Daniel Tammet - The Boy With The Incredible Brain [5/5]

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[@stevebonafede2777]

I watched an interview with him on Letterman. He's very humble. It just goes to show you what the human brain is capable of..God Bless Daniel

[@hitokage4]

"The line between profound talent and profound disability is surprisingly thin." That is a beautiful quote, honestly. It touched me.

[@simple823]

come back, nostalgia

[@lemonchief]

On top of being absolutely brilliant, this man actually seems like an incredibly nice human being.

[@wadejameskennedy4495]

Agree

[@donkeyballs3307]

He's not a man ,he is a 26 year old kid

[@scottwarren4998]

everyone is not an asshole just because those you have met are assholes.

[@SuperNomnomcat]

Im icelandic and i know that it's a very difficult language to learn even for people that speak germanic languages. He's not fluent but he learned a lot in a week it's pretty amazing.

[@terrybaker8156]

as an Icelander you might know the answer to this question.@2:41 who is the guy on the right, with the glasses sitting next to SDG?

[@simple823]

come back nostalgia

[@logihrafn]

The anchor on the left is now the Prime minister of Iceland - I met Daniel here in Iceland- beyond human!

[@DavidAKZ]

yes, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson also stood up against the Icelandic financial criminals, put them in jail and the economy is recovering as a result.

[@phillipecook3227]

😲

[@miss.g-shun-w]

I will be following Daniel from here on out. This was a wonderful documentary! I'm a so jealous of Icelandics. What a neat language and truly all their own!

[@AnnLiOz]

Amazing. What a beautiful mind he truly has.

[@ellencorcoran4434]

Daniel is a good soul, above all else. (I love him, too! 🙄)

[@danielroperartist]

Daniel - you are someone that can only be admired for your wanting to share the world in your being you.

[@jextra1313]

now girls mate with him! we need people like this in the future

[@RomaVNova]

+Jpwnage216 Look at Europe and Japan. The best of the human gene pool are having the least children, while the not so gifted (Africa and Central America) are having the most. We're in the middle of a eugenics crisis.

[@nameless5646]

+Luca Calcagni BS

[@RomaVNova]

yamato g. You know it's true.

[@nameless5646]

+Luca Calcagni extraordinary genes are created through mutation which happens totally random (all over the world).

[@RomaVNova]

yamato g. Since the dawn of civilization, it's been happening almost exclusively in the places I just mentioned.

[@luluuali]

I'm a teenager and living with synaesthesia... Although it has it's bonuses (The senses and emotions I sometimes feel are amazing), it can be very hard... A simple trip to the shops can become a very scary experience - a sensory overload. I find it hard to integrate with other people my age... I get made fun of for the way I think, and I feel sad that I'll never be able to just see numbers - they always come with these overwhelming senses, which can even give me severe headaches.

[@PatRick-nd5zp]

You have a beautiful brain, I hope you are doing well

[@neilnachum1]

Tammet speaks a variety of languages including English, French, Finnish, German, Spanish, Lithuanian, Romanian, Estonian, Icelandic, Welsh and Esperanto. He particularly likes Estonian, because it is rich in vowels. Tammet is creating a new language called Mänti. Mänti has many features related to Finnish and Estonian, both of which are Finno-ugric languages. Some sources credit Tammet as creating the Uusisuom and Lapsi languages as well.

[@dmk1978]

this documentary was amazing. I hope that one day every human will be able to have a thinking process like this...

[@AysarAburrub]

many people think their language is the most difficult, or that its impossible to learn. But that's not true, any language could be learned, with enough hard work and exposure. However doing it in a week is something else lol.

[@Bozewani]

I know I learned 12 languages working on my 13th Burmese I speak Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish Portuguese Xhosa Zulu Chichewa Dutch and Afrikaans

[@Naeromusic]

It's not about what people think, it's about the level of difficulty it has, even Icelandic people have some problems remembering words and this and that, and I am one of them, the language is not hard as in you can learn basics and pretty much be able to have a conversation but being able to use the words correctly is the hard part because especially if you haven't learnt a language that is similar to Icelandic or you speak a language similar to Icelandic. Like in German, you have "der hund" but in Icelandic it is "Hundurinn" we do not have "the" we attach letters to the words. That can be difficult to learn since that is with every noun, and some are female others are neuter, and even worse when they crossover so some female words have two nn's and males have one. Pronouncing words in Icelandic is not THAT difficult since it's a very flat language and you pretty much say what you see whereas in like English some words are not pronounced the way they look.

[@Papiprah]

Fantastic, and there is a wonderful demenour about him, that makes him so magnetic, I would speak to him all day. :)

[@TurtlePower718]

The tutor probably has a dope resume

[@fan7as7ic]

I'm not a speaker of icelandic, but I do speak swedish and norwegian, so this allows me to understand some of it. I think he is doing a great job, it is just astonishing.

[@PhantomBlend]

It's amazing he is still so eager to learn, a lot of people would just become lazy because they didnt' have to study hard to attain the same knowledge as other persons. I think that's a great merit for his family as they somehow kept him motivated and stimulated.

[@XrandomxHellosX]

This guy really blows me away. Kudos. Mad kudos. Just really astounding really. I wish I could have his ability.

[@estudantedefacu]

For those who don't know, he actually speaks Finnish. It's among the 11 languages he speaks fluently nowadays. The guy is just wonderful.

[@tamarakuhn1634]

The most fantastic thing about Daniel’s abilities is he has proven they are most definitely possible for humans, now how to unlock these kinds of exceptional abilities in more of us

[@MattieCooper10000]

He's so humble. I Love this guy!

[@ba3cool]

Young children have a similar ability with languages, studies show they can quite easily pick up subtle differences in sounds unique to particular languages. It's basically a state of the brain. Kinda like how we can easily learn our mother-tongue when were toddlers, but it becomes so much harder to learn newer languages as time progresses.

[@Monsizr]

Awesome documentary. I enjoyed watching it. Hehe, and I thought I was smart because I learned to speak English in one year or even less. Still working on my vocabulary though :-)

[@tamarakuhn1634]

“That line between profound talent and profound disability seems really a surprisingly thin one.” ~Daniel Tamment

[@tastyDungeon]

If someone knows the song at 4:20 please let me know! It sounds awesome

[@thatnoobpj]

/watch?v=CjsE1JZCSno

[@jasoncummings5844]

Asked the same. It is really soothing.

[@jeroenjanssen6870]

I think it's Darude with Sandstorm if I'm not mistaken.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Funny that so many people with these sorts of amazing abilities came upon their abilities via some accident or illness, something that rewired the brain in a way that makes their abilities possible.

[@SlightyDisturbedNBK]

Show off.

[@tracyli9463]

Dumb.

[@DS-xk6yr]

No, he's not at all.

[@maxxieway26]

I don't think you know what the definition of a genius is. A genius can be anything from a musical genius, to a mathematical genius, to a memorizing genius, to a linguistic genius, to a social genius.

[@sgreen4]

Genius William James Sidis did that same thing. He learned Icelandic and went on TV and had an interview.

[@lextube]

I'd love to unlock that ability to learn languages. I love languages but never find the time to be able to learn them.

[@eddykohlmann471]

I think a lot of us have bad experiences at school with learning languages. I find that i learn a lot faster if I find my own fun ways to learn. That's what accelerated learning is all about.

[@jannettelarson]

it's awesome to know that someone can do or think such like his.for me he's amazing!! it's give me a feeling of eagerness to learn more than to be jealouse to him.to be honest he is an inspiration to all of us.

[@TheGmThunder]

His only secret lies in his memorization skills.

[@wearetheattack]

@july7nyc I have not read the first two but yes, Animals in Translation (Temple Grandin) is solely responsible for my decision to study neurology and psychological phenomena. Its incredible how little credit we give "abnormal" brains. I will read those books ASAP. Thanks!

[@mopapi4yuh]

he found the key to unlock his full potential

[@furball6488]

he is amazing. i dont think its unexplainable but it is amazing.

[@camel747]

In front of 250,000 people, I probably can't even speak my own language...

[@xxtiaan]

he a genius and seems like such a nice dude with it.

[@MeMyselfAndPi]

I would love to see how this guy would react tho Rubik's Cubes! Even a V-Cube 7!

[@James_Anderson_]

Holy shit it's you!

[@MrJonsound]

HE IS A WONDERFUL PERSON...

[@Bak3dB3an]

5:00 Blesed with almost miraculous good fortune. I find it funny ho scientists try to ignore incredible supernatural events and miracles that have no "logical" explanation to them, as mere luck. This dude is a blessing, a look at the possibilities of human kind. He's a gift. Plus he can communicate what he's seeing, it's crazy.

[@wenaolong]

Quite an amazing breed of human being. If he could apply his talents directly to his self-cultivation.... I hope he does.... Daniel, explore ultimate values, ulitmate meanings and truths, with all the power of your mind as you currently use it to learn Icelandic. Do it so that all that you are otherwise learning is integrated in to support you. For all that, perhaps let yourself be tutored by Cannibis Sativa when the time is right. Start gentle, slow, then build up, perhaps only once...

[@DaAlphaOmega]

if you have focus and a good memory you can do anything

[@LimePink177]

truely amazing, this dude jus opened a new dooorrr to intelligence.

[@AlonsoRules]

Pronouncing the name of that Volcano is enough to learn the language

[@HipHopDunk]

I'm proud to have a human like him. :D I'm proud to be a human.

[@fall0rn]

Of course its something extraordinary to remember thousands of words that are not familiar to you! There are people in this world who could never do this. Maybe you live in a society/country were alot of people are well educated, but the great majority of humanity isnt. So people like Daniel are very special. :-) And Yes, if you learn a languadge most of it has to do with remembering the Words. I still ordered the Book you were talking about! Hoping to improve my own memory ;)

[@jasoncummings5844]

Does anyone knows the title and artist of the music at 4:18. I would very much appreciate it. Sounds like something Brian Eno would compose.

[@me2atyou]

@tiger55331 like he says at 5:05 - "the line between profound talent and profound disability [...] is a thin one!" I would love to be able to learn as fast as he does, learning a completely new language in just a week is amazing, imagine what he can achieve in one year - probably more than I will achieve and learn in my whole life ;-)

[@mackendietoussaint5135]

When Daniel was standing next to the guy with the glasses I thought there was the same person they look like brothers I'm proud of Daniel

[@onlyguitar1001]

I'm sure if he studied binary or hexadecimal conversions from decimal, he would experience the same shapes and landscapes for the same values. Just like a different language which for him is incredibly easy to learn.

[@jambro18]

This guy could become an actual "Human Babel Fish"

[@Peach.t.c]

He is taking that pill from Limitless!

[@KillerDrummer88]

Hope the best for him, he can be THE man...

[@simplelife88393]

I recorded this on Sky+ and i've watched it about 20 times, he's great.

[@tedeah]

Its fun for ma as a norwegian to listen to icelandic, allthough i dont know icelandic i can understand quite a good amount(and yes i know why) but its still fun :)

[@thinkingman07]

I like how the two highest rated comments on a documentary of profound genius are the most grandiloquent examples of stupidity in the English language.

[@bitmln003_]

The definition of intelligence.

[@drspod801]

love this video, thinking about the things the brain can do is a good distraction from what your brain is doing.

[@fan7as7ic]

I think it might take him a bit longer (maybe 10 or 14 days). He's able to remember a number with more than 22 500 digits in a few weeks and then recite it in 5 hrs. He and normal people have made the same test with Pi (3,14...) and they usually need a few years and sometimes more than one attempt to learn such a number by heart without making mistakes. Let's say he did this in 3 weeks, and an average man would do this in 3 years. This would mean that he must be at least 52 times faster than us!

[@clarkin1010]

I used to be able to learn languages in 7 days, till I took an arrow in the knee.

[@haelidh]

If I learned to speak half of what he can do in Icelandic, but in 2 weeks, does that make me a savant too? :P

[@dudeman1828]

One time, when I was younger, I had the best idea ever! But the stress of having an awesome idea proved to be too much. So now I just do what my wife says, no chance of brilliance there!

[@MrAllstar]

Lol

[@phdotsco]

Imagine the possibility's. This is the future.

[@deathbanana888]

Daniel is so amazingly humble for someone so brilliant. It's impressive how sweet and almost generous in his attribution of the potential for brilliance in others, which is surprising for someone with an autism spectrum disorder. People with autism spectrum disorders are often believed to come across as selfish/self-absorbed and controlling (which is only really because of their need to regulate their time and their environment to prevent overstimulation and anxiety), so I'm impressed by Daniel.

[@HaydenLau.]

If this guy committed himself to learning every language on earth he is one of the few people in who would actually succeed before he died.

[@squarehead444]

actually genius can be genetically passed it was a mutation in a chromosome and when someone with the mutation has a baby it can be passed on.

[@rolawrence036]

Put him to the test, nobody has been able to solve it maybe he can..Zodiac Ciphers

[@a.dumencich7274]

He is trained mnemonist.All does thinks can learn pretty much anyone (its not easy to be honest, but believe me that any human being of average intelligence with about 5 years of dedicated training can get does kind of skills.Thinks that he demonstrated are skills, nothing more.Thats what you get when you practice something for years, and then when you demonstrate your abilities in peoples eyes that never saw something simmilar in their life to that point, its incredible and jaw dropping.Just like with martial art masters, when you see guys that doo flying kicks, and all kinds of crazy brick crushing shit, you cant believe what is he doing but you know that he was not born that way.Check people like memory champ Ben Pridmore and mental mathematician Arthur Benjamin.Does guys are far more impressive in their fields than this "savant".But if you ask them why they can do that stuff, they would tell you that they trained themselves to do that, they would not bullshit you how they feels emotions when they try to remember or calculate some number.His ability to calculate is something that can anyone manage to get, that was admited even in this documentary.That dude is a fraud, he just try to potrait himself savant like God given Genius that was born this way, and that the rest of humanity is just a bunch of dumb idiots that would never evolve to his level.The truth is, there are more impressive people than him that admit that they got to that level with practice.He uses centuries old techniques which are designed in the way that manipulate brain to function far more powerful when it comes to remember informations and calculate numbers then one would be able to do same think with common approach .He is nothing more naturally able than any of us here ! Sorry for bad English !

[@DS-xk6yr]

I think this program proves he's not using mnemonics. He used his unique intuition to win cards, recall?

[@fopdkspfepioke4powak]

as a norwegian it was fun to watch him speak icelandic. i cant understand when icelanders speak, but i could understand more of him, since he spoke slow and had a clear pronunciation:)

[@Sorted906]

@publicanimal ye, i heard that your born with it myself but on the contrary ive also heard that you can acquire it, but its allegedly restricted to how much can obtain by hard work. but not to sure myself. glad to hear you done well in your scores. i decided to go back to school myself, never to late as they say.

[@MickPletcher]

William James Sidis also had this ability, although his was from his extraordinarily high IQ, which was far beyond even Christopher Langan's.

[@Alex-sv7vt]

Are you serious? I do understand language families, but still, a foreign language is a foreign language. I'd like to see you learn to speak icelandic in a week. You also know English, right?

[@pippaknuckle]

Seems to me Daniel is also a very nice guy.

[@MrAjahman]

sheldon has competition now

[@Isaacelric1129]

@Mixikyr Have you seen the entire documentary? Skillful use of mnemonics can get you far, no doubt, but Daniel Tammet is one of the most well-functioning savants in the entire world. Considering his synesthesia and incredibly talent for numbers and languages, it is in fact quite remarkable that he only has asbergers instead of fullblown autism, which is quite rare for savants: many of them are almost completely useless at communicating with other humans.

[@TostiTostelli]

I might not be the rainman, but i do have a brain that equals 50% in mass of the mass compared to a normal human being's brain. And consider myself quite lucky, since i still have a higher education, and an above average understanding of human emotions. It just goes to show that public opinion, isn't everything.

[@Pak00z]

@ 5:35 he sounded like Bell of SAW ( Movie ) :D

[@imanygirl]

@nhs2008NC No, no, no. Just because we don't understand something, does not mean it's spiritual or can be attributed to some strange fairy tale. It's OK to not know. It's not OK to make up an answer just to make ourselves feel better.

[@metrx330]

He is actually very lucky. I have synesthesia and while most people find it interesting, I find it very difficult. Its great to be good at numbers but my social life is almost non-existant. I'm just very fortunate to have a loving family and that one special person has recently arrived in my life two years ago. I'm very interested in what scientists are learning about my condition.

[@zrm1134]

.. I FEEL SORY FOR HIM

[@543190]

JUST WOOOOO am into gifted Field and his is extremely amazing

[@bendavis9410]

I wanna see what happens when he smokes a bowl.

[@xozzihcv]

Wow, this is incredible. I am jealous of some talented people, but not at all this guy because he seems so nice and sincere. He also has a pretty soothing voice

[@chemdah]

Daniel is a genius but at a huge price. He has had to work extremely hard to hold normal conversations. I think the fact that he is autistic and has somehow been able to supress this condition is his real genius.

[@mantax55]

Inspires me. :D So awesome.

[@niniaty]

@suckemgood To be able to memorize texts is not necessarily the same thing as to fully understand them (their meaning, "the big picture"). But of course there can be a practical application in learning a language, if one uses it in real life.

[@MadMarcusProductionz]

This was in 2007, have you heard any new news about him?... Me either.

[@eljafigo]

My guess is that after a day they would've made a PS4 console to kill time, by a week they'll have created a new and improved Windows system (one that *doesn't* crash) and at the end of the month, they'll have figured out the greatest mystery of the universe.... women.

[@trw45q]

@july7nyc what Im most impressed is that his social skills seems REALLY good, when a friend told me of this documentary I imagined he would be way more autistic, then it would kinda have some logic for me since I read most of our brain size comes from the complexity of communication and social life we are condicioned as humans...like, when the guy's brain drifts completely away from this there would plenty of brain left for the rest, but still he interacts better than a lot of people I know.. :P

[@hldemi]

Ohh my bad .. Agreed , It would be nice , though I think that mental capacity of this man could be put to even better use ... Cheers .

[@F-Man]

@Kinetical100 (continued) ability to fixate on one particular subject or problem for quite as much time as he can which impacts the rate at which I can learn something. Daniel is extremely lucky. He is certainly autistic, and also suffers from epilepsy, both of which are usually extremely crippling. In my case, I don't have epilepsy, but my Asperger's component does make it difficult for me in social situations.

[@F-Man]

@Kinetical100 I have Asperger's and although I'm nowhere near Daniel's abilities, I can certainly identify with/understand what he does in his mental processes, as I do many similar things in my own mind. For example, like Daniel, I'm also synesthetic and I'm able to use this to my advantage when remembering words, names, locations, and music, and like Daniel, I am very good with foreign languages. However, I'm not as severe as Daniel is either on the autism spectrum, therefore, I lack the

[@GeniusRamses]

Well i believe my baby is a prodigy baby!! he is 3 and he knows... all the multiplication tables, the periodic tables elements , all the countries in the world !! USA states !!! he knows how read since he was 12 months!! he knows how count from 1 to millions already!! and he knows more that 5 language !! if u dont believe me check his videos out! u wont believe your eye.

[@gandaya900]

Do anybody anybody here who speak Icelandic could tell us how good he did it? I think we should have the critic from somebody who really speaks Icelandic, before we make assumptions. Thanks !

[@jeylful]

That was amazing, and the way he sees numbers with shape with a space in between where the answer materialises and se just reads it is amazing

[@klepix12]

i always think out the box so i came up with this theory.. autism is just a way your body copes for the fact that it cant handle being a savant... forgive me for offending anyone if i did but if you think about what i just wrote you might agree

[@Mr1mag1nary]

@Neuroneos Very true. In fact, I´m not convinced a language can be perfectly learned in 50 years. As an example, how many Americans today speak English perfectly? None that I know.

[@Anantko]

I would like him to learn chinese in a month or two, only two see how he would cope, largely because of the different accent, and also the lack of connections with european languages and latin.

[@kaspastarr]

I think hes on NZT! Daniel Tammet is LIMITLESS!!!! 64

[@aurora0908]

while i'm suffering in french, he can learn a language in 7 days........IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!