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I just learned the mind palace technique to memorize stuff and wanna put it to use.

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[โ€“] arthur@lemmy.zip 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

Do you remember the Fibonacci sequence? You can use it to convert miles to kilometers .

2 mi ~= 3km

5mi ~= 8km

8mi ~= 13km

13mi ~= 21km

And so on.

[โ€“] DoctorWhookah@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Wait, is this true until its not or is it true forever as you go higher in the sequence?

[โ€“] masochismworld@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Conversion factor of miles to kilometers is about 1.609 and golden ratio is about 1.618, it will be pretty accurate for quite a while...

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