Wow. Eidetic memory is an amazing thing. Cannot not even suggest all ways it might be useful for this gifted one.
they tried to push him toward a phd, but resisting so far. he's pretty happy where he's at. it is odd to have a child so completely different from you. i have to close my eyes and try to picture the mail man
sounds about right. i have seen a number of children that were really talented like their parents though sort of like mud bloods and squibs, eh?
The one risk of a perfect memory is when someone becomes slow to synthesize a solution to a novel problem. Of course a lossy memory can lead to having to repeat debugging and redescovery of a previous Eureka moment. Bob Wilson