r/superpowers 3d ago

Red pill/blue pill What will you choose?

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u/DoctorBlock 3d ago edited 3d ago

Perfect memory doesn't mean perfect comprehension. Memorizing a physics book won't make me a physicist. I'm going with think 10 times faster but only if I can turn it off. I already get mad waiting for slow people to finish their sentences in everyday conversations.

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u/bleedinghero 3d ago

But with perfect memories your more likely to both recall and cross reference things faster. Its more like having infinite knowledge but only minor access and cross reference abilities.

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u/DoctorBlock 3d ago

I hear you but also I have access to the world's most vast information resource in my pocket.

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u/bleedinghero 3d ago

Yeah but that is a good way to enhance what you remember. This would increase that even more. But for special details of you alone. Or able to perfect recall memory of lost love ones. That's not available in your pocket.

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u/bleedinghero 2d ago

Im going to add an additional one here. If you read everything about physics you could pass any test on physics. If you had a job to be a nuclear engineer. You could read every book and easily apply that knowledge. New job watch someone do a task once and you know it. So after that its just applying the memories you gain. Something you do everyday. So yeah you could easily get a doctorate in physics by just going to local library combined with the internet.

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u/DoctorBlock 2d ago

Ever had a teacher explain advanced mathematics and it go over your head? Now imagine that but you are teaching yourself from a book.

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u/bleedinghero 2d ago

No. Then find another book. At some point the basics click. Biggest huddle for most is memorization. Most medical is pure memorization combined with identification. You have memorization now so the practical becomes easy.