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August Morley's Shortform

by August Morley
21st Aug 2025
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I've been trying to memorize the 12 Virtues of Rationality recently.  I've been using spaced repetition to memorize each virtue, but I was struggling to keep them in sequence, and to think of them in whole, rather than 12 separate elements.

To aid the process, I developed the following mnemonic with the aid of Claude Sonnet 4.  It includes jargon from one of my favorite hobbies (rock climbing), so it probably doesn't work well for a general audience.  Nevertheless, I'm putting it out there in case anyone else might find value in it.  

Climbers Reach Ledges Easily After Extra Small Hold Pulling Practice, Sending Victoriously

(Curiosity, Relinquishment, Lightness, Evenness, Argument, Empiricism, Simplicity, Humility, Perfectionism, Precision, Scholarship, Void)

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