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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by copperx on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:28PM (#14641602)
I really doubt it's feasible to memorize it in a single hearing without paraphrasing. The human brain couldn't have been different a few millennia ago, and we know that the greeks used the same memorization techniques we use today (e.g., the memory palace, chunking, ...).
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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:50AM (#14643468)
We also see in history specific people tasked with recitation, and high status coming through that ability. Suggesting it's a rare and learned characteristic.
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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by majewsky on Thursday June 29, 2017 @07:46AM (#14662419)
Nitpick: That only suggests that this ability is rare, not that it is learned. (Not saying it is purely talent; everything I know about the brain suggests otherwise. But not just the historical evidence.)
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