It's kind of strange that the drell aren't more advanced/more of a power. I can only assume that the resource-poor Rakhana had a lot of effect on their development. And the loss of most of their population likely didn't help either. Salarians have eidetic memories as well, and they're acknowledged to be the technical experts of the galaxy. Drell, with their longer lives (when not subjected to Kepral's) theoretically could surpass the salarians once they are up to speed in current galactic technology.
Learning would be so different for an entire race of people with eidetic memories. Most of our educational system is based off of rote memorization, so cutting that part out would save us *years* in our childhoods. We could literally skip all those tedius classes and concentrate on advancing knowledge instead of learning what has happened before.
Reading itself would be so much faster, imo, because you can glance at a page for just a moment, and always be able to recall the words.
History classes would be almost irrelevant since a single recitation/course could cover the entire past of the galaxy.
The only obstacle I can think of would be the comprehension and application aspects of technological advancement. Like how we can *memorize* a math equation, but we still need to be able to figure out how to apply it in relevant, real-world situations.
Photographic memory has always fascinated me, apologies for running on!
Modifié par RShara, 02 août 2010 - 03:41 .