty cool.
I've been doing this for at least 25 years, so I've interacted with a lot of numbers, and some are more familiar than others. This makes number sequences kind of a cheat since my equivalent to a "story"/"palace" is composed of numbers in sequence:P
Example from early on in Pi (which I've mostly forgotten): "4197 is connected to 16 is connected to 9399375 which is connected to 1058 which is connected to 2097, to 4944, to 59, to 2307,..."
- 4197 reminds me of a cooler version of 4096 (2^12, a number I used a lot as an assembly programmer)
- 16 is everywhere in my programming life, and is a power of a power of 2 (2^2^2)
- 9399375, though 93993 is just plain fun, the 75 makes my heart sing. When dividing integers by powers of 2, the decimal expansion often ends in "375" (i.e. 3/8 = .375), and even 9375 which is particularly pleasing (e.x. 15/16=.9375)
- 1058 was the last 4 digits of a phone number I once knew
- 2097 looks somebody Frankensteined 2047 (one less than a power of 2) and 4097 (one more than a power of 2)
- 4944 I dislike this, number, I don't remember why. Still cool, 24*206, both of which are memorable numbers (hours in a day, bones in a body)
- 59, also dislike this, but to be fair, it is prime, and one less than a product of consecutive primes (2*3*5-1). I have not found a pleasing niche for this number
- 2307, I just like it, like an improved version of 1807.
before i knew what hypophantasia/aphantasia was, i tried to make a mind palace I just assumed everyone else could only see vague dark shapes in their brain like me. turns out it's a major difficulty to associate images with words if you can't really picture images
I too have a high degree of mental 'blindness' and have never achieved an "image" when told to imagine. For me it is rare to see the 'dark shapes' and I have never been able to lucid dream or have in head visuals from psychodelia. This is a trauma response from my brains need for survival, i.e. I have DID and this is one way it manifested.
Same. I wonder what memory techniques could work for people like us.
@@PeterGravelle I feel like in its core all of this techniques are just conditioning. You can anchor the memories to a real physical object instead, or maybe bodily actions, an aroma/scent, taste, melodies, colours, basically anything that isn’t tied to imagining inward into the mind. Do enough repetition and it might stick and are able to be retrieved easily
but watch out
Same
This is actually extremely inspiring. I haven't been this inspired in such a long time. I've dabbled in stuff like the PAO system, which I sorta stopped and forgot about a couple months after. But things like the memory palace and mnemonics definitely stuck and I've basically been using them ever since. But nowadays, I haven't been utilizing them much and each day just passes by like a blur. I've found new motivation to keep improving my memory despite how awful it is right now. I'll learn my mental maths for once, I'll learn specific dates and important events in my life, so they don't fall into the abyss of forgotten things. Hope things turn out well. Thank you, Sabrina.
Also, it'd be cool to get an update in a couple years just to see how helpful this journey was for you.
Amazing!!!
This is so cool!!!
(the descriptions of memory in this video actually make a lot of sense to me, and I definitely now have some research to do!!)
Thank you!!!
A huge accomplishment! Minor errors hardly matter compared to the fact that you know 3141 digits of pi. Perfect recital is the hardest part, that's why actors always have to take so many takes, no matter how well they remember the lines. Great job!
I just had spinal surgery yesterday, and I just wanted to let you know that while I'm in pain, your video made my day a lot better. :)
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Seriously inspirational video. Your commitment to a project is something else!
This was absolutely outstanding! Great job persevering and doing such interesting stuff!
As someone who went to the showing it was such a great time!! Hopefully more projects like these'll come out, I loved being in the audience
The audience was great; they embodied the true spirit of nerdiness!!
This channel is so inspiring. Sabrina really is a brilliant person. I admire her :)
ugh i can't get enough of the way you film and edit your videos i love it so much
It was not just the people in the audience rooting for you this much! I literally cheered for you, sitting behind a laptop. I do not think i'd want to go for 3141 digits, but learning how to memory palace does seem like a fun activity to try.
This was one of your best videos and one that I'm sure would be memorable for you for years to come. I hope you had a ton of fun making this one, guys!
Pun intended?
You are incredible. All of Answer in Progress is! The amount of dedication, the quality content... You are amazing
one of the best videos i have seen in a while, Sabrina you go crazyyy!
I haven't gotten second hand embarassment from a video in so long until that theater ending. I would've ran out so fast. Love how you persisted though and ended up doing it!
My memory "sucks" too. This video is so cool. Also blown away about how many sidequests you guys are doing. A literal hand illustrated poster, with a studio photos? Absolutely ridiculous. Yall are amazing.
Absolutely mental that you did this! It's absolutely amazing!
This is awesome, and I love that you had an audience rooting for you!
This was lowkey emotional and highly inspiring to watch!
This is one of the reasons why I love photography. I can take a picture of a place or person and then print it out. With the pictures on the wall when I look at them, I can recall the memory's associated with the photo.
I ran into this channel about a year ago and I've been really enjoying it. It's become one of the few channels I actively watch..though it sometimes takes me a week or a few to get around to the video. I really enjoyed this one and not just because of the amazing feat you accomplished with memory. I can definitely relate to the oh here's a thing that I want to do *one year later* oops, I should do that thing.
This is so cool! I realized while watching this that I kind of accidentally do a lot of these already - either because I found them through intuition and process of elimination or because someone randomly told me it worked and I tried it out. So nest to finally understand the general mechanics and principles at play!
The real fun part is when you can start dreaming or daydreaming or both, while walking around in your memory palace, then you effectively do have photographic memory but only while you are atleast somewhat asleep.
Dude THESE are the videos I come to watch on CZcams. YOU KILLED IT!!! Also shoutout to the audience for being so wonderful
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Truly incredible, Sabrina! Never thought this topic would make for such an exciting video
Not done with the video yet but my God what makes this much more impressive to me is the fact that you’re using code to make the process so much more efficient! I remember trying to do this in 2019 and giving up along the way😢 but as a CS grad (BSc and MSc) I can’t believe I didn’t think of this 😢😢😢
Amazing!
You are SUCH a good science communicator and I relate to so much of the feelings you explain when I am desperately trying to memorize all of my Science Facts (TM) and recite them on a 45+ minute tour for my museum job. Thank you for this gem of a video!
This, is honestly the most wholsome channel I've ever watched on CZcams. I love your energy and the way you present things so much!! This video was sooo amazing and fun to watch! It also taught me a lot of stuff since Im having the same problem of forgetting, A LOT.
Genuinely love all of your content. If I could give the Answer in Progress team ALL of the awards i would. Great work!
Absolutely marvelous, Sabrina! It's so wonderful to have a community support you on stage!
Congratulations! I didn't think that you could write a story to remember numbers, but the more you know! Will definitely be using this to remember years and dates from now on - oh, if only I knew this trick when I still had History as a subject!
This is so wild because I LITERALLY just went through this exact thing, had a breakdown about how bad my memory was, vowed to fix it, started learning about mnemonics, but I just haven't known if it will work yet.
As someone else that has been through the same dont get your hopes up that it will "fix" anything but you should learn some good tools that will help.
Yo i feel you, I can’t even remember what i had for breakfast yesterday, much less anything important.
Memory problems suck like hell.
I first encountered Sabrina when my daughter started watching Crash Course Kids on an endless loop during lockdown. Her personality really makes watching dry subject matter so much easier.
I have no clue if you'll ever read this, but this was genuinely the best youtube video ive ever watched! every part of it was genuinely just phenomenal from content to production and even the sound. Thank you so much for making it!
Yo, Romania flag 🗣🗣🗿🛢
20:01 a classic Sabrina presentation in a theatre is what we all needed
You were truly amazing live Sabrina! It was super fun rooting for you through the roller coaster of an evening ❤️
INCREDIBLE JOB SABRINA!!!!!!
@16:51; Taha taunting Sabrina to pull a John Oliver on the video's budget to recite the numbers of Pi was not the context to that short earlier I was expecting.
Very much worth it though.
I did a paper round for 4 years as my first job. Ended up being able to recite about 150 digits without breaking a sweat by just running the route in my mind. Useless but cemented this technique for me
sick!! the vibes at the end of the video were immaculate btw. it felt like watching a feel good movie! thanks for making my morning better!
Thanks Sabrina, I feel motivated to go out there and just do some learning and gain a new experience.
That shit around 1:25 is so relatable. I don't understand how people can analyze situation and remember incidents and conversations. I can't remember most things, I'm just a passenger.
Wow, gotta love how the halfway point of the video is such an inversion on the usual format for these videos! Usually that's the point where you realize that you've bitten off far more than you can chew
I expect this to be subverted later on but still, it's so heartwarming to see you so enthused :)
Congratulations on completing this absolutely bananas project!
tbh i think this is why drawing in class is such an actually helpful tool for those of us with adhd! i have shows running in the background when i sew and when i look at garments i've made, i can remember scenes from those shows that were playing when i put in this stitch or sewed on that button.
Pi is one of those mathematical constants that can be memorized to some finite extent. Amazing work on memorizing!
There was something beautiful about this. Especially the last line! So sweet! Thanks Sabrina and team. And wow!
Woah impressive memorizing Sabrina ! So fast too! Finally an endeavor that shows amazing results in a short amount of time (with a lot of prep, haha). This reminds me a bit of a Jonny Harris CZcams video on "How to remember your life". I feel like some principles cross-over, here except he's simplifying the images he chooses to take and keep to remember moments.
Also that poster! Dang t is wonderful! You fit in the numbers in the pie filling! Genius implementation.
This is amazing, and also super interesting. Love y'all's content, keep making great stuff!
I had heard of memory palaces for years, but haven't been able to really get to them. This video made me realize why!
I tried to put the "actual information" on the palace, while I had to be putting this key to the information.
Thanks Sabrina!
This is one of the greatest videos I have ever seen. Permanently changed how I think and recall without even trying the techniques. Holyshit. I will remember the cues to access this video forever.
This is so amazing. I love how this improved things for you.
My memory is absolutely terrible too, I wish I could improve it like you! But pretty sure I'm a lost cause 😅
ive seen your video 3 times in my reccomended and each time with a different thumbnail. I appreciate the grindset
This video made me emotional for some reason? Sabrina is truly an icon and this video was 10/10 in quality and enjoyability
I always studied when listening to a tv show in the background and it somehow helped me remember things. Now I kind of understand it did help in the creation of retrieval keys. Thanks for this crazy experiment.
I thought there's no way i could care about pi, but I was wrong. This is fascinating and I'm gonna try out some of the (easier) techniques for sure. This channel is out there legitimately improving my life, so wonderful, thank you
Sabrina is so impressive!! Multi-talented queen 👑