Photographic Memory
But of all the students I have polled who are in the top 5% - they all claim to have a photographic memory. Maybe they do not actually have photographic memories; perhaps their claim is only a sign of their inflated egos and over-confidence, and thus their belief that they possess everything. Who knows.
I don’t buy it. A photographic memory is a nice theory, but the odds of 5% of law students having a photographic memory is pretty low. As Wikipedia tells us, true photographic memory can often be confused with a real good memory.
I think the raw talent portion of astronomical law school success has more to do with reading speed and recall than the ability to photograph those pages. If House were a great law student, his attention to detail would be helpful, but his ability to make those synaptic leaps would make him a juggernaut.
