Rain Man
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The main trouble with savants in the past is that they have tended to lack developent in other areas of their lives - mainly having trouble with social development.
Should we only use the genius label when all other aspects of someones life is deemed 'developed'?
stem
(May 24 05, 03:04)I think genius is used too much anyway - surely unless the skills they have are coupled with some ability to bend that toward some use, some advance in what we know/can do then they don't qualify (?)
his casting light on the visual layer of his talents is what interests me, the way his brain constructs a kind of interface for him with the calculations which produces the answer. How abstract his gift is compared to the conscious, learned approach of the abacus kids (who were cool as fuck btw).