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DoubleFeed
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26 Feb 2007, 8:03 pm

1900 hrs, Central Time. I'm not sure if this guy is autistic, or a savant.

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26 Feb 2007, 8:14 pm

i think brainman is a documentary about savants (a play on the rainman movie that everyone has heard of)

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DoubleFeed
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26 Feb 2007, 8:17 pm

alex wrote:

i think brainman is a documentary about savants (a play on the rainman movie that everyone has heard of)

He went to Cambridge to find out if he's autistic, sponsored by Discovery.
The Cambridge representative said that he has just enough social skills and that it's not interfering with his life, that it would prevent an autism diagnosis.

DoubleFeed
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26 Feb 2007, 8:23 pm

Daniel is also a synesthete. He associates distinct images with numbers.

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26 Feb 2007, 8:25 pm

i know a guy called daniel tammet who has synesthesia...

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DoubleFeed
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26 Feb 2007, 8:26 pm

alex wrote:

i know a guy called daniel tammet who has synesthesia...

That's him. That's the guy on the show.

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26 Feb 2007, 8:27 pm

DoubleFeed wrote:

alex wrote:

i know a guy called daniel tammet who has synesthesia...

That's him. That's the guy on the show.

???? reallly?

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DoubleFeed
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26 Feb 2007, 8:30 pm

alex wrote:

DoubleFeed wrote:

alex wrote:

i know a guy called daniel tammet who has synesthesia...

That's him. That's the guy on the show.

???? reallly?

Yes, really. He's in NY, with some chess players in a park.

Vegasadelphia
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26 Feb 2007, 8:44 pm

This was the guy I was asking about earlier! What a coincidence!

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26 Feb 2007, 8:46 pm

Vegasadelphia wrote:

This was the guy I was asking about earlier! What a coincidence!

hardly a coincidence considering his book is #4 on new york times nonfiction bestsellers list

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26 Feb 2007, 11:06 pm

I think I saw this program on tv about a year ago. Is he the one with phenomenal memory, and he used his complex synesthesia to remember things the order of several decks of cards? I think he would associate them with landmarks when he went on a walk beforehand . . .if its the same guy. Looks like him, but I'm bad with faces.

DoubleFeed
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26 Feb 2007, 11:10 pm

Its the same guy, and its on again right now.

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26 Feb 2007, 11:36 pm

I find it fascinating!

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