Interesting that expert mnemonists (e.g. world memory champions) don't seem to be able translate that into "real-world" achievement (e.g. top execs, creatives, etc). IME insight production does seem to depend on my long-term memory performance. Not sure how to account for this.
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I suspect it has to do with synthesis? Merely memorizing information doesn't mean you can innovate off of it. A system like densely linked notes would be much better for that, I think.
I'd be interested in a comparison of mnemonic vs synthesis via notes vs both, though.
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Right. I think memory is necessary but not sufficient.
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Insight production relies on LTM in a qualitatively different way than memory competitions.
Insight relies on seeing connections among separate memories from different contexts that were not stored together in an organized mind palace.
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