The Boy With The Incredible Brain

This is long...over 3/4 of an hour, but it is just amazing. What strikes me most is that you rarely see someone with these abilities that doesn't have strong deficits elsewhere. It would be exciting to learn what they might find out from this man.

I think he is very correct in saying the line between amazing ability and amazing disability is a very thin one.

Have you ever noticed how many people with truly amazing talents say they (talents) started with a blow to the head or a very high fever?

clipped from video.google.com This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few ... all » savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are convinced he may hold the key to unlocking similar abilities in everyone. He also meets the world’s most famous savant, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the Oscar winning film ‘Rain Man’. (2005)  «