Having a large pool of specific info on effective recall is a sign of mental health and quite useful. I’ve noticed various successful and charismatic commentators appearing to have talent in this area. It’s possible that as well as being a sign of health it buffers brain abilities generally, that modern recall-augmenting tools will atrophy the native facility. It seems you can IQ test pretty high as long as you’re capable of remembering what words mean but otherwise aren’t guaranteed to have exceptional long-term memory capacity.
Having a large pool of specific info on effective recall is a sign of mental health and quite useful. I’ve noticed various successful and charismatic commentators appearing to have talent in this area. It’s possible that as well as being a sign of health it buffers brain abilities generally, that modern recall-augmenting tools will atrophy the native facility. It seems you can IQ test pretty high as long as you’re capable of remembering what words mean but otherwise aren’t guaranteed to have exceptional long-term memory capacity.