Re: CHAT: Parallelism

On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Sally Caves wrote:

> Nik Taylor wrote:
> >
> > dunn patrick w wrote:
> > > Is only one.  Hence, we remember the order of planets not by remembering
> > > nine units in a row (incidently, this applies particularly to short term
> > > memory rather than long term memory), but as a single unit, a sentence:
> > > "My very educated mother just baked us nine pies."
>
> Where does Saturn fit in here?  Saturn is "baked"?
>
> Sally
Heh.  I forgot the mnemonic.  Isn't that ironic.  It's "served," not
"baked."

Wchi illustrates another point: after working with a mnemonic for a while,
it no longer becomes necessary.  I can recite the order of the planets
without using the sentence, because I've placed them in long term memory.
(of course, that doesn't mean there aren't glitches)