Am I capable of being loved? - Daniel Tammet - CDI 2011

Para Daniel Tammet con un autismo de alto funcionamiento, se da cuenta de que "Pi es como [su] poema de amor", mientras hace la pregunta más vulnerable de "soy capaz de ¿ser amado?"
/ Countless songs have asked it-- “What is love?” To Daniel Tammet with high-functioning autism, he figures out that “Pi is like [his] love poem”, as he asks the more vulnerable question of “am I capable of being loved?”

[@smmlf676]

One of the most beautiful souls I've ever heard. So pure. So colorful. Just beautiful.

[@LYNXHQ]

If only the world had more people like this man. His mind is absolutely brilliant and fascinating

[@maioio]

I think the reason why Daniel talking about his feelings and his process touches so many people is because a part of the inner self of every human being feels alienated, afraid, lonely, that doesn´t fit, that it´s me and the others. And everybody needs the love of their pairs and to be recogniced and wellcomed. Maybe it´s very usefull to see us from the similarities and not only from the differences

[@lurb1557]

I think you're right, we can all relate to that at some level

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

For some reason, I totally understand what Daniel says. His tone of voice is very ambient and soothing to me. I have his books.

[@runnyhunny786]

He is such a genious he could probably help solve the worlds economic brinkship problems. Has anyone approached him to do so ? If not - should do so SOON ! ( and save our banks too .. )

[@persephone6896]

Im surprised this man isn’t more famous

[@namelastname4077]

i love the tempo of this talk

[@jryden]

I believe that Daniel is describing, in way that we can understand, how all people grow and learn to communicate. He's fascinating and I could listen for hours. I wonder if he had a podcast, how many subscribers he would have. I believe that in 10 or 20 years Daniel will be one of the most famous people in the world. Like Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton. I'm excited to see what he will come up with next.

[@suslu4763]

Come up with next? He hasn't come up with something before really. But very fascinating indeed! We learn a lot from him! One day we maybe will be able to think as him!

[@brucerichard342]

@@suslu4763 Various scientists around the world have been studying him. Allan Snyder, director of the Center for the Mind at the University of Sydney, said Daniel could be the “Rosetta Stone” that leads to a deeper understanding of savant syndrome, and could affect us all, based on his ability to communicate what’s in his mind. Daniel Tammet FRSA, in addition to being gifted with numbers and mathematics is also gifted with words and languages. He understands and speaks eleven different languages. He has even constructed a new language called “Mänti”. He has written many essays, poems, and five highly regarded award winning books. “Born on a Blue Day”(2006), “Embracing the Wide Sky”(2008), “Thinking in Numbers”(2012), “Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing”(2017), and “How to be Normal”(2020). He’s written other books as well. So he most certainly _has_ come up with something before, really, and it will be interesting to see what he comes up with next.

[@michelvaillant2711]

11:57/.... 12:18...... 8

[@maryrobertson5250]

Soft sided, deeply personal and profound introduction into your geometric, poetically insightful orchestration of your journey to perceive and reflect back. Daniel graciously ushers us into his other worldly order of his connected multi-faceted, tempatic life Daniel to your initial question ...you are genuinely capable to love and be loved...because you are lovable just the way you are. Showing one's authentic true being is showing your own colours. Your masterpiece is a paint-by-number ¡~¡ 'pi' palette of shapes, numbers and quantum intuitive consciousness into infinity. We are all connected, all-one as we abide in infinity's presence. 🌎🌐💙

[@JCRobbinsGuitar]

Daniel has tapped into something within Pi. Its weird and beautiful. This will surely present us with new sciences regarding Pi, Phi, and other Greek numbers that the Greeks themselves regarded enough to be represented in their own language.

[@mathewbartholomew4982]

This is a very beautiful and moving speech

[@davidmack964]

He's an amazing guy, good heart, brilliant gifted by god being.

[@cmmndrblu]

I found this very moving. It struck a chord in me.

[@nneichan9353]

This is amazing! He is describing, so similarly, my own experience of growing up. I had no clue about people, I could not predict them, I did not understand or feel love as I've heard it described by other people, I didn't want to talk to them. I felt, viscerally, alien. I memorized things rather easily, had an eidetic memory, and usually was the student who raised the curve in the class. I instinctively understood things along the line of biology, physiology, pathology, etc., but had no grasp of people, how to predict what they would do. To this day I can easily recognize only a few voices. Colors have tastes. I have such a hard time looking people in the eye. Intimacy is a challenge when you can't do that. I was tested many times, called retarded. Schools wanted to put me in special classes for mentally deficient children. My mother adamantly refused. I am probably not institutionalized because of her. Ultimately, IQ testing craze came around and I tested out with a very high IQ. I was in the "talented and gifted program", but only certain things interested me. I did horribly in High School, much better in college with fewer rules and mandated classes. My biggest struggle in college was to learn and practice empathy and compassion, a thing I struggled with all my life. I was still bored, tho, barring a very few subjects that interested me. I truly wish there was more of a system of learning that catered toward autistic persons when I began my schooling (a few decades before Daniel Tammet, even). I applaud person like Daniel who are able to speak out, to convey to the normals what we the differents are experiencing. Thank you!

[@Gigawatt-nz9eu]

It's because you are an alien und learning beeing human this life ;)

[@ausundvorbei1]

so i am

[@devinthomas4866]

Best of luck to you NN, I hope this type of revelation makes you realize you are not alone or the only person wondering about being different. Find your place in the world my friend.

[@supertuesday600]

Everybody has a gift. Everybody is capable of being loved, and being compassionate to others, like how your mom loves you. Love is all there is to the meaning of life. ;)

[@mattiaskeinnn3317]

Such a soft spoken pleasant person, i'd be your friend in a heartbeat!💯

[@Ramirez83786]

He's like the human Data from Star Trek. Amazing person.

[@user-ki3he9px2x]

He is so beautiful

[@A7xFo]

He's married now. I forget what his husband's name is, but he's happily married :)

[@phil2u48]

He is married to the photographer, Jérôme Tabet. They reside in Paris.

[@ema3852]

@@phil2u48 is he a gay?

[@phil2u48]

@@ema3852 Yes, and he has a French husband.

[@wonderwoman5528]

His voice is so calming

[@piznoctsauo8141]

A conversation between Daniel Tammet and F. Murray Abraham would be way too much to handle. What a beautiful voice, tone, tempo...

[@lornayumolii5943]

Why am i having goosebumps like electric charges all over my body for the last 1min.of his speech 🙋‍♀️

[@rigmar9250]

So beautiful

[@chosen1504]

Wow I would love it if someone made a movie about this man. Indie film please😁

[@dalesmith4609]

no, an action film with numbers flying around everywhere!!!

[@amrkein01]

There is a documentary about him.

[@nwdixieboy]

Brain Man on KZbin

[@Albbar3]

que vida extraordinária !! será Daniel un proyecto de super humano, que veremos nacer mas a menudo en todos los paises? Sus libros son fantásticos !

[@franciscafazzo3460]

very humbling

[@brandonallen7523]

As long as you love them it don't matter if people can love you.The biggest problem with people is it's always I I I me me me more more more.Never just enjoying what is right in front of them.

[@kevin2domingo950]

Maybe pi looks like the diameter of a circle but really its a birds eye view of a sorta like a double helix but a single one so thats why when view at its side it looks like a coil with the lines which is pi.

[@betelgezaa]

Even when he says a joke he doesn’t smile …..because he had learnt jokes …

[@oceansunazul7660]

🌻🌻🌻

[@robertstein7211]

Can you be loved??can you not be loved..I love you and what you are doing..be well

[@JohnDoe-zw4nl]

1:34 Why didn’t you tell them that you love him, the man you love?

[@Wonmanbanned]

I am autistic and love is an enigma to me. I just can’t understand it.

[@plasmichoneytrip]

I believe in his number abilities. However, I knew that he was also tested for his memory on language and he indeed passed this by learning Icelandic language in a week. My curious question is, why is he doing his speech with "cue cards" on the podium? Wouldn't he have memorized what he's supposed to say by heart?

[@ADMBPR]

??? True.. maybe his memory doesn't work with this type of speech..

[@MsRuell]

A shy person under stress can forget their own name.

[@dalesmith4609]

he probably wrote the speech in a string of numbers, then had to convert it to our language (joke), he did mention that his recital of Pi was like him expressing his whole life after all. I read about him and he said that he excelled in most subjects apart from English literature, because there are no right or wrong answers. He is very logically minded, makes sense that numbers are his first language to really relate to. converting Pi to a 15 min talk in English must be hard.

[@piznoctsauo8141]

@@MsRuell He seems absolutely calm and in control of the situation. He doesn't look like a "shy person under stress". He's certainly very well trained. Put me in that situation and I'll sweat like a hooker in Church. xD!

[@HkFinn83]

Perhaps I can offer some insight. I have quite a prodigious memory, especially for language. Probably not as extreme as this gentleman, but significantly different to the average person. However I don’t think there is such a thing as a ‘photographic’ memory. It still takes a conscious effort and mental energy to learn and memorise. I don’t think anybody can memorise things in the way your implying he should be able to.

[@flip2724]

friendship is about communcation if your sit silently next to someone they wont stay friends for long lol

[@AM-we8hj]

0:48 boi, I got your answer: "Baby don't hurt me Don't hurt me no more". thanks me later.

[@eaglenebula2172]

Interesting

[@merakki]

KZbin has brought me so much knowledge of many different topics and facts,Unlike the rest of the goofy worthless videos on here that get millions of views about these odd humans.

[@crazygorillas]

What if you try and visit the home for the aged, the prisoners, the sick people and get their stories just for experience. Then try to experience the story of the life of Jesus as told in the Bible. God bless you and He loves you so much.

[@shawnburnham1]

4:00

[@paulrogers3637]

He has a husband!

[@rodrigolara6733]

Hot

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

The number 'pi' is like a metaphor for God. He created pi after all. God always existed and always will.

[@dalesmith4609]

@WestieB i listened to his audio book, he said for the Pi recital he had 22 sheets of A4, each with 1,000 digits, and they were then seperated further into 100 digit long "sentences". When i first learned of Daniel I was under the impression that he was just reading a landscape of the number in his mind, not so sure now, just a memory feat. Although he does have an emotional reaction to the number because some "evil scientists" listed off the number and added in numbers that weren't there,and he got very upset at them, very cruel.

[@roughtoughcocopuff9313]

That title makes me very uncomfortable knowing he's gay..

[@pooliansshots6731]

It says more about you than him

[@roughtoughcocopuff9313]

@@pooliansshots6731 it's kinda perverted to forsake your only real purpose in life for lust

[@pooliansshots6731]

@@roughtoughcocopuff9313 If that is all you got out of his speech, i pity you.

[@roughtoughcocopuff9313]

@@pooliansshots6731 Lol he may be smart but he is gay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@fotorabia]

@@roughtoughcocopuff9313 So fucking what?