Lazarus
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Anyone see the TV program on ITV regarding the savant Daniel Tammet ?
Cant remember the program title, but this guy was extraordinary.
He memorised pi to 22,514 places.
He can speak 7 languages and is devising his own language.
One of the challenges on the program was to learn a new language in 7 days. Apparently he learned Icelandic to an almost fluent level and appeared on an icelandic TV show, talking in Icelandic.
He also met Kim Peek (who Dustin Hoffmans character in Rain Man was based) Apparently this man had photographic memory and can remember 98% of what he reads. When he reads books (about 8 secs per page) he reads one page with his left eye and the other page with his right. At the same time.
<<edit>> : The Boy With The Incredible Brain
Cant remember the program title, but this guy was extraordinary.
He memorised pi to 22,514 places.
He can speak 7 languages and is devising his own language.
One of the challenges on the program was to learn a new language in 7 days. Apparently he learned Icelandic to an almost fluent level and appeared on an icelandic TV show, talking in Icelandic.
He also met Kim Peek (who Dustin Hoffmans character in Rain Man was based) Apparently this man had photographic memory and can remember 98% of what he reads. When he reads books (about 8 secs per page) he reads one page with his left eye and the other page with his right. At the same time.
<<edit>> : The Boy With The Incredible Brain