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Posted on 02-10-10 07:36:12 AM (last edited by Doctor Detroit at 02-10-10 05:08 AM) Link | Quote

So, I have been thinking long and hard about making this thread. And I feel it's time to get things started. These are real people with real superpowers. You might not think it's true, but there are people out there that are extra ordinary. And this thread will contain a lot of youtube videos. So be prepared to have your mind blown.

First off. Let's take a look at Kim Peek!

The real Rain Man (Part 2-5 is in the link here)


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Kim Peek is an Austic Savant. Which means he has knowledge everyone here on the forums can not even fathom. It's impossible. However, it came with a price, and his price was that he is mentally disabled. He has times where he can not control himself, and most of all, he has displays of a Mentally handicap. However, he has tapped into his brain so much, that he knows every zip code, of every street, of every city, of every state, of every country, and every thing around the world. And that is the tip of the Iceburg folks. This man knows everything

And next up, you have to see it to believe it.



Ben Underwood. The boy who can see without eyes.

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Ben Underwood, whom just recently passed away from cancer, was the only human being who can see without the use of a walking stick, and has mastered the art of Echolocation.

He can play videogames, skateboard, play basketball, run around in his housecompletely blind.

It's amazing on what Ben was capable of doing. You have to check this shit out to believe it.

Oh yeah, and I forgot one person:

Meet: Daniel Tammet. The man who looks at the world as Math.



Daniel, a high functioning Autistic, is a boy who has a brain that functions through constant math calculations. What you see as the letter "A", he looks at it as say an example "65.671". This man does not solve mathematical equations, the answers come to him. He can continuously count infinitely the numbers in pi, and can solve any math equation you throw at him with the simplest of ease. And as an added bonus, he can learn any language in less than 10 days. Any fucking language

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I read Daniel Tammet's book, Born on a Blue Day, and it was very interesting.

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Posted on 02-11-10 06:14:47 PM (last edited by minimaster58 at 02-11-10 03:27 PM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Bitmap
Kim Peek is an Austic Savant. Which means he has knowledge everyone here on the forums can not even fathom. It's impossible. However, it came with a price, and his price was that he is mentally disabled. He has times where he can not control himself, and most of all, he has displays of a Mentally handicap. However, he has tapped into his brain so much, that he knows every zip code, of every street, of every city, of every state, of every country, and every thing around the world. And that is the tip of the Iceburg folks. This man knows everything</embed></object>

How did that even happen? He was born knowing everything? And does he know facts that are incorrect?

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Posted on 02-11-10 06:29:29 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by NSNick
I read Daniel Tammet's book, Born on a Blue Day, and it was very interesting.


A friend suggested that to me a few months back. I never looked into it, but I might see if I can find a torrent of it somewhere.

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Posted on 02-11-10 07:14:14 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 02-11-10 04:21 PM) Link | Quote
If Daniel Tammet can learn to speak Hungarian fluently in 10 days he deserves a fucking standing ovation.

That is, if and only if his first language is NOT from the Finno-Ugric family. Oh and if he can read this "legeslegmegszentségteleníttethetetlenebbjeitekként" quite quickly and understand the meaning as he reads. (that means "like those of you that are the very least possible to get desecrated") xP
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Posted on 02-11-10 07:35:06 PM Link | Quote
My grandfather knew I think 4 languages (English, French, German, and Spanish) and I thought that was impressive on its own. He could speak them with no accent, sounding like a native speaker.

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Posted on 02-11-10 11:33:23 PM Link | Quote

Originally posted by minimaster58

How did that even happen? He was born knowing everything? And does he know facts that are incorrect?


Hey buddy, did you check out the video?


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Originally posted by FieryIce
If Daniel Tammet can learn to speak Hungarian fluently in 10 days he deserves a fucking standing ovation.

That is, if and only if his first language is NOT from the Finno-Ugric family. Oh and if he can read this "legeslegmegszentségteleníttethetetlenebbjeitekként" quite quickly and understand the meaning as he reads. (that means "like those of you that are the very least possible to get desecrated") xP

How about Icelandic in a week?

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Posted on 02-12-10 03:00:47 PM Link | Quote
This is a really cool thread about really cool people. The most amazing thing is that boy who could see with sonar. It's interesting what the brain can do when it's in a pinch.

Though.. This all gives me a sense of deja vu, Bitmap..

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Posted on 02-13-10 12:55:24 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Garr


Though.. This all gives me a sense of deja vu, Bitmap..


I think I mentioned this in Skype a couple of times while we were chatting. I'm not totally sure.

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Posted on 02-13-10 01:09:18 AM Link | Quote
Kim Peek died recently, unfortunately. :/
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Posted on 02-14-10 12:07:21 PM Link | Quote
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Though.. This all gives me a sense of deja vu, Bitmap..


I think I mentioned this in Skype a couple of times while we were chatting. I'm not totally sure.


Actually this exact thread was/is going on in GBS and I was just poking fun at you for it.

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Posted on 02-14-10 03:47:48 PM Link | Quote

It was in GBS a long time ago. Now they have a thread about amazing people.

I remember reading about some dude with vertigo who climbs buildings with nothing but his hands. He was known as "Spiderman".

I mean seriously he get's arrested. But god damn, climbing buildings with nothing but his hands? That's fucking unreal.

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was the only human being who can see without the use of a walking stick
Really?

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Posted on 02-23-10 12:12:27 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by HyperHacker
Really?


Did you watch the video?

Ho ho!

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Posted on 03-02-10 03:38:07 PM Link | Quote
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How did that even happen? He was born knowing everything? And does he know facts that are incorrect?


Hey buddy, did you check out the video?


Yeah but if you ask him,say, how the Dinosaurs died out would he say a meteor since it's the most commonly accepted theory? That is what I meant to ask.

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He would most likely tell you all of the currently known theories on it, since there's different takes. Maybe he even has an opinion on which of those he thinks is most likely.
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Posted on 03-04-10 05:40:19 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by minimaster58

Yeah but if you ask him,say, how the Dinosaurs died out would he say a meteor since it's the most commonly accepted theory? That is what I meant to ask.


He knows facts, not theories. Everything he reads he learns it. You would see this if you watched the video.

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