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HI
Wouldn’t it be especially confusing if we use the anchorman very often on different subjects?
Is the anchorman list intended to be used as an everyday “peg list” you use to remember things without planning and to use with numbers?

And say when you are learning a new subject, you’re making new auxilary threads like ABC list, and use these as hooks for new information only, would this be a good strategy? I tried the Mega memory course once, but I found it very confusing having a lot of different information on the same hooks as he said you probably only needed 50 pegs for the rest of your life….

Fred

Since you create the anchor list yourself, you will remember new facts more easily. Most memory courses give you the pegs to learn and then require that you tie in your new information to the pegs (that are also new).

After you create a list for something new, mentally go over your list for a week or two. You will find that you don't even need to use the list anymore. You just know the information.

Whether you use the anchor list or create a new ABC list, the purpose is to have something to tie it into, as a temporary thread, until it becomes part of your knowledge. The process of creating the list or of trying to tie in new information to your anchor list acts as a way for you to get involved in the new information, which is how memory works. We remember what is part of our experience, our autobiography, our involvement.

It could get confusing if you try to work on too many lists at a time. I would learn one and then move on to the next. That way you build each list upon the next.

[This message has been edited by Sandy Millies (edited October 13, 2003).]

So you would recommend using few lists which we ought to use often for fresh information. I may be a little in the thoughts of old mnemonics tricks now, but wouldn’t you end up with many thins on one peg. So for instance when you think of the anchorman you would get tons of associations…. Hey –that’s a good thing I just realized, - I though you would be very confused, but as Vera and Paul discussed, when you toss a coin into the well and listen quietly, you can hear the water respond. However if you through a coin in the sea, you get trouble hearing the coin hitting the water. When you choose to look into a specific auxiliary thread like the anchorman, you’re actually choosing a specific well to toss your coin in, - making a much better changes of noticing the hit, than looking into the Pacific. Nonetheless you must also be specific of what you wish for, because the lager the well is, - the harder it gets to find the answer you’re looking for, - if it hasn’t yet been a part of the foundation, meaning the long term memory…

So in a way I think it has to be a balance between you ability to use the search light and the size of the field you’re looking into.

Please elaborate if I still don’t get it Sandy!

I like how you made that discovery! Exactly! All sorts of associations will be brought up from one list. This happens all the time, we just don't pay attention to it or recognize at a conscious level all of the associations. It does seem overwhelming to have all this information at your finger tips, but don't worry you will be able to trigger the information you are looking for.