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Videographic Memory
Videographic Memory - February 5, 2010
I have an exceptionally fine memory, but it isn't quite photographic. I in no way can look at a blackboard and remember everything on it. I don't really want to brag in writing about this, because I want to make a different point altogether, but I do have a very visual memory, and by visualization I can remember things very well. Since it would be incorrect to describe it as photographic, I don't describe it that way. Instead, I made up the term "Videographic Memory". It's like photgraphic, but instead of the brain recording photos of events seen, it records videos of events as they occurred.
What I mean when I say I have a videographic memory is that my mind records pretty much every event that happens, but it doesn't necessarily record every detail and it doesn't record in high definition. So I can't, for example, recite the text out of the page of a book I've seen. Instead, I can recall how something occurred, but not necessarily the finer details of that event. This has been helpful to me as a writer, because I can take event from real life, and even though I can't remember all the details, I can use my creativity to create a fictional version of those details.
As I said, I'm not writing this to brag, but instead I'm talking about this, because if you know you are gifted in some area, but can't explain it using terms you know, then just make something up. The beauty of this is that no one can argue with you. No one can tell me I don't have a videographic memory, because I made it up. I know exactly what it means, and it describes me perfectly.
With this in mind, I do not suggest going around making up self declarations about yourself. There should be some reasoning behind a description you've made up. I do have an exceptionally fine memory, therefore I can make up some term to describe my memory. On the other hand, for example, someone who is not athletic, could not make up a term such as "recreationally innate", which implies athletic ability, and use it do describe their self. Some descriptions work, and some don't, so be careful when describing those attributes about yourself where you consider yourself gifted.
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I bring this up because I too possess an equivalent form of memory and visualization. For some time I thought I just might be crazy, until I learned of Tesla's ability. Now, it appears there is another soul on this planet who understands having a third person perspective from a first person memory; like watching a film.
This goes to show how little we actually understand about the capabilities, and potential of the human mind.
The word idiot is used to describe someone with diminished mental capacity, often used to indicate that one is making a fool of themselves. Despite the fact that Josh himself, has incredibly bad sentence structure, grammar, and spelling, I won't claim that he, himself, is an idiot, just yet.
Instead, I will say that Josh called me an idiot because he believes that I have no idea what I am talking about. He's wrong there. I stated in my post that I made up the term "Videographic Memory", which I did, and so, of course I know what I'm talking about because I made it up.
Josh claimed that videographic memory was already in existence before I made it up. He is wrong about that. I know of no popular term such as "videographic memory", in fact, currently, a Google search on the matter reveals my website first, and all other websites seem to be related to video card RAM. Hence, as far as pop culture is concerned, I am the authority on the subject.
It is possible that there exists a research paper that has been published in a scientific journal on such a matter, but if such exists, it has certainly not gained the popularity of my definition as provided in my post.
Josh did claim that his understanding of videographic memory was that it was frame by frame photographic memory. He was wrong. Photographic, or eidetic memory, doesn't necessarily mean photographs recorded in one's brain, it simply means the ability to remember things with very fine detail, including sounds, images, and senses. Hence, what Josh described as "frame by frame photographic memory, in full detail, not missing anything" falls under the accepted definition of photographic memory, and not something else.
Being that Josh was wrong on this account, and acted as if he was an expert, he has made himself look foolish and is, therefore, the idiot.
Now, onto the subject of moron. This term implies that he thinks I'm stupid. Once again, ignoring his bad grammar which clearly indicates his lack of education (and probable stupidity)... Oh hell, I will just say that by is bad grammar and unprovoked anger towards me, he probably is stupid, most likely a teenager, and, hence, he is a moron.
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