[stormhill]

It’s quite an incredible ability to have.

This is the mistake everyone makes; it's not an ability, it's a diagnosis. I even heard Rush refer to Ted Cruz as having an eidetic memory.

Actually, only children suffer from this and the report of an eidetic memory is delivered to the parents of an afflicted child with the exuberance reserved for terminal cancer or the like: "We're sorry Mrs. Jones to report your poor child has an eidetic memory." The victim, always a child, is destined to a miserable life ending in dementia by adolescence since the inevitable point will be reached where they will be unable to function at all as the entirety of their brain will be occupied by useless memories.

[oldasrocks]

I lost 10 days once when I was in a coma.

My wife remembers everything I’ve done wrong in the last 45 years and we’ve only known each other for 20.

[hawaiianninja]

I'm not a doctor, but the fact that they are "able" to do what they do, in my opinion, makes it their "ability"... even if it is due to a certain "abnormality" in the brain.

I also reserve to be more hopeful, like the professor in the video segment, as well as the 2 of the 3 ladies featured. Their "diagnosis" may lead to a better understanding hopefully to improve the lives of people.