Bat man
yasemin kimyacioglu
"flash sonar" as he calls it. He just clicks with his tongue and can
get an understanding of where things are with good accuracy by the
sound waves bouncing off things and coming back to him.
It reminds me of those cheezy karate kid movies where they close their
eyes and fight people. I always thought that was bs..but maybe it is
possible to fight someone blindfolded. Don't underestimate our
capacity to hear, apparently we hear better than we see.
Take a look at this article, pretty inspiring, also makes you think of
all the other untapped capacities of our brains.
http://www.mensjournal.com/the-blind-man-who-taught-himself-to-see
Marc Fawzi
What are the odds! Last night i was watching Superheroes (feat. Stan Lee) on Netflix and they showed that same blind bat man you mention.
I found the math savant guy (same show) to be really interesting because they were able to identify that he for all his calculations in the area we normally use for motor control. Wow. It's definitely not a learned skill which means that he's not using arithmetic logic or any conscious logic. I'd be interested to find out how the motor control area of the brain computes all the muscle movements necessary for doing mundane things like walking and jumping or more complex stuff like playing pool. I bet there is a new kind of emergent computational structure that can calculate at least as fast as a classical computer.
Also, in the same show they had this guy who can bend thick steal bars. Very worth watching.
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yasemin kimyacioglu
people he is self aware and able to describe what he can do:
"When I multiply numbers together, I see two shapes. The image starts
to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges. That's the answer.
It's mental imagery. It's like math without having to think." Since
his epileptic fit, he has been able to see numbers as shapes, colours
and textures. The number two, for instance, is a motion, and five is a
clap of thunder.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/feb/12/weekend7.weekend2
I wonder what symbols/shapes he sees when using the different
operators. It's like each number is an object that becomes a more
complex object with different properties.
This guy should start his own school!!!