Comment by technothrasher
3 hours ago
> because he had a photographic memory and just so happened to leaf through a book containing a required proof
It makes for good rumours and TV show plots, but this sort of "photographic memory" has never been shown to actually exist.
>His photographic memory manifested itself early — he would amuse his parents’ friends by instantly memorizing pages of phone books on command.
https://medium.com/young-spurs/the-unsung-genius-of-john-von...
Huh, TIL [0]. Thanks. There are people who can perform extraordinary memory feats, but they're very rare and/or self-trained.
[0] https://skeptoid.com/episodes/542