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I had no idea he did all his work on a big slate. His working memory must have been astoundingly good.
by nerdponx 4y ago
I had no idea he did all his work on a big slate. His working memory must have been astoundingly good.
- tshanmu 4y agoMaybe thats what made him what he was - working in an ephemeral medium forcing his working memory to adapt in ways that are conducive to doing mathematics? For a comparison on the other end our spatial memory structures in the brain have changed since widespread use of gps/mapping apps, apparently.
- linspace 4y agoShort term memory is very important for problem solving. Euler continued to work and publish mathematics after becoming blind