Comments on: World memory champ – rather forgetful.

By: Nopke

Nopke — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:37:40 +0000

They can be brought back to ‘normal’ life. Plainly psychology. There is a backdraft ofcourse, to all of this.
It’s what they already are busy with regarding men, there slightly autistic like structure. Not all ..
Psychoses is close to these structures.

It’s working/living in extremes. Combine things and you will be more in the middle. Sort of.
Some handle it better than other.

By: garhol

garhol — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:16:09 +0000

i thought that the ban might be a joke but knowing how some people have approached DB’s fun and games it’s not unthinkable that they might have taken exception to him entering.

By: ReliegiousMarie

ReliegiousMarie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:33:48 +0000

Isn’t there already a www bann in casino’s for err…hahaa…and rightly so

By: nick

nick — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:29:29 +0000

Yeah, what reasoning/explanation is there to him being banned?

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:11:06 +0000

You can see the difference in methods — the journalist is trying to consciously picture each card and memorize it that way, while the expert glances at it and stores it without all the conscious effort. Part of that is obviously that this is routine for him, so it’s less stressful, but I think that a large part of why the journalist goes astray after the 9th card is that he’s trying TOO hard, thus stressing himself out and forgetting his card.
At least, that’s how it’s always been for me — I’m rubbish at tests if I get stressed out about them, because that makes me forget everything I’ve studied for them (and the harder I try to remember, the more I forget). If I force myself to relax and think of something else, the knowledge will creep back in, ‘in the corner of my mind’s eye’, so to speak, and I can use it again.
At the risk of sounding absolutely bizarre-crazy, memory, in that way, is kind of like cats. If you chase after them, they’ll run off, but if you sit quietly and pay them no mind, they’ll come to you of their own accord.

By: Beanhive

Beanhive — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:06:46 +0000

What’s the full reason behind Derren being banned? Surely these other people could use similar techniques to him. Is it just cos he’s famous?

By: daycoder

daycoder — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:01:21 +0000

Hmmm. DB is banned from such competitions ? How completely bizarre. He’s like Steve Wiebe to Pridmore’s Billy Mitchell (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/).

By: ScreamingGreenConure

ScreamingGreenConure — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:52:59 +0000

Garhol, I think that part might have been a joke.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:37:07 +0000

Haha! That is brilliant. He messed up half way through, but i suppose he can be forgiven for that!

Imagine having that technique, you\’d have to creative to use it in a way which could of be of great benefit.

By: garhol

garhol — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:35:32 +0000

memorising a binary number. that has to be hard. i picture myself laughing a lot..lololoollllooolll

surely DB can\’t be banned though? I would imagine that these folks are using very similar techniques to the ones he outlines in his latest book.