If you are in the intelligence chapter, here's a resource. Around 23
minutes the video shows a meeting between Kim Peek, the inspiration for
Rainman, and Daniel Tammet. I did not watch the following portion whieh
takes Daniel to Las Vegas.
Sandy
Rick Stevens wrote:
I recorded this show and show it sometimes in class. His '22,500'
places of pi is billed as a memory event but I have wondered if he was
not 'just' calculating as he went along. Chao Lu may still hold the
record at 67,890 places.
I found his meeting with Kim Peek to be interesting, too.
RS
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Christopher D. Green <chri...@yorku.ca
<mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>> wrote:
See this film about a "savant" in England who can recite pi to
22,500 places, do extraordinary math problems in his head, and
learn new languages in about a week.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662
He has Asperger's, but unlike most savants, he is quite high
functioning interpersonally.
There is more information about him here:
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/01/inside_the_mind_of_a.html
Chris
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