Do any of you have photographic memory and how does it help in general with life/job

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I claim I do. Then, people I meet spend time and energy trying to catch me in my lie.

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I remember enough text visually to help me find it- either by position/location or by search features for specific text. My dad has it and in his younger years never had to take notes as he would remember things in meetings.

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Photographic memory is a TV trope, it’s not real

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It’s real. Real autistic.
Got a little bit of spectrum. Can see my notes on the page. Describe exactly where something is. Read decks and quotes from my head verbatim.
Weird stuff. Doesn’t mean it’s learned. Neat party trick at times. Eidetic memory isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Supposedly you can do some of it with memory palace techniques (comes from ancient orators, not Sherlock)
It helps me in life, and sort of with job. I wouldn’t say it got me here, but I’m not sure since I’ve never had it. I wouldn’t say it categorically makes me better though.

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Well we all know that IBM 1 is just jealous of those of us with the talent

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I can retain a very large amount of information I read and comprehend it quickly. Unlike cramming for a test, I tend to retain 90% of it all. Definitely helpful when the partner claims you're an expert in a niche technology and you have to read a 2k page admin guide in two days because of it.

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I have a photographic memory, but I lost it. So does my buddy, but I forgot his name.

Ok guys you made your points

If they say they do, they lie

My dad does. He’s retired now but if you ask him a question from the textbooks in college, he can picture the paragraph on the page of his med school text books.
It’s helped him be really successful and catch small barely noticeable things that other doctors miss

Not photographic, but the audio/olfactory equivalent. It’s helpful and harmful in equal measure.

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