There was a professor of biology at USU who had perfect auditory memory. At faculty meetings they could ask him what was discussed several years ago, and he could repeat the conversations word for word.
And from the “How DARE You (Make Us Look Bad)” File:
(Actually, that should be the “How DARE You SEEK THE TRUTH (and Make Us Look Bad)” File…which may as well be the entire Democratic Party CREDO in a nutshell….)
Great video. I was wondering about the details of the negative experiences with such perfect recall. They did cover that a bit at the end.
I’ve noticed personally that when there have been a flurry of things going on in my life over an extended period, my recall of all of it is worse than during more calm times. So then I imagine a more mechanistic or computer like function of my mind. There’s only so much memory and new ones push out the old. (Of course, important old memories stick.) But this story suggests that the capacity of some people is nearly limitless.
I’ve been keeping a journal for a few years. Sometimes I write in it on the day of…, but as I’ve been getting a little more lax, I sometimes let a whole week go by before writing. Recalling what happened 5 or 6 days ago is somewhat challenging. Though being moderately active on the smartphone definitely helps recover events.
I wonder if these perfect memory folks have total recall about all the books they have read , including text / science / math books as well as total recall of lectures?
One of my classmates in engineering school had total recall of everything he read, including math/science/engineering textbooks, but it would only last for a few days.
The day before an exam he would study the textbook, and the next day he would take the exam. He told me that during the exam, in his head, he could turn the page of the textbook and “see” the relevant page(s) / sections that addressed the test question to be solved.
In effect, EVERY exam he took was an “open book” test.
It’s hard to imagine that total recall, as shown in the video, is a “burden,” as expressed by Jill Price in the video.
Goes to show, that what you do with a “gift,” is a life choice you can make.
Sort of like winning 500 million $$$$ in Powerball. You can live very well and very happily, or you can become miserable.
Your choice.
Barry Meislin, they’re still anti-white, they’re just also tolerant of black slavery in northern and north-central Africa.
There was a tv show called Unforgettable where the main character was a detective who had hyperthymesia. One of the consultants on the show was Marilu Henner.
I liked the movie Johnny Dangerously as a screwball comedy. Had Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Joe Piscopo and Marilu Henner in it. I thought Henner looked lovely in it, but then, I always had a thing for redheads.
@JohnTyler: I wonder if these perfect memory folks have total recall about all the books they have read , including text / science / math books as well as total recall of lectures?
That was John von Neumann’s reputation:
_____________________________
According to Herman Goldstine, the mathematician John von Neumann was able to recall from memory every book he had ever read.
Von Neumann was about as superhuman as humans get.
JohnTyler,
I could do something similar, which comes in handy, but it resulted in my generally “cramming” for most exams in High School and College. I also have a decent long term memory, so if I studied throughout the semester I’d do fine on tests, but it was better use of my time to “cram” the study hours into a day or two prior to the test.
I had a good friend who went to Med school and I asked her how it was going. “Easy,” she replied. “Easy?!” I asked. “Med school is supposed to be one of the most difficult academic environments there is.” She answered, “Oh, I can instantly memorize everything on a page when I see it, and recall it later. The first couple years of Med school are mostly memorization, so it’s easy for me.” I had known her for about 7 years and didn’t know that about her, up until that point.
As most people do for scents, I have a very good memory for remembering where I was when I heard something, and am pretty good at reciting conversations back to people. Also, if I read a book and you recite a passage to me later I can typically recall about where that text was on the page and what side of the book (left or right page).
I have a terrible memory for locations, directions, furnishings… My wife and I were just at a store shopping for a frame for some art I bought her for Christmas. She mentioned the room she wants to hang it in, a room in our home, and I had no idea what color the walls are in that room. And, it’s possible I painted them!
I’m bad with locations and directions, especially stores. I don’t know which store is in which strip center, or on which street. Even stores I’ve been in dozens of times. I get lost frequently, especially when driving. I do better when cycling, running or walking, but still sometimes get lost doing those activities. I learned early on to take careful note of the put in and landmarks when kayaking, canoeing or sailing because I have struggled finding my way back to port more than once.
99 times out of 100, when I walk out of a store I have absolutely no idea where my car is.
I’d heard a few things about von Neumann including his ability to do extensive math solutions in his head. His Wiki page is huge. What a powerhouse!
According to Ulam, von Neumann surprised physicists by doing dimensional estimates and algebraic computations in his head with fluency Ulam likened to blindfold chess. His impression was that von Neumann analyzed physical situations by abstract logical deduction rather than concrete visualization.[376]
– – – – – Eidetic memory
Von Neumann was also noted for his eidetic memory, particularly of the symbolic kind. Herman Goldstine writes:
One of his remarkable abilities was his power of absolute recall. As far as I could tell, von Neumann was able on once reading a book or article to quote it back verbatim; moreover, he could do it years later without hesitation. He could also translate it at no diminution in speed from its original language into English. On one occasion I tested his ability by asking him to tell me how A Tale of Two Cities started. Whereupon, without any pause, he immediately began to recite the first chapter and continued until asked to stop after about ten or fifteen minutes.[379]
Von Neumann was reportedly able to memorize the pages of telephone directories. He entertained friends by asking them to randomly call out page numbers; he then recited the names, addresses and numbers therein.[27][380] Stanis?aw Ulam believed that von Neumann’s memory was auditory rather than visual.[381]
Mathematical quickness
Von Neumann’s mathematical fluency, calculation speed, and general problem-solving ability were widely noted by his peers. Paul Halmos called his speed “awe-inspiring.”[382] Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim described him as the “fastest mind I ever met”.[383] Enrico Fermi told physicist Herbert L. Anderson: “You know, Herb, Johnny can do calculations in his head ten times as fast as I can! And I can do them ten times as fast as you can, Herb, so you can see how impressive Johnny is!”[384] Edward Teller admitted that he “never could keep up with him”,[385] and Israel Halperin described trying to keep up as like riding a “tricycle chasing a racing car.”[386]
RTF, pair your phone to your car, and if you can’t find it, go to Maps (Google or iPhone, depending on your phone) and Find My Car. I need it.
TommyJay@4:28pm,
That is astounding!
The boss is a sometimes (frequent?) listener to the All In podcast (at hyper speed, no doubt). I think many of you would appreciate last Wednesday’s addition. The title begins with “Massive Somali fraud in Minnesota.”
The first 25 minutes, or so, are an interview with Nick Shirley, the youtuber who did the video expose of Somali daycare centers that went viral last week. It’s an interesting interview, if you haven’t heard Nick Shirley speak, but most of you likely know most of the information in it.
In the conversation afterwards the All In group discuss possible repercussions at the state and federal level, potential impact to the economy, opinions on how wide spread tax fraud is in the U.S., positive and negative future scenarios and wide spread economic impacts, especially to bond markets. I think many here would find it interesting. They insist that if fraud is significant investors will pull back from bonds, regardless of their politics, due to risk of state default.
Rufus T. Firefly:
If the investors pull back from the bond market the press will insist President Trump and the evil white nationalists are to blame for the economic fall out.
Never let a (democrat/leftist-caused) crisis go to waste.
Having spent 14 years as a road deputy, I am glad there things I don’t remember clearly.
I’m hearing a lot of noise about more strikes on Venezuela. That US aviation has hit a bunch of military and political targets in and around Caracas. I would like to hope this works, but combat is always a gamble and god knows a lot of the regime and some of its patrons will not let it go easily. This could be big.
While we have all been discussing socialists and other parasites of the body politic, it appears that President Trump had other business on his mind.
(Turtler beat me to the scoop while I was writing another comment.)
The connection could be this, from the first link:
UPDATE: So, this wasn’t an Operation Southern Spear mission. It was allegedly done to cripple Hezbollah and Iran’s activities in the region. This is unconfirmed.
NOW – Fox News pundit says the unconfirmed U.S. invasion of Venezuela is for national security against Hezbollah and Iran, as well as Russia and China. pic.twitter.com/nYBsX0Nwti
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 3, 2026
UPDATE II: No confirmation from the Trump administration yet. Reuters reports that troops are on the ground.
The 72-hour rule is now ticking.
Tomorrow’s news reports should be interesting.
This morning the U.S. reportedly has Maduro in custody, to stand trial in the U.S. on, presumably, drug charges.
I believe there is a very active opposition in Venezuela which should be poised to take charge promptly.
VENEZUELA’S MADURO HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE US, President Trump tweeted in the early morning hours of Saturday January 3rd at Truth Social.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement.” https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2026-01-03_05-13-53_1.png?itok=KdprhFr9
In late 2025, Trump reportedly gave Maduro an ultimatum via phone: resign immediately, and Trump would offer safe passage for Maduro, his wife, and son, but Maduro refused, demanding amnesty and control over the military, which the U.S. rejected.
I listened to a twenty-minute phone call from Trump to Fox News this morning (9-9:30 hour). He watched it live from the secure room at Mar-a-Lago. This was long planned and trained for, including a mock-up of Maduro’s safe house for practice by special forces. (Which exact unit was not revealed.) They had wanted to go four days ago but had to wait for weather to clear. Maduro had been offered, by phone a week ago, safe passage for himself and his family but he refused. His drug and weapons indictment is in New York and that’s where he’s headed, aboard the Iwo Jima, to which he was carried by helicopter. Trump said all equipment was returned to U.S. ships, but one helicopter was hit, with injuries. He thinks no U.S. fatalities.
Ran across this interesting Youtube channel about a 70 year old self-sufficient homesteader in Vermont, who does everything on her Harken Farm the old fashioned, 1850s, labor intensive way.*
She looks like the real deal, and it’s a hell of a lot of exhausting work, especially, I’d imagine, at her age.
There was a professor of biology at USU who had perfect auditory memory. At faculty meetings they could ask him what was discussed several years ago, and he could repeat the conversations word for word.
And from the “How DARE You (Make Us Look Bad)” File:
“Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists To Stop Investigating Somali Daycares Or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/washington-state-ag-warns-citizen-journalists-stop-investigating-somali-daycares-or-face
(Actually, that should be the “How DARE You SEEK THE TRUTH (and Make Us Look Bad)” File…which may as well be the entire Democratic Party CREDO in a nutshell….)
+ Bonus (Boni?):
“Jack Smith Undermined Testimony Of J6 Committee’s Star Witness”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jack-smith-undermined-testimony-j6-committees-star-witness
“MSM Panics After Nick Shirley Bombshell As CBS Pledges To Start Reporting Real News”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/msm-panics-after-nick-shirley-bombshell-cbs-pledges-start-reporting-real-news
And some good news (I guess):
The Republic(?) of South Africa can no longer be categorized as (anti-White) “Racist”…
“A South African Betrayal”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22168/south-africa-sudan-slavery
Great video. I was wondering about the details of the negative experiences with such perfect recall. They did cover that a bit at the end.
I’ve noticed personally that when there have been a flurry of things going on in my life over an extended period, my recall of all of it is worse than during more calm times. So then I imagine a more mechanistic or computer like function of my mind. There’s only so much memory and new ones push out the old. (Of course, important old memories stick.) But this story suggests that the capacity of some people is nearly limitless.
I’ve been keeping a journal for a few years. Sometimes I write in it on the day of…, but as I’ve been getting a little more lax, I sometimes let a whole week go by before writing. Recalling what happened 5 or 6 days ago is somewhat challenging. Though being moderately active on the smartphone definitely helps recover events.
I wonder if these perfect memory folks have total recall about all the books they have read , including text / science / math books as well as total recall of lectures?
One of my classmates in engineering school had total recall of everything he read, including math/science/engineering textbooks, but it would only last for a few days.
The day before an exam he would study the textbook, and the next day he would take the exam. He told me that during the exam, in his head, he could turn the page of the textbook and “see” the relevant page(s) / sections that addressed the test question to be solved.
In effect, EVERY exam he took was an “open book” test.
It’s hard to imagine that total recall, as shown in the video, is a “burden,” as expressed by Jill Price in the video.
Goes to show, that what you do with a “gift,” is a life choice you can make.
Sort of like winning 500 million $$$$ in Powerball. You can live very well and very happily, or you can become miserable.
Your choice.
Barry Meislin, they’re still anti-white, they’re just also tolerant of black slavery in northern and north-central Africa.
There was a tv show called Unforgettable where the main character was a detective who had hyperthymesia. One of the consultants on the show was Marilu Henner.
I liked the movie Johnny Dangerously as a screwball comedy. Had Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Joe Piscopo and Marilu Henner in it. I thought Henner looked lovely in it, but then, I always had a thing for redheads.
@JohnTyler: I wonder if these perfect memory folks have total recall about all the books they have read , including text / science / math books as well as total recall of lectures?
That was John von Neumann’s reputation:
_____________________________
According to Herman Goldstine, the mathematician John von Neumann was able to recall from memory every book he had ever read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory#Prevalence
_____________________________
Von Neumann was about as superhuman as humans get.
JohnTyler,
I could do something similar, which comes in handy, but it resulted in my generally “cramming” for most exams in High School and College. I also have a decent long term memory, so if I studied throughout the semester I’d do fine on tests, but it was better use of my time to “cram” the study hours into a day or two prior to the test.
I had a good friend who went to Med school and I asked her how it was going. “Easy,” she replied. “Easy?!” I asked. “Med school is supposed to be one of the most difficult academic environments there is.” She answered, “Oh, I can instantly memorize everything on a page when I see it, and recall it later. The first couple years of Med school are mostly memorization, so it’s easy for me.” I had known her for about 7 years and didn’t know that about her, up until that point.
As most people do for scents, I have a very good memory for remembering where I was when I heard something, and am pretty good at reciting conversations back to people. Also, if I read a book and you recite a passage to me later I can typically recall about where that text was on the page and what side of the book (left or right page).
I have a terrible memory for locations, directions, furnishings… My wife and I were just at a store shopping for a frame for some art I bought her for Christmas. She mentioned the room she wants to hang it in, a room in our home, and I had no idea what color the walls are in that room. And, it’s possible I painted them!
I’m bad with locations and directions, especially stores. I don’t know which store is in which strip center, or on which street. Even stores I’ve been in dozens of times. I get lost frequently, especially when driving. I do better when cycling, running or walking, but still sometimes get lost doing those activities. I learned early on to take careful note of the put in and landmarks when kayaking, canoeing or sailing because I have struggled finding my way back to port more than once.
99 times out of 100, when I walk out of a store I have absolutely no idea where my car is.
I’d heard a few things about von Neumann including his ability to do extensive math solutions in his head. His Wiki page is huge. What a powerhouse!
RTF, pair your phone to your car, and if you can’t find it, go to Maps (Google or iPhone, depending on your phone) and Find My Car. I need it.
TommyJay@4:28pm,
That is astounding!
The boss is a sometimes (frequent?) listener to the All In podcast (at hyper speed, no doubt). I think many of you would appreciate last Wednesday’s addition. The title begins with “Massive Somali fraud in Minnesota.”
The first 25 minutes, or so, are an interview with Nick Shirley, the youtuber who did the video expose of Somali daycare centers that went viral last week. It’s an interesting interview, if you haven’t heard Nick Shirley speak, but most of you likely know most of the information in it.
In the conversation afterwards the All In group discuss possible repercussions at the state and federal level, potential impact to the economy, opinions on how wide spread tax fraud is in the U.S., positive and negative future scenarios and wide spread economic impacts, especially to bond markets. I think many here would find it interesting. They insist that if fraud is significant investors will pull back from bonds, regardless of their politics, due to risk of state default.
Rufus T. Firefly:
If the investors pull back from the bond market the press will insist President Trump and the evil white nationalists are to blame for the economic fall out.
Never let a (democrat/leftist-caused) crisis go to waste.
Having spent 14 years as a road deputy, I am glad there things I don’t remember clearly.
I’m hearing a lot of noise about more strikes on Venezuela. That US aviation has hit a bunch of military and political targets in and around Caracas. I would like to hope this works, but combat is always a gamble and god knows a lot of the regime and some of its patrons will not let it go easily. This could be big.
While we have all been discussing socialists and other parasites of the body politic, it appears that President Trump had other business on his mind.
(Turtler beat me to the scoop while I was writing another comment.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/01/03/something-serious-is-happening-in-venezuela-right-now-n2668805
Might have something to do with his warnings to Iran’s leaders about how they handle their protests.
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/01/02/president-trump-vows-us-intervention-if-iran-kills-peaceful-demonstrators-locked-and-loaded-n2197686
The connection could be this, from the first link:
The 72-hour rule is now ticking.
Tomorrow’s news reports should be interesting.
This morning the U.S. reportedly has Maduro in custody, to stand trial in the U.S. on, presumably, drug charges.
I believe there is a very active opposition in Venezuela which should be poised to take charge promptly.
VENEZUELA’S MADURO HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE US, President Trump tweeted in the early morning hours of Saturday January 3rd at Truth Social.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement.”
https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2026-01-03_05-13-53_1.png?itok=KdprhFr9
In late 2025, Trump reportedly gave Maduro an ultimatum via phone: resign immediately, and Trump would offer safe passage for Maduro, his wife, and son, but Maduro refused, demanding amnesty and control over the military, which the U.S. rejected.
BREAKING story.
Zerohedge has a news roundup, especially video from the US strikes in the capital Caracas via X.com posts, HERE https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-forces-strike-venezuela-trump-reveals-maduro-has-been-captured
ONE VERY LONG AND UPDATED post on Venezuela News at Instapundit HERE:
https://instapundit.com/766560/
I listened to a twenty-minute phone call from Trump to Fox News this morning (9-9:30 hour). He watched it live from the secure room at Mar-a-Lago. This was long planned and trained for, including a mock-up of Maduro’s safe house for practice by special forces. (Which exact unit was not revealed.) They had wanted to go four days ago but had to wait for weather to clear. Maduro had been offered, by phone a week ago, safe passage for himself and his family but he refused. His drug and weapons indictment is in New York and that’s where he’s headed, aboard the Iwo Jima, to which he was carried by helicopter. Trump said all equipment was returned to U.S. ships, but one helicopter was hit, with injuries. He thinks no U.S. fatalities.
Ran across this interesting Youtube channel about a 70 year old self-sufficient homesteader in Vermont, who does everything on her Harken Farm the old fashioned, 1850s, labor intensive way.*
She looks like the real deal, and it’s a hell of a lot of exhausting work, especially, I’d imagine, at her age.
* See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAy9ioMd8cs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxvkAA4SKTc