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Re:What’s it like living with a phenomenal memory and can it... by bryan0 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @11:05PM (#28185948)
> Woolmer was inspired by Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, which suggests brain training, rather than naturally gifted people, account for most USA Memory Championship finalists.

This is an incredible book which changed my opinion on how a “photographic memory” works.

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Re:What’s it like living with a phenomenal memory and can it... by jamesash on Sunday August 15, 2021 @01:17AM (#28186433)
Indeed. My friends thought I was exceptionally smart to be able to recite a list of 875 north american bird species from memory, when in fact I'd just put in a lot of work building memory palaces. The book demystified a lot.
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