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The Boy With The Incredible Brain

Full documentary about Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant who has been diagnosed with synesthesia, where his brain interprets numbers as shapes. This ability allows him to do complex mathematical computations in his head, like solving pi to the 22,500 decimal point. He's also adept at languages speaking more than nine, and able to learn a new one within one week. Though others have similar abilities, what sets Daniel apart is that unlike most autistic savants he does not seem to suffer from disabilities common among other autistic people.

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  • Date 3/3/2007 3:53:46 AM
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SittingCow : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

SittingCow

14 votes NegativePositive

998 days 19 hours ago...

i barely watch anything over 10 minutes and i watched all 48 minutes of it and was into it the whole time.

neo214 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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998 days 19 hours ago...

Doesn't work

Razor blade : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Razor blade

2 votes NegativePositive

998 days 19 hours ago...

@ scarlet panther thanks good find....I might buy as well

Phanto : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Phanto

-1 votes NegativePositive

998 days 19 hours ago...

The loading bar is completely orange but it stoped at 12 minutes and it says "buffering" but nothing happens. WTH?

importrx7 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

importrx7

2 votes NegativePositive

998 days 19 hours ago...

Gotta believe it 5/5

L3b3rt : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

L3b3rt

1 votes NegativePositive

998 days 18 hours ago...

ive seen this one before. Pretty awesome Shit. they did one about Kim Peek, the rainman. that one was great too. I dont know if it was said in this particular documentary, but Daniel was actually challenged to learn the entire Icelandic language in less than a week, before appearing on a TV station for an interview in their country. incredible.

jimbillywho : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

jimbillywho

0 votes NegativePositive

998 days 18 hours ago...

^same here, i saw this before, i think this is the same one, dam amazing. i can't believe he spent several hours doing the decimal thing, and got them all right. there really must be something special going on in his brain, its like a super brain, expeically since he does not seem to have any disabilities from it like the rainman does.

jpapa : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

jpapa

15 votes NegativePositive

998 days 18 hours ago...

Awesome upload. I saw this on the Discovery Channel about a year ago and was amazed by it, and still am amazed by it. Thanks for the heads up on the book, I'll have to buy it soon. Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Blue-Day-Extraordinary-Autistic/dp/141653
5071/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-9361607-1960143?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172968810&sr=
8-1

The DC doesn't seem to show this documentary too often. Although I did catch a savant marathon on it last fall where I never left the couch for pretty much the entire day. Good stuff to know this world has very unique individuals like this. I wonder what would happen if you put them all in the same room at the same time. Possibly rip a hole in the universe?

Abra : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

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998 days 18 hours ago...

he's still a fuckin spazy though eh the cunt probably sits on his arse all day doin fuck all claiming disability benefit and sponging of the goverment for free, fuckin asshole.

Jhoon : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Jhoon

0 votes NegativePositive

998 days 18 hours ago...

Amazing..absolutely amazing

King Chilly : LVL 3: VP 1.2: said:

King Chilly

8 votes NegativePositive

998 days 18 hours ago...

I feel worthless now....5/5

Garfcore : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

Garfcore

0 votes NegativePositive

998 days 17 hours ago...

definate 5/5.

PaaTy : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

PaaTy

0 votes NegativePositive

998 days 17 hours ago...

This guy is amazing.

SnakeIRye : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

SnakeIRye

1 votes NegativePositive

998 days 17 hours ago...

"are there any women savants?"

IIRC, boys have a higher chance of being born with autism than girls and since the level of brilliance shown here is only in 50 out of 6 billion, I doubt there are any at his level.

Überfuckerwit : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Überfuckerwit

3 votes NegativePositive

998 days 17 hours ago...

it's absolutely incredible, how complexe the human brain really is, I know a guy in my school, his name is Bogdan, he's also autistic, he speaks 20 languages (english, french, arabic, romanian, german, russian, polish, name it, chances are he speaks it)

I can sit in a chair all day and listen to this guy

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