Daniel Tammet, a genius? (Not related to music)

You've all heard of Kim Peek 'The rain man', right? The guy who has absolutely amazing memory and who for example remembers the name of every single city in the U.S.A.
Peek is an autistic savant and he suffers from many disabilities. He is not able to button up his shirt, walk normally or deal every day life just by himself.
This is where things get interesting. Daniel has far less disabilities and it's said that he is the only known savant who can actually describe the things going on his head. He has incredible mathematic and linguistic skills. (Unlike I do
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From what I've heard Dev has synesthesia, meaning that he can use two senses combined meaning that hearing a sound causes seeing a colour. Daniel says that every number up to 10,000 has it's own form, colour and feeling. Pretty...umm..interesting? Weird? Awesome? I don't know, come up with your own adjectives and superlatives.
Here's the unholy wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet
And here's a document about this guy:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbASOcqc1Ss[/youtube]
(It's in 5 parts but there's links to all of them there.)
I'd like to hear what you think about this guy. Enjoy
Peek is an autistic savant and he suffers from many disabilities. He is not able to button up his shirt, walk normally or deal every day life just by himself.
This is where things get interesting. Daniel has far less disabilities and it's said that he is the only known savant who can actually describe the things going on his head. He has incredible mathematic and linguistic skills. (Unlike I do

From what I've heard Dev has synesthesia, meaning that he can use two senses combined meaning that hearing a sound causes seeing a colour. Daniel says that every number up to 10,000 has it's own form, colour and feeling. Pretty...umm..interesting? Weird? Awesome? I don't know, come up with your own adjectives and superlatives.
Here's the unholy wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet
And here's a document about this guy:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbASOcqc1Ss[/youtube]
(It's in 5 parts but there's links to all of them there.)
I'd like to hear what you think about this guy. Enjoy
