Kind of, but with a small and maybe important difference. Yes, the end result is the same 6 digits in one scene at one location. The difference is in how many “intentional elements” are needed to encode those. You have to intentionally consider and include three specific element details in your 2/2/2 PAO scene. I only have to intentionally consider and encode two with my 3/3 PO.
Now, with my scenes I always have some kind of action or interaction between/with the PO elements, so am I expending the same amount of effort as someone who uses a 2/2/2 PAO with the action as an intentional element?
I don’t think so…
I’ve been thinking about this a bit and it brings up a possibly interesting discussion topic related to the idea of “intentional elements” and “incidental details” within mnemonic scenes. I started to explore this HERE but there may be a chance to elaborate and think about it some more. I’ll start a new thread for it so as to give it some better visibility.