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Posted: December 7, 2010 02:58 am  | |||||
      IRC Nickname: Group: Ex-Member Posts: 632 Member No.: 2467 Joined: November 27, 2010 Total Events Attended: 26    | http://www.wimp.com/incrediblebrain/ Watch the 10 minutes, you will be amazed. -------------------- Our greatest glory consists of not in never falling, but rising everytime we fall.   Former Raid Leader of the Wilderness Guardians # MAX # COMBAT # | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 04:00 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | That's pretty awesome. I wonder what the other cases are. --------------------  The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011        | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 05:23 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 | So far, the abilities have only been induced accidentally. I volunteer for the first deliberate test. --------------------  [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 07:03 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Fire Lion Sword Group: Emeritus Posts: 1189 Member No.: 103 Joined: January 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 3 | Yes, that is amazing. I think I heard of a similar person on some Sci-Fi show exhibiting real people with "superhuman" abilities. He was an older, American man who claimed he could beat a calculator at an infinite amount of equations. I got hit on the head whe I was young, also. Unfortunately, as a result, I may have received a mutation of the opposite nature.  -------------------- --------- 獅の炎 ----------  ----------- 忍☯者 ----------- | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 07:04 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | Oh yes, I know about savants. Studied them in my music psychology unit. Truly fascinating. --------------------  | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 07:12 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Lefty Group: Emeritus Posts: 3340 Member No.: 1055 Joined: June 30, 2008 Total Events Attended: 211 | The jealousy that is emitting from me is unable to be calculated by his mind. --------------------      | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 07:17 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | Its OK Nick. I was jealous too until they told me that there's a compromise. You lose other brain functions, such as social behaviour and stuff. Savants sort of have tunnel vision. He's no doubt special, and I don't know if any other parts of his brain are lacking... if it's all there then yeah jealousy :@ -------------------- | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 09:29 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: RobbieThe1st Group: Founder Posts: 770 Member No.: 2 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 49 | Lets see... The full video is here(all 48 minutes of it): http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662 ---- All I can say is "Cool". I'm guessing that the reason these people can do this is because a certain piece of their brain got "repurposed" for a different task - For example, instead of a certain bit being used for social interaction purposes, it became a dedicated number-computing module, or perhaps used for better memory-recall purposes. Honestly, though, I'm convinced that while these Savants end up with a "large" amount of some specific ability, a much larger percentage of the population has some talent this way, though it may not be noticed in that way. For example, one might argue that those with the natural ability to compose music, to create "real" artwork(sure, everyone can draw a few lines, but not everyone can create highly detailed imagery entirely from memory). Heck, I'm also convinced that computer programmers have a little bit of "talent" this way - My mom used to work for a large organization in the computing field, and she ran into many people who may have had the best training available, and could write code, but couldn't "design code" from scratch(i.e. the difference between writing a novel and writing an essay) - Whereas, a few could write code in an artistic fashion. Heck, even I could be considered to have some slight talent this way; I can think in 3D and remember amazing numbers of trivial facts, though finding the right triggers to recall those facts can be a challenge. No matter what though, if they end up being able to induce a change like this in people... I don't know if it would be good. It might be, though it also might be perverted in one way or another. edit: The above post was made watching the first 10-minute clip shown in the first page, this is made after watching the whole thing. All I can say is... I was right, to some extent. -------------------- Old Avatar - Paypal donation link  I am left handed, and proud of it! Retired from RuneScape. Old forum posts: 2275(s4+s10+wg.com)+1759(z6 old account)+474(z6 new account) Total: 4508 Join date: 4/16/05 | Get Firefox 3.5 now: http://www.getfirefox.com | RobbieSwich for Firefox | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 10:11 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
I would gladly give up social behaviour for the ability to remember every moment in my entire life clearly and in exact detail. Any other takers? -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 01:57 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Guest Posts: 118 Member No.: 2378 Joined: September 2, 2010 Total Events Attended: 0 | smartest nerd ever -------------------- | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 02:53 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: |Tezza| Group: Emeritus Posts: 1430 Member No.: 60 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 12 | Yeah he has a form of Synesthesia Theres this chick I know, she had severe epilepsy as a child and had to get some nerve connecting the two halves of her brain severed, she ended up becoming a child genius afterwards, working with essentially half a brain. She knows I think 4 or 5 languages now and scored top of the state in the final exams for maths as a 14 year old. She says she's the dumbest in the family too but they all had it naturally Theres some really weird perks too, for example, when she touches concrete, she tastes pineapple in her mouth. Every number has a different colour assigned to it. etc Most people with this sort of ability are pretty antisocial but this girl clubs, smokes, does hard drugs and is pretty damn hot too. Really amazing stuff in this field of study. -------------------- Joined Wg - 18th January '05 (s4 vet) Ex-WG Moderator  | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 04:58 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | OH yes I have very very mild synesthesia. I listen to music and associate it with colours. I don't exactly see the colour... it's more like a shade. For example, when Bach's Brandenberg Concerto in G major comes on, everything I see gets a slightly greenish tint. The first Narnia track on WG.com gives a blueish grey. Celtique medieval gives an amber hue. The Guardian Power doesn't register any colour. It might be something I learned. I'll never be sure whether it happens naturally, or I acquired it with experience. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: December 7, 2010 05:02 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: ZurvivorMan Group: Emeritus Posts: 1098 Member No.: 1528 Joined: December 6, 2008 Total Events Attended: 99 | This is really Mindblowing! Wish i could be that smart ! -------------------- You don't have to feel like a waste of space You're original, cannot be replaced If you only knew what the future holds After a hurricane comes a rainbow Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road  | ||||
Posted: December 9, 2010 11:09 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Mistah_Vince Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2235 Member No.: 233 Joined: February 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 85 | That really is awesome, and mindblowing, and all these things, but I have one question. Why the hell do British people say "MATHS? It's not right.  --------------------   | ||||
Posted: December 9, 2010 11:56 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Ex-Member Posts: 632 Member No.: 2467 Joined: November 27, 2010 Total Events Attended: 26 | Good question, I never understood that myself. -------------------- Our greatest glory consists of not in never falling, but rising everytime we fall. Former Raid Leader of the Wilderness Guardians # MAX # COMBAT # | ||||
Posted: December 9, 2010 12:57 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Outlaw Group: Emeritus Posts: 558 Member No.: 2055 Joined: September 12, 2009 Total Events Attended: 95 | Very interesting topic. That video peaked my interest I'll probably research different kinds of Savants. --------------------  Join date : June 2006 Left : March 2007 Rejoined : October 2009 Original DG Member Completed Goals : 99 Cooking, 99 Fishing, 99 Strength, 99 Attack, 99 Constitution, 99 Defence, 99 Ranged  | ||||
Posted: December 9, 2010 01:43 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
Full word being "Mathematics". -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||
Posted: December 9, 2010 02:06 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Kung_man149 Group: Higher Guardian Posts: 1054 Member No.: 2111 Joined: October 30, 2009 Total Events Attended: 79 |
That's actually really cool.  -------------------- Taken❒ Single❒ Mad✔ <+Mark``> i think the brothers GF is going into labour <+Mark``> I WANNA WATCH YU-GI-OH   | ||||
Posted: December 9, 2010 04:09 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Adam|Pandally Group: Guest Posts: 19 Member No.: 2480 Joined: December 9, 2010 Total Events Attended: 0 | My god........ --------------------  Msn: [email protected] Divine Forces Application Reviewer
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Posted: December 10, 2010 02:38 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: |Tezza| Group: Emeritus Posts: 1430 Member No.: 60 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 12 |
Yeah, you'll find that a lot of concert musicians, artists etc. have some form of synesthesia. They essentially feel and hear colours, feel and see sounds, its amazing haha ;] That girl i mentioned before was told she had perfect pitch or something when she started piano lessons because every note gave off a different colour to her. -------------------- Joined Wg - 18th January '05 (s4 vet) Ex-WG Moderator | ||||
Posted: December 10, 2010 05:11 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Group: Emeritus Posts: 318 Member No.: 21 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 1 | Wow that's crazy. It just shows you how complex the brain is, and what using part of its true capacity could be like. Oh and btw I can name at least 15, probably around 20 players from each of the NFL's 32 teams and what position they play, not to mention all 53 players on the Broncos. Is that any sort of mutation?  jk I can't imagine what this dude sees and others like him. --------------------  *Proud* Former leader of the Wilderness Guardians  ^Not Reticked's idea, mine tbh (FOR REAL NO JOKE OMG)^ | ||||
Posted: December 10, 2010 08:22 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Gibble00 Group: Emeritus Posts: 775 Member No.: 100 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 9 | Possibly more impressive is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajan_Mahadevan With Rajan, you can say something like start reciting the number pi from the 385th digit and he can start doing it immediately and quickly. There are videos of this but I was unable to find them. --------------------  | ||||
Posted: December 10, 2010 12:39 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Guest Posts: 118 Member No.: 2378 Joined: September 2, 2010 Total Events Attended: 0 |
*HEAD EXPLODES* -------------------- | ||||
Posted: December 10, 2010 04:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Fire Lion Sword Group: Emeritus Posts: 1189 Member No.: 103 Joined: January 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 3 |
... and, similarly, how much of the brain we don't yet understand; and how much is left to understand. I'm still a firm believer that there are various kinds of intelligence. Not referring to laziness in academics. Nor completely implying that intelligence can't be measured by test scores -- but close to it. I think people excel particularly when properly stimulated. General fields such as Mathematics, Language, History, Science, etc., are broad and valid subjects in which most people can succeed, but, generally, not without some degree of struggle. They may not always represent real life, applicable skills and the respective stimuli to an effective enough extent to accurately derive a "grade" of intelligence for a person. Of course, I'm not well educated on the matter... this is just what I've been compelled to believe. -------------------- --------- 獅の炎 ---------- ----------- 忍☯者 ----------- | ||||
Posted: December 12, 2010 07:36 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Mistah_Vince Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2235 Member No.: 233 Joined: February 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 85 |
I can see your point. But when we abbreviate things, we just don't do that. You don't take a full word like "Mathematics" and then decide, let's chop off the "ematic" but keep the s so it's "Maths!" It just doesn't make sense to me. Makes me rage at British people who say it. (is it an Aussie thing too? *glares to Maffs) -------------------- | ||||
Mindblowing!