Patrick Byrne Memorizes Deck of Cards

[Parsad]

I believe at Overstock's team meeting one morning in the last couple of weeks.  I believe Mohnish can do this as well, as he once told me he could count cards. 

 

Looks like Patrick's lost some weight as well.  Cheers!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S9cjzlQLq8

[ItsAValueTrap]

That's a skill you can learn.  A lot of memory techniques involve converting difficult-to-remember stuff into things that are easier to remember.

 

For example, you can concoct a story that is something like the following:

 

Once upon a time, there was ONE HEART.  It was a heart that had to be buried into the ground with FOUR SPADES, because four is an unlucky number.  Everybody at the ceremony was from TWO different CLUBS: the village of graham and dodd and the church of Jim Cramer.

etc. etc.

 

If you look on Google you can find better memory systems.

[Parsad]

That's a skill you can learn.  A lot of memory techniques involve converting difficult-to-remember stuff into things that are easier to remember.

 

For example, you can concoct a story that is something like the following:

 

Once upon a time, there was ONE HEART.  It was a heart that had to be buried into the ground with FOUR SPADES, because four is an unlucky number.  Everybody at the ceremony was from TWO different CLUBS: the village of graham and dodd and the church of Jim Cramer.

etc. etc.

 

If you look on Google you can find better memory systems.

 

Sure, I know you can do it, but it's still fun to watch.  I remember in grade 12 I had to write my provincial exam for biology.  I had not studied the months leading up to it, and it was going to be worth 50% of my mark.  I memorized my entire text book verbatim in two nights, wrote the exam, and had one of the highest scores in the province.  Cheers!

[LongTerm]

If you're interested in this kind of thing "Moonwalking with Einstein" by Joshua Foer is a fun read.

[stahleyp]

If you're interested in this kind of thing "Moonwalking with Einstein" by Joshua Foer is a fun read.

 

Great read.  :)

[lessthaniv]

I believe at Overstock's team meeting one morning in the last couple of weeks.  I believe Mohnish can do this as well, as he once told me he could count cards. 

 

Looks like Patrick's lost some weight as well.  Cheers!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S9cjzlQLq8

 

Nothing to it.  Someone I know very well can count every card in a six deck shoe and compute a ratio of remaining cards to others.  :)

 

Blackjack anyone?

[boilermaker75]

Here is an episode of National Geographic's show Brain Games on memory. If I remember correctly, LOL, it includes someone memorizing cards and how he does it.

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq2gon_national-geographic-test-your-brain-episode-3-memory_shortfilms

[lessthaniv]

Patrick has been having some fun!

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/overstock-ceo-ad-mocks-steven-cohen-2013-7

 

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/overstockcom-ceo-explains-anti-sac-ad-2013-7

 

 

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