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A journey across both poles, After Antarctica follows legendary polar explorer Will Steger's life journey as an eyewitne | dHNfYVZXREhCd1NSc2M

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00:00We see things all the time, but whether we actually remember them, that's another story.
00:04One I probably already forgot.
00:06Here's a graph that properly illustrates that point.
00:09This is the forgetting curve.
00:11It shows we forget 50% of the information we learn within an hour,
00:15and up to 70% within 24 hours.
00:18Danielle, do we really forget facts as much as that forgetting curve suggests?
00:22Oh, absolutely.
00:23So, your memory is most reliable immediately after an event that you see,
00:29and it genuinely decays over time.
00:32Hot tip, record it in some way.
00:35Like, if something happens that you want to remember,
00:39try and find any method that you can to keep a record of it.
00:43Write it down, take a photo of it, take a video of it, even talk to somebody about it.
00:50Sailor up, Mel.
00:50Over your careers, you've memorised and performed hours of material,
00:54but how good are you at remembering regular, ordinary people?
00:57Let's find out in our experiment of the week.
01:05Look, we haven't been completely honest with you today, Mel and Celia.
01:09When you arrived at the ABC this morning,
01:11you witnessed a verbal altercation in the foyer
01:14between a security guard and an angry woman on the phone,
01:17and we secretly filmed you while this altercation occurred.
01:19For those watching at home, here it is.
01:25We'll just sign you in here.
01:26Yes, hello.
01:30I was told I was getting transferred to someone who could actually help me.
01:34No, I've already given you that information twice.
01:35It should be on your system.
01:37No, I don't want to go through it again.
01:38You've already got that information from the two other calls that I had.
01:42Is it really that difficult?
01:43No, this is a joke.
01:45This is theft.
01:46Excuse me.
01:47Just keep it down, please.
01:48Yeah.
01:49There's other people.
01:49Yeah.
01:50This is f***ing ridiculous.
01:53I just need you to transfer my non-money back.
01:55I don't know why.
01:55It's this hard.
01:57Clearly, I'm being put through to someone else
01:59who's just as incompetent as everybody else I've spoken to.
02:04Now, it's Celia's turn.
02:07No, no.
02:08I'm not.
02:09I don't care what your system says.
02:11I just need you to transfer the money back.
02:14You just need an authoriser, okay?
02:15That's it.
02:16This is a f***ing joke.
02:17Yeah, okay.
02:20No, can you...
02:21What's your name?
02:22Give me your name and then put me through to a supervisor.
02:25Because this is not okay.
02:27F*** me.
02:35Your job now is to recall who you saw
02:38and to recreate her face
02:39using our very own version of this old school
02:42Identikit board game.
02:45Right, so let's see how you go.
02:47You've got different slides there.
02:49There's ones of mouths and there's ears
02:51and there's eyes and there's hairs.
02:54I didn't really look.
02:55I don't know if you can tell.
02:56I'm not good at a subtle don't look now.
02:59Really not.
03:00I'm 90% sure she had eyes.
03:03How many, though, is the question?
03:06What do you think?
03:06I saw her eyes.
03:08Try and put yourself back in that environment
03:10and just see if you can almost pause it
03:13and think about what you did pay attention to.
03:16Her shoes?
03:17LAUGHTER
03:18I was paying attention to the swearing.
03:22You can see Mel is really concentrating
03:24because she thinks there's a prize at the end of this.
03:27LAUGHTER
03:27You've got ten seconds.
03:30OK, I think I've made Mel.
03:31LAUGHTER
03:32LAUGHTER
03:33LAUGHTER
03:34LAUGHTER
03:36Mealy, ding, ding, ding, ding.
03:38Time is up.
03:43Let's have a look at Mel's result.
03:45I've made the Mully Grubs woman.
03:47LAUGHTER
03:48LAUGHTER
03:48It's not really good.
03:51I mean, it's pretty good.
03:52It's if her and I had a baby.
03:55LAUGHTER
03:56Let's go to Celia and see your identity kit.
04:01Can you see it?
04:02Oh!
04:02LAUGHTER
04:03Wow!
04:04Wow!
04:05Wow!
04:05Yes!
04:06Yes!
04:06Get in!
04:07Wow!
04:08Wow!
04:08Wow!
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