Had a classmate at USNA with photo memory.
He’d read the book the nite before a test and then write down the applicable examples in the text book substituting in the “new” information during the test.
The only problem he usually had is when he was asked to work something he hadn’t seen on the blackboard and actually think for a change.
The only problem he usually had is when he was asked to work something he hadn’t seen on the blackboard and actually think for a change.
That’s interesting, my friend with the memory was not exceptional at the technical problems of our work.
He’s not extraordinary. My two daughters and I have similar abilities. Many people do. I can read a book or magazine and parrot it back weeks or months later, even down to citing page numbers and paragraphs. I did this in Federal Court by citing from memory testimony from our opponent’s 85 page deposition about 4 hours after first reading it. I even told the opposing attorney what page their client’s information was on.
Don’t ask me how it works; I don’t know; I only know that it gives me an advantage, sometimes.
Also, it’s a problem. I cannot tell if something is mine or something I read years ago. I tried writing a novel about 20 years back, only to discover that what I put on paper was from a book I read in high school, 75 pages worth, word for word.
It did help in college, though. 4 engineering degrees over 8 years and I never got less than an “A”. Not hard if you can picture the textbook pages in front of you during exams.