Originally Posted by Pru
I think that explains why the only people I've ever met who seemed impressively and universally intelligent to me all had a superior memory. I worked with one IT guy who had 40 certifications and remembered everything. He was a mellow guy, not intense or "giftie", but he just could remember everything.

I grew up with a guy like this. He memorized the dictonary and won the national spelling bee one year.

He was intense and quite different.