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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

I never really thought about it, but 19th century novels etc just refer to "excellent" or "exceedingly keen" memory. Like it was part of the memory recall continuum. Eidetic and photographic make it a category difference, like it's a different thing than the regular memory continuum.