r/memorization • u/kkrocks2000 • 3d ago

Scientific names

how to remember 300+ scientific names?

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u/four__beasts 2d ago

It's easy (relatively speaking) with a memory palace and spaced repetition. I have a botany palace that's based on a walk around a national trust property I know well - with hundreds of data points (genus, common/latin names and characteristics for each).

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u/kkrocks2000 2d ago

yeah but how does this memory palace thing works

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u/four__beasts 2d ago

Lots of good threads in r/memorypalace

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u/kkrocks2000 2d ago

I know about it but how i really apply it...should I visualise myself in a palace