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victorvndoom
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17 May 2008, 6:56 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2T45r5G3kA

saw a video about the real rainman



he can read a page in 10 secs, wow though i was a fast reader , compared with that he is a speedboat


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17 May 2008, 7:18 am

victorvndoom wrote:



he can read a page in 10 secs, wow though i was a fast reader , compared with that he is a speedboat



you forgot to mention that he reads 2 pages at time, one with each eye

kim peek is a remarkable fellow

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hm so i watched the video i'd seen it before , but i think i misinterperated the "reads the left page with the left eye and reads the right page with the right eye" statement

it seems hes not reading both at once..

remarkable still...


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17 May 2008, 12:23 pm

but how much does he retain?...;)

sorry, just needed sayin'...;)



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17 May 2008, 12:58 pm

pakled wrote:
but how much does he retain?...;)


They say he retains 98%-99%. He appeared on a UK show called "Brainman" about Daniel Tammet who has savant abilities and wrote the book Born on a Blue Day.

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17 May 2008, 1:07 pm

But the real Rain Man is said to not be autistic.

But yes, Peek is just totally awesome, autistic or not.


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19 May 2008, 4:02 am

but a professor still talked about him being someone with The Theory of Mind (if you seen the full 5 parts) and Theory of Mind = autistic


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19 May 2008, 12:35 pm

I really live what Dustin Hoffman said to Kim Peek "I may be the star, but you are the heavens" he also gave Kim his Oscar, it is considered the worlds most loved Oscar because no other one has been held by so many people.


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