Daniel Tammet, Savant

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Have you heard of the brainman?

An extraordinary British person with extraordinary gifts...

What do you think of this ability... savant?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html

I hope the link works if not, do a search on the internet for "Daniel Tammet".

I think I have seen the face of God.

Please do not turn this post into a discussion about alternative lifestyles.
I would rather hear what you think about this ability with numbers and SUPER human memory.

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http://media.science.discovery.com/convergence/brainman/videogallery/videogallery.html

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The Greeks talk of savant in Atlantis.

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Cool article.

It sounds almost like synesthesia the way he sees the numbers as movement or color.

The brain is really the most amazing thing in the world.

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I was in a band once where the lead singer knew the lyrics to over a thousand songs. You just had to tell him your phone number once and he had it memorized. He said he did it by using shapes and colors.

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panzade wrote:

I was in a band once where the lead singer knew the lyrics to over a thousand songs. You just had to tell him your phone number once and he had it memorized. He said he did it by using shapes and colors.

I know the lyrics to over a thousand songs too. I used to be booked as that (the man who knows a thousand songs) but remember a phone number forget it. Only If you sing it to me... hehe

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I know the lyrics to more than a thousand songs. Unfortunately, most of those songs are classical and therefore have no lyrics... but that's not the point. Smile

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Vengoropatubus wrote:

I know the lyrics to more than a thousand songs. Unfortunately, most of those songs are classical and therefore have no lyrics... but that's not the point.

I think all music has unsung lyrics Smile

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEGTH1TqCck&mode=related&search=

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That was really fascinating...it's like these magical powers are inside of us all but we just don't know how to access them. It's especially amazing to me how his brain has worked out this method of communicating the answers to his consciousness through shapes and colors.

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Here Rex comes up with a truly interesting subject for a thread, and then throws in that crap about Atlantis.

Oh well, i shouldn't be surprised.

Tammet is a fascinating individual.

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@Setanta,

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Here Rex comes up with a truly interesting subject for a thread, and then throws in that crap about Atlantis.

I half agree... is not Zion also a place theorized about but seemingly never found? Do you hold the same distaste for that "myth"? Do you have anything against dreams and fantasy? Fantasy sometimes can make a sad reality more palatable. Smile

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