22.1.08

Cards!

Last night I remembered an entire deck of cards. Not just remember what cards were in it - that'd be easy! No! I remembered the order of the cards, after being shuffled. And I remembered the position of every card in the deck, after only 15 minutes of study. If you asked me what the 19th card in the pack was, I could tell you that it was the Queen of Diamonds. If you asked me what came after the 7 of Spades, I would reply with the 8 of Clubs. And it would be true, too!

With practice, it will take much less than 15 minutes to memorise the entire deck. If I keep at it, I could remember 2 or more decks.

Imagine the awesomeness of remembering which cards have already been dealt in blackjack, and working out the possibility of the card I desire appearing next from the deck!

3 comments:

Mab said...

What's all this magic business then, my old ladyfriend? It sounds like a lot of effort

Foss said...

Nah, it's not magic business, it's improving-my-brain business. And it's not much effort either! :D

Tora said...

It does sound timeconsuming, though!