Archive for March 5th, 2011

Hacking Memory: A Lesson from the World Memory Championships

. I asked Ed Cooke, a competitor from England… when he first realized he was a savant. “Oh, I’m not a savant,” he said, chuckling. “Photographic memory?” I asked. He chuckled again. “Photographic memory is a detestable myth. Doesn’t exist. In fact, my memory is quite average. All of us here have average memories.” “What [...]