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Everyone grew up knowing that kid in school who could take one look at a page and instantly capture the entirety of it's contents. When the test came around, they could just reach into that moment of time in their brain and come out with the answer.
That's not fair.
Sure, life's not fair, but we can all agree this skill would come in handy with almost anything; remembering names, faces, and even my mom's birthday.
There's an argument that this is just an example of having a high IQ, that being able to easily recall information without extensive studying is how we separate those with bigger, better working brains. That may be true, but that doesn't change the fact that this is clearly cheating.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/380694974722117970/
Take the image above for example. This is Stephen Wiltshire, he is drawing the Manhattan skyline from memory after one fly-by in a helicopter.
I'd go as far to say this is one of the most remarkable feats a human can pull off. Not only is he able to recall every detail of an entire city after one viewing, he is doing it with ease. This puts things into perspective when I look back at my time in school, barely able to remember the date to put on my test.
While it's true that the notion of a photographic memory has never been scientifically proven, it goes without saying that there is a feature in the human brain that allows massive amounts of information to be instantly absorbed and stored for recollection at a moment's notice. It's this feature that provokes my own brain; why can't everyone tap into this skill?
Can it be learned? Can anyone train their brain to become a camera that takes snapshots of whatever they may need to tap in to at a later point?
I can tell you one thing; I'll never find out. My brain starts to smoke after trying to remember my own phone number.