# Thoughts on the possibility of perfect literary recall?

**URL:** <https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/thoughts-on-the-possibility-of-perfect-literary-recall/31862>\
**Category:** Memorizing Poetry, Speeches, Books\
**Tags:** verbatim-text\
**Created:** [July 17, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/thoughts-on-the-possibility-of-perfect-literary-recall/31862 "2016-07-17T23:50:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/thoughts-on-the-possibility-of-perfect-literary-recall/31862/2 "2016-08-13T06:54:00Z")

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Sorry, I didn’t see your post until now. There is a discussion about that over here: [Regular girl can PERMANENTLY remember books VERBATIM in one reading](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/regular-girl-can-permanently-remember-books-verbatim-in-one-reading/31898)

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> I tend to be skeptical of these claims, but who knows?
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> I sent this thread to a professor who specializes in memory research (actually, the guy who discovered HSAM), but he dismissed it outright, saying that it was impossible.

I am highly skeptical too. There needs to be more solid evidence. Until someone can perform this kind of feat under proper testing conditions, I will remain skeptical. There is a lot of prize money available (e.g., [competitions](https://artofmemory.com/competitions/)) for anyone who can prove that they have [photographic memory](https://artofmemory.com/blog/eidetic-memory/).

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