If you try to remember your password, you've done something horribly wrong. 99% of my passwords come straight out of pwgen, and I immediately have my browser remember them so I don't have to.
Those of us with the right kind of memory system (patterned numbers and letters go straight to long-term until no longer needed, can't remember the fancy Latin word for it) have no problem memorizing any kind of password, as long as it is not both extra-long and extra-meaningless. Of course, I'm also the kind of person that doesn't trust password managers.
Having the ability to memorize passwords helps, since you obviously have to memorize at least a couple of passwords (such as those for your personal system). I'd just argue that when you have dozens of sites you use (which you hopefully use different passwords on), you shouldn't try to memorize passwords for them all, just generate passwords and have your browser remember them.
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If you try to remember your password, you've done something horribly wrong. 99% of my passwords come straight out of pwgen, and I immediately have my browser remember them so I don't have to.
Those of us with the right kind of memory system (patterned numbers and letters go straight to long-term until no longer needed, can't remember the fancy Latin word for it) have no problem memorizing any kind of password, as long as it is not both extra-long and extra-meaningless. Of course, I'm also the kind of person that doesn't trust password managers.
Having the ability to memorize passwords helps, since you obviously have to memorize at least a couple of passwords (such as those for your personal system). I'd just argue that when you have dozens of sites you use (which you hopefully use different passwords on), you shouldn't try to memorize passwords for them all, just generate passwords and have your browser remember them.