The Boy with the Incredible Brain

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:53 pm

Hey Pauly

Post by **Deji** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:13 pm

mrd wrote: Knowing 7 languages fluently would be fucking awesome, at least to me. I would learn different ones than he has chosen, but it'd still be very useful.

Most people are too lazy to do it, but it's nothing really stunning. I speak 3 languages fluently + another 1 reasonably fluently and another 2 at a decent comprehension level, four of which I've learned intuitively. I'm sure if I actually had put any effort in during my 19 years of existence I could speak over 10 languages fluently by now. There have been linguists who speak upwards of 30 languages easily.

Though I'm probably considerably more gifted than most people when it comes to languages, I wouldn't call myself a genius and it really isn't that difficult. If you want to do it, get off your ass and start learning.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:22 am

iambowelfish wrote:There was this device in the news a while ago that was supposed to let non-savants access savant abilities.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0, ... page_prev2

Don't hold your breath.

Talked to some Brain-Machine interface (BMI) neuroscientist guy about it and he wasn't impressed, even warned about potential longterm side effects.

Post by **brisk** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:14 am

Pauly wrote:Lol he was born in Barking. Me too. That explains a lot.

I mean the part where I have an enormous brain, not the bit about being a huge geeky nerd.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU BOTH SHARE A LIVING PARTNER BY THE NAME OF NEIL?!?!

Post by **Cooldown** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:36 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:44 am

fuck you i wanted to post that

Post by **MaCaBr3** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:56 pm

So I just watched this today and I was just stunned. Doesn't matter if you guys wanna define a true mathemical genuis and what it stands for, but the stuff he's capable is just truely amazing.
Belgium is a muli-langual countgry, Dutch, French and German so to me languages are important, but fuck me, beein able to learn any language in just a week must be awesome. Socialy it would be so easy to meet new people in any country you visit.

And the way he was counting cards...I would make a living out of it tbh. Splitting and double splitting cards and have 21 and each card = ca-shing!

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:07 am

i think the blackjack thing was more luck than anything else, but yea he's truly amazing.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:27 am

I was exposed to the other side of that coin in a functional, if not otherwise well performing college student.

This person had marked trouble manipulating numbers, double digit addition and subtraction type mental work. Truly fascinating.

Makes you wonder how compartmentalized the faculties are...