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Nope. It was known that some could have perfect memory. I read in my childhood about man who remember everything. He worked as a reporter and never wrote down
by thesz 16y ago
Nope.
It was known that some could have perfect memory.
I read in my childhood about man who remember everything. He worked as a reporter and never wrote down any tasks editor gave him. That man told the editor that he won't forget and he did not forget anything, really. So editor send that man to psychologist who discover that he had perfect memory.
)the story was about 60-s or so)
The perfect rememberer had a mild case of synestesia, but he used it to his own advantage. He put so many hooks on anything that he couldn't forget even if he try. He remembers conversation by their content, sound, color, texture and taste (and much more). So every word has its own color, texture and taste, they make a web of them, much like labyrinth or city map.
When I need something I shouldn't forget, I also try to put as many markers as I could. It hepls sometimes. ;)
- tylerrooney 16y agoRadiolab (a podcast that any HN reader would love) did a piece once about a Russian who had perfect recall of his life and could also memorize endless lists of numbers and Dante's Inferno in Italian (and didn't speak Italian). Unfortunately, he eventually went mad because his brain couldn't make sense of all the interconnections. The podcast in question : http://www.radiolab.org/2010/apr/05/limits-of-the-mind/ http://www.radiolab.org/2010/apr/05/limits-of-the-mind/
- nerfhammer 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Shereshevskii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Shereshevskii