Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/03/how-to-memorize-an-entire-chap.html
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3-4 hours for 4 days. I guess that’s a better use of one’s time than binge watching a series on Netflix.
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It’s whale guts, all the way down.
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No one needs to know that much about whales.
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I have never read Moby-Dick, but when I was in 10th grade band, we performed this song, in which we sung Father Mapple’s hymn. Almost 30 years later, and I can still remember every word and every note.
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I remember this from way back.
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Do not pass GO…
As I understand it, back in the day, memorizing a book wasn’t that unusual. People did it for fun.
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Without having watched the video, I think the best way to memorize a chapter of Moby Dick is to memorize chapter 122, which is as follows:
Hopefully it doesn’t take a full four days to memorize that one.
In all honesty, while memorizing a chapter of Moby Dick is impressive, it’s not as impressive as memorizing a chapter of most books, given Moby Dick has very short chapters in general, it just has a lot of them.
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“Alexa, read Moby Dick.”
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Any lead actor in an Aaron Sorkin series: “Hold my beer.”
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Was it that bad?
Sorry, the point I was trying to make was that music creates a fascinating mnemonic that tends to stick things in our heads far better than just rote memorization. Thus, Schoolhouse Rock.
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That tome is just so girthy, i’m having trouble handling that Moby Dick.
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The whale, just look at it.
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It’s a technique with a long history of being effective for the recall of large texts.
It’s described in this (somewhat older) source:
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“They call me Ishmael… something something… for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee…”
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No, that was meant as a pitch for the book.
I was going to suggest the same chapter!
