Mnemonics
From Dead Media Archive
"Mnemonics Neatly Eliminate Man's Only Nemesis (Insufficient Cerebral Storage)"
Contents
History
Technology
Most of the mnemonic devices and techniques that remain are of simple, more standardized varieties. "Roy G. Biv" to remember the colors of the rainbow, "In fourteen-hundred-ninety-two / Columbus sailed the ocean blue" to remember major historical events, and "lefty, loosey; righty, tighty" to remember how tools work are some of the simple varieties still prevalent today. Despite the longevity of some of these devices, however, they are but a small suggestion of the much more complex and widespread mnemonic strategies of yesteryear.
Case Study
Rhetoric
Counter-History
References
- Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, July-Aug. 2008. Web. 10 Apr. 2010.
External Links
- Mnemonics - a list of a number of standardized mnemonic devices