Savant discussion

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If I understand correctly, many are born with these unique talents and often have other developmental issues such as extreme autism.

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My nephew is 8, wins math competitions in a major urban area at age levels higher than his, and had the head of that school district call his parents in for a meeting that basically was “we’ve never seen this before and don’t know what to do”.

But the only thing this little nigha eats is chicken nuggets. It’s the wildest thing.

I've seen examples of this on TV several times and it's amazing how talented some of the people are but are totally outside the social realm and can't relate to people other than caregivers.

One guy was blind and could use clay to mold statues just by feel and make exact replicas.

Another could listen to a musical score and play it back on his piano flawlessly.

The man used as the character Raymond in "Rain Man" was Kim Peek who could memorize books, had astounding math skills and could give you the day of the week for any date mentioned.

Amazing, and sad at the same time since those folks could never function on their own, no matter how great the skills they are gifted with.

I like the guy who had a brain injury but sees music in color now.

Do idiot savants count?

That guy didn’t know mathematical equations can be graphed before he got beat up?

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Hell, there are cases of people who could fluently speak languages they had never been around

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these are largely exaggerated instances, mixed up with foreign accent syndrome, or just down right BS. The rare instances were they are actually speaking a foreign language and not gibberish, its from previous exposure and teaching, usually from childhood that becomes easier to access in the light of the brain alterations.

My wife often says I'm an idiot savant minus the savant part... lol