Daniel Tammet - 27 year old genius savant
MAY 11, 2008 - Posted by Ben
I posted about this some time ago, but we were talking about it last night at dinner, so I thought I'd re-post it.
Daniel Tammet is a 27 year old (maybe 28 by now) savant. He's different from most savants in that he doesn't really show any signs of mental disability. And he can actually relay his thought process, and how he does what he does.
I won't go into much great detail about the things he does, but you must watch these videos. There are several video clips on the page, and I suggest you watch them all.
Amazing.
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May 11, 2008 - Ben said:
Here's a clip of David Letterman interviewing Daniel from 2005.
May 11, 2008 - Jake said:
That's fascinating! Even after we talked about it, I didn't expect to see someone with both a savant's skills and an ability to socially interact with the outside world.
May 20, 2008 - Jake said:
Apparently, nobody else found this interesting lol. Maybe they'll find an upcoming NASA milestone interesting?
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main
May 20, 2008 - Ben said:
Now Jason, the off-topic police have warned you about this before...I can't control what they do anymore. It's out of my hands...
:P
May 20, 2008 - Jake said:
But I made a nice segue & even asked for permission...sir! :)
May 22, 2008 - MamaChristy said:
I thought this was very interesting actually. I'll have to check out the David Letterman clip...
May 22, 2008 - Ben said:
And Jason, if you're going to put URLs in the comments, you should make then clickable. It's ok to write HTML in the comments box :)
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