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| Mad Scientists Science and Mathematics discussion-- theories, arguments, citations, proofs and pudding. |
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#1
 2008-11-30, 08:59
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peyotehawk 
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Photographic Memory
Anyone know anything about it?
Everyone have it, any theories, videos, etc...?
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#2
 2008-11-30, 09:20
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Mantikore 
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Re: Photographic Memory
wikipedia knows a lot
anyway i saw a documentary about it once where a guy who had a photographic memory was able to learn icelandic (apparently a really hard language) in a short period of time.
the problem was that all the stuff he sees sort of clutters his mind, and so he as to sort of "visualise forgetting useless memories"
lol i dunno
edit: after a bit of snooping, i found this
http://www.communitynewspapers.com/pinecrest/2008/091508/images/45.pdf
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#3
 2008-11-30, 19:18
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peyotehawk 
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Re: Photographic Memory
Sweet! That was helpful, thanks.
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#4
 2008-11-30, 19:30
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Utah: Mountains, Mormons, Meth
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Re: Photographic Memory
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Originally Posted by Mantikore
wikipedia knows a lot
anyway i saw a documentary about it once where a guy who had a photographic memory was able to learn icelandic (apparently a really hard language) in a short period of time.
the problem was that all the stuff he sees sort of clutters his mind, and so he as to sort of "visualise forgetting useless memories"
lol i dunno
edit: after a bit of snooping, i found this
http://www.communitynewspapers.com/pinecrest/2008/091508/images/45.pdf
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The guy was a savant. It's a documentary from the BBC.
I had a photographic memory when I was younger but now I actually need to study. One day I memorized all of the pokemon that there were in order. In a fucking day.
EDIT: Saw your link, might post a link to the documentary in a bit.
EDIT2: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=bbc+savant&emb=0&aq=f&aq=-1&oq=bbc+savan#
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#5
 2008-12-01, 00:34
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peyotehawk 
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Re: Photographic Memory
I think of photographic memory in a literal since, like I remember things by complete detailed photos.
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#6
 2008-12-01, 12:36
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Through the looking glass
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Re: Photographic Memory
This is not what usually comes to mind when you think of photographic memory, but definitely related: story of a woman with hypermnesia who remembers everything (http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,591972,00.html).
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#7
 2008-12-02, 03:19
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Re: Photographic Memory
I can only tell you what wiki tells me. Read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory
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