Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

@Shannon I also had 2 questions if you had the time. (1) Did you get to looking into a genetic component for MLS primarily for the IQ side of the sub? Is it likely to be included if so?

Not yet.

(2) Even though you said there wasn't much else to add is there a chance that a photographic memory component could be added? I ask since that was another sub in the list that got a few amount of votes so it might catch the interest of people who wanted that as well. So 2 birds with one stone I guess. As a side note I did realize as well when I thought about it earlier that one other good addition if photographic memory can work is "Audiographic memory":

"The ability to recite, mimic, or repeat sounds, music, gossip, lyrics, tunes, and other sensations captured through hearing, rather efficiently. The term audiographic memory is not an actual word. The correct terminology is Eidetic memory.
Basically you can hear things only once or twice, and you're able to repeat."

I thought this would be fantastic for people for example who need to learn another language. There are some languages, mainly Asian ones, that rely on tones which can make the same word mean something totally different. The Photographic would make it so getting the written part down would be very easy and the eidetic would make it so that pronunciation and understanding would be very attainable. Also perhaps if these are able to work out in MLS then they might be great additions to any language focused subs you might make in the future.

Just thought I would point out this idea seeing as it seems like it would be very valuable and possibly a good selling point.

Both of these components are already in place.