Curious how something like autism unlocks such savant capability. Makes you wonder if things like this could be somehow unlocked for everyone.
“Makes you wonder if things like this could be somehow unlocked for everyone.”
...We can then cure the liberalism brain disroder. Just unlock the common sense part of the brain anyway.
The pertinent question is whether “unlocking” that ability would necessarily suppress “normalicy”. From what I’ve gleaned, it’s a matter of different perceptual filtering: our senses produce an enormous amount of information, from which a fantastically larger range of associations can be made ... but to not be overwhelmed by the sheer gargantuan totality of it all, we filter out most of the information, and the nature of the filtering leads to behavior which can be “normal” or dramatically & impressively abnormal.
Put another way: if you perceived the world in as much crystal-clear, totally memorable detail as he does, you’d probably have trouble carrying on a normal conversation.
This may be related to the gift of “photographic memory” which a small segment of the population has to one degree or another. My guess is that these people’s brains are naturally more interconnected across different parts of the brain.
There are memory improvement techniques where someone can train their brain to cross-reference ideas in multiple ways. Some people are just better at doing this without having to be trained.
Savants show this in stark contrast. They see and can remember patterns that most of us ignore or can’t fully absorb in their complexity.
I bet this guy is unwelcome at every casino. :)
MI-5 and Scotland Yard should be showing this guy mugshots of every wanted person in their databases and assign him an escort to walk the streets of London and point out every face he recognizes.