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#1 Nov 04 2007 at 6:56 AM Rating: Good
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This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few ... all » savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are convinced he may hold the key to unlocking similar abilities in everyone. He also meets the world’s most famous savant, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the Oscar winning film ‘Rain Man’.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662&hl=en



I would like to learn a language in a week....
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#2 Nov 04 2007 at 6:57 AM Rating: Decent
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but can he tie his own shoes?
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#3 Nov 04 2007 at 7:34 AM Rating: Excellent
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but can he tie his own shoes?


No, but he knows how long the laces are to the nearest 10 millionth of an inch.
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#4 Nov 04 2007 at 7:54 AM Rating: Good
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I watched this video on TV a while ago...
This guy quite literally learned Icelandic at a fluent level in 3 days. I don't know how, I don't know why, but it's amazing.
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#5 Nov 04 2007 at 8:01 AM Rating: Good
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This guy is wtfhax.
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#6 Nov 04 2007 at 8:05 AM Rating: Decent
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have seen that a few times. it was a discovery channel special. very impressive guy with a very talented way of dealing with math and language.
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#7 Nov 04 2007 at 8:21 AM Rating: Decent
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have seen that a few times. it was a discovery channel special. very impressive guy with a very talented way of dealing with math and language.


Seen it too awhile back.
Its cool how he had to "deal" with it growing up due to his family and not just be all 'blah'
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#8 Nov 04 2007 at 8:22 AM Rating: Decent
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[******************************** seen that a few times. it was a discovery channel special. very impressive guy with a very talented way of dealing with math and language.[/quote]

Seen it too awhile back.
Its cool how he had to "deal" with it growing up due to his family and not just be all 'blah'[/quote]

yeah true.
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#9 Nov 04 2007 at 9:40 AM Rating: Decent
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That's amazing. My mom met Kim Peak a few weeks ago... She said it was almost scary how he could just rattle off the most random of information.
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#10 Nov 04 2007 at 2:47 PM Rating: Decent
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There are some amazing people around.
Saw something a while back about a kid that had his eyes removed and can "see" by sonar. Clicks his tongue and reacts to the returning echoes like a bat.
Really odd seeing him riding a skateboard in and out of parked cars and playing ball.
Amazingly accurate too.

Funniest one was a guy with a 20 minute memory. He only owned one album. Would play it and forget the start of it by the time it finished. Put it on again and be all "Wow...this is great"

And I've always been a little jealous of the people with minds permanently like a six year old. They always have such a happy look on their faces.
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#11 Nov 04 2007 at 4:52 PM Rating: Decent
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revco wrote:
There are some amazing people around.
Saw something a while back about a kid that had his eyes removed and can "see" by sonar. Clicks his tongue and reacts to the returning echoes like a bat.
Really odd seeing him riding a skateboard in and out of parked cars and playing ball.
Amazingly accurate too.

Funniest one was a guy with a 20 minute memory. He only owned one album. Would play it and forget the start of it by the time it finished. Put it on again and be all "Wow...this is great"

And I've always been a little jealous of the people with minds permanently like a six year old. They always have such a happy look on their faces.


The sonar bit, and the bit about the 20 minute memory both sound fabricated to me. (And both sound like movies that have came out in the last 5 years).
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#12 Nov 04 2007 at 7:37 PM Rating: Decent
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TirithRR the Mundane wrote:
revco wrote:
There are some amazing people around.
Saw something a while back about a kid that had his eyes removed and can "see" by sonar. Clicks his tongue and reacts to the returning echoes like a bat.
Really odd seeing him riding a skateboard in and out of parked cars and playing ball.
Amazingly accurate too.

Funniest one was a guy with a 20 minute memory. He only owned one album. Would play it and forget the start of it by the time it finished. Put it on again and be all "Wow...this is great"

And I've always been a little jealous of the people with minds permanently like a six year old. They always have such a happy look on their faces.


The sonar bit, and the bit about the 20 minute memory both sound fabricated to me. (And both sound like movies that have came out in the last 5 years).


well, one was a comic book hero/villian kinda character gone movie(see: Daredevil)

but seriously? a language in a week O.o that's crazy
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Am I the only one who clicked on this thread expecting actual baby photos [of Jinte]? o.O

Except if it were baby photos, it would be like looking at before and afters of Michael Jackson. Only instead of turning into a white guy, he changes into a chick!
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