How 1 Man’s Brain Injury Turned Him Into A Math Savant

Jason Padgett grew up struggling in school - until one night in 2002 when he was attacked in a bar and everything changed. Padgett said after the incident, he was using areas of the brain he didn’t previously have access to; he experienced choppy vision, was drawing intricate shapes and was seeing complex mathematical objects everywhere. Dr. Darold Treffert, a world renowned expert on savants, later diagnosed Padgett with acquired savant syndrome, which explained Padgett’s new skills. Padgett joins Megyn Kelly TODAY to share his story.
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How 1 Man’s Brain Injury Turned Him Into A Math Savant | Megyn Kelly TODAY

[@davidkennedy6022]

I was hit in the head and now I have bills and three kids

[@marieestile6023]

Lmao🙆🙈seriously! I m out🏃😀😀😀😀😀

[@lincydorazyledon1442]

😂😂

[@Estilove1]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA :-) :-) :-) :-) omg I'm dying!!!!

[@alwaleedalsayaary3461]

Let me hit it for you

[@ayyotube5224]

It did not benefit u you need another hit again because you didn't get enough... 😆

[@DumpTrump4TRE45ON]

My dad did nothing but work. He couldn't read, he had no hobbies, he thought games,sports,art,movie going and reading were distractions and unnecessary. He just worked, went home, took a shower, ate one meal a day at home. I knew nothing about him. He had a stroke. A stroke damages the brain, and while trying to recover other parts of the brain may wake up. All of a sudden my dad decided he wanted to paint. He had my mother drive him to an art store. He came out with an easel, high end paints, brushes, canvas and charcoal. Look, he once took me out to a dept. store, gave me $22. and said "buy a whole new wardrobe, your clothes are awful". He did not spend money. And here he was buying something he thought was frivilous. And he started painting. Stuff from looking out window, stuff from dreams. He never even doodled before. Now we had these really nice oil paintings - like pro quality,unbelievable. He never had an attention span and now he saw below the surface. He also used to be cruel and loved to berate us in front of others. And that stopped. It was like he had a stroke and instead of recovering his old stuff, he came back a way more interesting, and apparently had a gift he never had any interest in and thought was a "frivilous hobby".

[@grahamstrouse1165]

That’s wonderful!

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

That is amazing and wonderful. It shows us that our brains are living computers and we only use a limited amount of the brain functions. The rest are lying dormant.

[@debidehm9129]

After my Mom had her stroke (she ended up in a wheelchair as her left side was paralyzed) she became funnier, and nicer. She was always funny, but before the stroke she could be mean...and being around her at times was like walking on eggshells. I always said that when she had her stroke the mean side of her died and the best part of her came alive. We lost her 7 years ago and I miss her so much!

[@mattdaddy9947]

true story- I met this dude like 15 years ago while I was trying to buy a futon. We talked for like an hour because this had just happened to him. Amazing man!

[@JohnPork-gr3bx]

not convinced

[@angelamagicsalveson3639]

I get it. The math we use in our daily life is in the background, subconscious. He's now able to access that info in that part of the brain consciously. That's amazing!!

[@dannysdragons101firewater8]

It crazy

[@Silva-avliS]

ive seen people compare math to magic in fantasy, cause it controls everything and explains everything and we can all use it a bit but some are just like on different level

[@Sam-me5pl]

right! like a dog or human catching a ball, the brain's doing complex calculus subconsciously.. even dogs, so we vastly underestimate the true intelligence of nature.

[@MsBroadway97]

I’m absolutely living for the woman in the background in red. Her facial expressions are on point

[@JJ-yu6og]

If you watch her, you don't need to speak or understand English! Lol. She is an interpreter!

[@rememberyj]

she is an actress trying to get screen time. ugh. annoying AF!

[@melissawalker3888]

Ikr. They always do that on these shows esp. where the audience is in the round and the camera shows people in the background all the time. I am sure there would be people doing that anyway, because I am naturally like that-very expressive with emotions, but it would not be everyday, I don't think. It can be annoying.

[@ananse77]

Seems like they always plant someone in the audience right there who nods and make a lot of facial expressions. In all the Megyn Kelly TODAY videos there is someone right there nodding and grimacing.

[@gma904]

She was expressing everything I was. Lol

[@S2Tubes]

I'm pretty sure cutting off the mullet added a few IQ points.

[@sanniyasin]

Blood Angel u said that on the other video too

[@shannoninalaska]

LOL!! Oh man.

[@AnaHerrera-gk7zh]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@danelda47]

Thats funny!

[@nathansharp5743]

Maybe it drove innovation in the past. Barbarian warlord survives head I jury from battle. Goes on to invent catapult and subdues adversary.

[@KCsFunHouse]

It’s really cool that he is so down to earth he is and how he lights up when he talks about math. What a cool story to come from such a horrible attack.

[@ericwilson6994]

6:49 WHAT ARE YOU CRYING ABOUT?

[@jacobgalvan3628]

I believe he is humble because he sees beautiful things & has appreciation for his new insight

[@DATo_DATonian]

It's really strange, but in my own life the best things that ever happened to me in the long run were the result of bad things which happened first, and if those bad things never happened neither would the good things have come about.

[@somerandomchannel382]

is so fake im barfing my way to the supermarket.

[@nohlanfisherman5185]

I feel that it does sound like a very cool story and I feel it may be very inspirational for so many people in life

[@thelaurels13]

This is such a wonderful story. What could have ended in tragedy actually made the guy a genius.

[@IsaiYuno]

He’s not actually a genius, his fluid Intelligence is the same as it was before the accident. It’s just his condition that allows him to visualize fractals. He even said he struggled in doing derivatives, which begins in calculus 1 and is not difficult to conceptualize

[@tavkid1104]

*someone hit me in the head I’m in ap calculus*

[@newzade1]

Lol

[@TheTuellfamily]

Right!

[@genevievemarie9427]

That's a little bit like the. movie Phenomenon with John Travolta, he gets struck by lightning and suddenly he speaks fluent Spanish, he can move objects with his mind etc ..

[@yourxploit7858]

Just take LSD. Look at your body as a computer. It has several components to process vision "eyes", hearing "ears", etc. Your brain processes all these things using mathematics (it's like the CPU). And just like a computer, the only thing you can understand is what you see on the screen (your conscious thoughts). That's why people say that you're only using something like 10% of your brain. When he got hit in the back of his head, it seems as though he got access to more of his brain then he had originally. Now when he looks at objects, he sees his brain processing the mathematics of the things around him. When you take LSD, you get access to more regions of your brain, and a lot of people in silicon valley have already figured this out. Microdosing is getting very popular across the country. Just some food for thought :)

[@jshanker2005]

#MeToo

[@chapter4444]

I think this happened to my ex wife because she knows everything

[@jcwell6801]

Lmfao brooo have dieing over here ..... Hahah

[@chapter4444]

@@jcwell6801 glad to share a laugh 😂

[@damiengarbutt7229]

Lmao

[@ErinPowell4]

Lol

[@Alex-bd4ov]

LMAO

[@forniafishing]

Somebody smarter needs to interview him

[@jimmyyaeger8494]

It takes a stupid man to identify a stupid man but it takes a genius to identify why he’s a stupid man

[@nancyregan9656]

"X squared" "You've lost me" "Literally just a square" "Yeah totally lost LMAO so funny"

[@iitsacecithiing]

Yes!! I’m into the interview with the man not the woman who only cares about her comments. Yes lady we know you’re lost, no need to express it sooo many times.

[@alexyegon2381]

The interviewer did a disservice to him. Such a poor job. Is this what TV does?

[@arrjee9474]

Alex Yegon So go knock her in the head ...

[@Eye_Radiate_Light]

Dude got knocked out into a permanent acid trip

[@SPadventurOUS]

The best thing about this guy is his ability to explain things simply to your average person.

[@xdmrzzz8740]

I’m pretty sure it’s fake he’s done 0 math

[@xdmrzzz8740]

@@johndoeistaken he knows how to draw trippy shapes 🤦🏿‍♂️ he hasn’t done one line of math in his entire life

[@xdmrzzz8740]

@@johndoeistaken because they call him a mathematician but he has so far shown zero proof of being capable of doing math equations all he’s done is draw.

[@oldmedstudent1750]

@@xdmrzzz8740 because nobody would watch the flipping show you dolt

[@HumanimalChannel]

Yes! Luckily it happened to someone eloquent. Great communication skills and seemingly a lovely fellow who is grateful for everything, esp to have met his wife when he returned to education.

[@lyndsieannette957]

I had a cerebral brain tumor removed in 2011. Photographic memory ever since

[@Theomite]

How's that working out for you?

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

Have you found that having a photographic memory is boring when it comes to watching movies and reading books? I've found it is because you've seen it, you remember it, you don't forget it, but it's really great. When you have to take a test, you need to remember something friends think it's really weird, because you can tell them exactly what they were wearing or what they were doing, etc, or what their desk looks like. And where they are report is that they need for the meeting if you were over there.

[@tonymendez3586]

Gimme your medias i need to Know your story

[@Kdija89]

There's even a movie about her starring Clare Danes.

[@barondemonrepos]

I have photographic memory. If I see a photo (painting or what ever) I remember it always. I used to study in the University using my photographic memory. I did not notice this skill when I was young. I was also able to find lost items easily (a gold ring of my aunt´s husband etc)

[@worshipthepig9750]

My cousin was hit by a car on his motorcycle. He was in a coma for 2 weeks. He claims he had visions of angels placing books of knowledge on him as he was in his coma. He didn't have a mechanical bone in his body before the accident. Now he runs his own restoration business where he restores everything from vehicles to tools and vintage household items to museum quality. No formal training at all, he knows how to all of it in his head

[@ericwilson6994]

3:20 THEN I ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?! TEMPLE GRANDIN MY LIFE WITH AUTISM MY LIFE IN PICTURES

[@alastairgreen2077]

angles?

[@eyeswideopen7777]

What was he doing before the accident

[@worshipthepig9750]

@@eyeswideopen7777 Working for a restaurant, he was 19 years old at the time

[@eyeswideopen7777]

@@worshipthepig9750 lucky him. I had a friend her dad was hit by a lady, he was riding a motorcbikr. Died in his injuries. I guess he (your cousin) got wealthy now

[@AvivMakesRobots]

I was sort of sad to hear he was going in the direction of finance and stocks instead of medicine, physics, engineering or something else that can change the course of humanity. It is his choice though, of course.

[@truthspeaker555]

Engineering Juice same

[@xser4321]

Relax, its not real.

[@kshepard52]

No, it's my choice, but he won't listen.

[@xFTLc]

Fr imagine

[@lang-ed3bk]

i knew a guy in college that was gifted in chemistry. he would get perfect scores on tests and ruin the curve for the rest of the class. to him, chemistry just came so easily, like he was adding 2+2. he could just see it. but i guess he didn't have passion for it, because he went into computer science instead, even though it seemed like it was more of a struggle for him than chemistry.

[@gladitsnotme]

Shockingly, I completely understood everything he said. He described it so perfectly and it made so much sense. If math teachers taught math like this instead of as memorization games, maybe I would have done better at math lol

[@trylikeafool]

What he said was really cool and all, but try explaining differential equations as two beams of light moving towards each other, and most kids would get even more confused.

[@echooutdoors2149]

@@trylikeafool our dfeq courses are easy lol

[@ronniecoleman2342]

I felt the same way, i understand what was being said, but why isnt math taught with more universal rules rather than memorization.

[@3dbadboy1]

When did YOU get hit on the head lol?

[@TrevorIsCommenting]

Unfortunately kids learn differently and public schools especially are not equipped to help equally

[@tavkid1104]

*when it happened on friday the 13th and his name is jason*

[@PARENTALADVISORYPODCAST]

Dammmmmmm lol

[@nikkistahr7105]

Scuuuurrry right!

[@cherahsBroll]

OMG!!! 😲😲😲

[@Razor-hh6ru]

Opposite day

[@squirrelboss7067]

Fake news

[@julianabohley4957]

she really did start the interview by saying “omg”

[@FreeStyle-id2yf]

I'm g@y

[@daisyg509]

Yeah that was cringe af

[@womaninthewave]

my uncle was just like he was until he got hit in the head by a baseball. now he’s a chemist and research genius. Wild

[@kdawson8981]

The lady in red behind him is all of us. Lol!

[@Biceps4evr]

@PolSmokesPot ! lol same I tried to avoid looking at her XD.

[@M3RKSYNDICATE]

@PolSmokesPot ! O-O XD

[@just4funlive4eva]

This is an underrated comment

[@bilcarter]

No, she isn't. She looks like a moron.

[@christalclear8226]

OMG! You are so funny!. Ha ha!

[@melissawalker3888]

This was such an awesome and inspiring story. I too always struggled with math. What really struck me though was how humble and almost childlike he was when he was talking about the different concepts, as if he was awed by it as much as others.

[@cherahsBroll]

Melissa Walker Yes, exactly. I noticed that too 🙂

[@christinechatfield4082]

O

[@daisyg509]

I loved that about him.

[@ericwilson6994]

3:20 THEN I ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?! TEMPLE GRANDIN MY LIFE WITH AUTISM MY LIFE IN PICTURES

[@ericwilson6994]

6:49 WHAT ARE YOU CRYING ABOUT?

[@sprawlmessiah]

So basically, he sees the "source code" of the universe.

[@RonnieVaiArovo]

Yes, he is the Real life Neo of the Matrix, except allot smarter.

[@campkira]

no just basic evolution strusture..

[@marcoconcepcion840]

yeah best comment ever and I think that psychedelics do something similar , btw this re affirm the beliefs of Pythagoreans about everything is math. I think there have to be other ways to reach to this background process in our brain , maybe with meditation or something like that lol

[@matasa7463]

He's.... a USER.

[@matasa7463]

@@marcoconcepcion840 Can you imagine what the Pythagoreans would think of him? They'd probably worship him as a living math god, haha.

[@lukedelagarza603]

Did no one else notice how this guy’s name Jason and his attack happened on Friday the 13th?

[@elifowler8239]

Luke De la Garza yuh that’s crazy

[@PatDaddy13]

I guess it…adds up

[@grayskindablue]

She’s greeting a math genius and picks “omg”? *slams head*

[@insomthegreat]

That's why she makes the big bucks.

[@generalyellor2187]

@@insomthegreat Uh, no, not anymore.

[@meio4744]

He's not here to teach math but describe the amazing phenomena of becoming a maths genius by a hit to the head. Omg is entirely normal reaction.

[@twobitmario]

he should do a movie call "A beautiful mullet " lol

[@infotainment999]

LOL you got me, that's funny

[@ryanboyd100]

Hilarious

[@anime-girlfriend]

A beautiful mullet no more

[@paularubin4711]

Mario Herrera the FUNEST. FUNNIST. come on part of you never grew up

[@carlabettles-theenergyroom2079]

So brilliant that he can communicate his thoughts. A rare gift to know how it is to be a genius and have experienced normal life.

[@gabrielharrison9800]

This guy has an awesome story, from jock party guy to genius lol and then met the love of his life while rediscovering the beauty of math thanks to his accident.

[@TheTuellfamily]

NPR did a story about a man who got a head injury and then became a piano savant. It's amazing.

[@jonaldblip_]

I think I saw Jason's story in an episode of The Three Stooges.

[@m.castel9219]

They need to make a movie about him! Wow I love amazing true stories!

[@Liven78]

M. Castel I will be the first one to line in the theater. His life is very interesting!

[@Isaharif]

There's something similar Phenomenon John Travolta.

[@aaronbarton227]

"A Beautiful Mind" is the best movie about a man who suffers greatly from Schizophrenia, but is a math genius. Also, Albert Einstein who was Dyslexic also was a math genius. How do you think we got E=MC2? 😉

[@PositiveLastAction]

Sam Rockwell should play him

[@phpsns]

Einstein didn't invent that formula, it was an Italian math genius called Olinto De Pretto (search it up). Actually Einstein was a plagiarist.

[@jeffcrocker1078]

I’ve seen a lot of kids like these they always seem to dismiss their talent have a great sense of humor and excited to talk and share

[@veritasnunc8749]

His mind became more open but he still had to study new stuff. He still worked. I admire him.

[@MikeMiller-nn1pj]

Well I'm gonna continue to banging my head on the wall till I see the light

[@VoltairesRevenge]

American English, please.

[@MikeMiller-nn1pj]

@@VoltairesRevenge that is English???

[@keilonjackson3388]

Mike Miller dude your a confederate hillbilly no matter how many times you hit your head you’ll never see the light. only more lost IQ equating into nothingness

[@dultimatedav24k90]

Mike Miller have you seen the light yet?

[@MsBiz888]

@@dultimatedav24k90 Hahaha! Very funny comment.

[@CapeCodBelle]

Fascinating story! I love how excited this man is about math now and sharing his “gift” with others. I sucked at math in school.

[@justinewills7288]

What an amazing man. He is so interesting to listen to, with his passion to explain with simplicity. He makes Math almost colourful! Charming man and lovely presenter. Great interview.

[@algot34]

Uh what that's not a math genius, he's just seeing fractals

[@huangwinnie8951]

Friday the 13th, Jason? Coincidence? I think not

[@salilbhatnagar]

The Purge?!

[@avaangel433]

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

[@cupcake5309]

Hotel, trivago!

[@renarich4942]

@@avaangel433 u on point sis

[@ImVexuli]

I've had 6 concussions and 3 of them were 'severe'... and I'm still garbage at life.

[@jordanpeters3746]

I was a "Maths genius" until I was 15 ... then I had a "stroke" (or maybe it was epilepsy?) and the focus of my intellect became language. I literally lost interest in maths and began "seeing" the complexity of human language communication. What seems to have happened was a switch from what they call left-brain logical thinking to right-brain thinking. Prior to this I very seldom spoke and had difficulty understanding written and spoken language. Immediately after I'd recovered from the physical effects of the stroke/epilepsy (which lasted for about 15 minutes) I found myself experiencing a "world of meaning" when I read or listened to speech that I'd never experienced before. My experience of music and the human voice also changed.

[@addrienne634]

Thank you for sharing this story it is very touching. my daughter had a electric pole fall on her head when she was 4 and we are struggling in school. This put a smile on my face because she is very gifted in her art work and we are very very hard to get her up the speed with her math and reading.

[@alastairgreen2077]

an electric

[@addrienne634]

YES AN ELECTRIC POLE WHILE RIDING ON HER BIKE. FREAK ACCIDENT, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD!@@alastairgreen2077

[@vinayakangle1677]

Wishing her the best

[@addrienne634]

@@vinayakangle1677 thank you! We are blessed and she doing very well

[@nicolemar3975]

I guess I’m gonna go into a bar now and provoke an attack so I can pass ap calc

[@tavkid1104]

Taylor Ellis MOOD

[@emmamadgini4139]

Lmao😆😂😂😂😃😛

[@nzmanhdee6246]

You can do it.

[@rahabwanjiku176]

Goodluck u need it

[@sneakybeaver1049]

You wont go into a bar you virgin boy

[@earthwerm]

Wow...That is the exact experience I and many others have on psychedelics. The mathematical representation of literally everything through fractals and shapes...The thorough understanding of the entire history of the universe, the entire essence of life. Amazing that he received a psychedelic effect from an accident.

[@alsdjfknbo]

The only time I saw fractals was when I got drunk off japanese plum wine. And I mean I drank a whole bottle. I laid under a tree at a park. And all of the branches and leaves started to spiral until there wasn't anything but fractals. I thought it was pretty cool. And yes plum wine is something I think every one should experience at least once in their lives.

[@universalconsciousness4097]

Which psychedelics give you these effects?

[@ballsdeep8858]

The Mayans and Aztecs knew all about fractals and they tripped big time

[@ericwilson6994]

3:20 THEN I ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?! TEMPLE GRANDIN MY LIFE WITH AUTISM MY LIFE IN PICTURES

[@dieglhix]

@@universalconsciousness4097 Probably mescaline

[@roberthust5908]

Did she just say OMG? Nice statement Megyn with a Y

[@octofel]

that made me dislike the video right away

[@getnasty08]

Megyn actually did a great interview here. Props.

[@sunshinemishasmommy5352]

What a great story...I wish him and his family all the best..he is a great example of the "upgrades" that are in store for humanity..we can ALL do this,we all have this capacity..this is just a small fraction of what the human brain and the human mind are capable of 😊

[@j5santos]

what do you think the 1% say about this?... They will not encourage us but to only keep us working as busy bees....the grease on the crank...

[@tahneethompson6012]

Jill S what the 1% say is irrelevant because someone will bring the tech to the common people if they don't

[@bigpun2k6]

@@tahneethompson6012 RIGHT and tech lke smart phones have truly made us the cutting edge and such an amazing species and force to reckon with. looking at pics on social media really feels so avant garde.

[@ericwilson6994]

3:20 THEN I ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?! TEMPLE GRANDIN MY LIFE WITH AUTISM MY LIFE IN PICTURES

[@ericwilson6994]

6:49 WHAT ARE YOU CRYING ABOUT?

[@alikacerto2280]

I love the facial expressions from the lady in red behind him. She is really in awe. 💗

[@trylikeafool]

She’s an actress.

[@watersbey25]

@@trylikeafool probably... Placed in for $100.00

[@treeman_mj]

She looks like someone that sat in a chair and had it spun around 100 times

[@Crozz22]

Then he said we can maybe use this in 20-30 years and she went like :(

[@peterpancik]

yeah, she annoys me a lot

[@seanhenry4830]

Remarkable outcome for this man!

[@jojo1865]

It's like musicians who hear melody playing in their head. But he is seeing shapes and numbers. Imagine how amazing is that.

[@moustachio05]

Wait people don't normally hear melodies playing in their brain?

[@roundedges2]

When my cat jumps on the railing, he calculates the exact power needed to jump--to just land on the railing and not overshoot--and not fall over the railing and splat on the patio downstairs.

[@frednil8304]

He knows he has 9 lives ;-) Lots of videos on KZbin of cats that try to jump and don't make it. Kitty in videos also has to understand co-efficient of friction.

[@kushhunter6106]

roundedges2 my cat forces me to let him run around our roof

[@linanicolia1363]

I have observed that as well and it appears they simply " relocate" where they want to be. They focus on that spot and they materialize there......without any real effort. Wish we could do this.

[@user-dt6mt3cg2d]

Hit your cat on the back of the head and see what happens.

[@kushhunter6106]

Zigg Zagg wtf

[@ji-yongahn6527]

You can talk about the low point of your life with ease only when you have overcome by far. His demeanour is so comfortable talking about his past ignorance in front of so many crowd.

[@icravehotpot5520]

The physical changes including his body language, despite his age is also fascinating

[@Eye_Radiate_Light]

He's like a totally different person. There's no way you'd say they were the same. His younger self seemed like a hooligan.

[@mikek545]

When she said “OMG” 🙈

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

There are MANY examples of brain injuries resulting in savant behavior. This goes to show that even the tiniest "rewiring" of the brain can have MASSIVE results: Usually bad, but sometimes good. Strange, the brain is, innit?

[@dieglhix]

I'm thankful of my health, although I wish I was smarter... Sometimes I wonder about go ahead risking hitting my own head to become a savant in something lol

[@wingerplayz5035]

same here😂​@@dieglhix

[@snake6700]

The secret to being smart is head injuries? Interesting..

[@ozymandias8523]

Guys this doesn’t work, trust me.

[@kushhunter6106]

Brep Brep im sorry to hear what ur mom did to u with that 5 iron

[@insomthegreat]

That's why football players make the big bucks.

[@justinhuman3278]

LMAO ha ha ha

[@GGGS97]

I had a stroke as a baby and I'm as dumb as it gets

[@raminote5726]

My god this is absolutely fascinating, it is as if (considering you see the brain as a computer) he had access to 'lower level' parts of his brain processing the usual movement, visualization etc... This would mean, our brain ALREADY HAS tons of mathematical capabilities that we shouldn't have access to and that we 'learn a second time' at school. According to what he says, he actually sometimes needs to think about a concept to understand it. But his thought process is more like: "now what does it mean for the universe ? How does the universe does that ?" And this makes sense, our brains evolved and got more complicated thanks to (or because of) our environment, therefore, our 'deep' thought processes are completely related to that same environment (concrete stuff and not abstract stuff). For instance: "what does F=GMm/r² mean ? Oh yeah ! it's the force that pushes me against the floor !" or "what is -1/2gt²+v0.cos(a) ? oh yeah ! it's the curve a ball draws in the sky when I launch it !" I WANT to search more about that, this is more than a gift, it's like the ultimate way to do math (aka use what our brains are already doing in the background).

[@a.k.4085]

The hospital sent him home after being seriously hit in the head. Wow, God loves this Dude a LOT.

[@bennett420316]

High as a kite too! Demerol shot

[@cspratling5247]

Wow math literally coded him into a new man. This is an amazing story absolutely incredible.

[@alanbang6249]

I am going get hammer wish me luck guys😂😃😄😅😆

[@Ohmide]

How are you now? Become a genuis yet?

[@warrickwalter426]

You're going to need a sledgehammer after that poor use of the English language

[@greenthizzle4]

Warrick Walter I useded a sledgehamma liyke u sayd, I feels wai smarta

[@goddyrichie4185]

Yeah go ahead all the best

[@dylanh.1530]

Hammered*

[@toxichammertoe8696]

Dude is considered a genius for hallucinating...He got a plug in the game!

[@BtwinUnW]

Jason, u are my new interest. I can listen and question u for hours. It still be very interesting and inspiring

[@warrickwalter426]

Where do I install this system update from?

[@jonl9801]

LOUISVILLE_SLUGGER.exe

[@treeman_mj]

DMT, mushrooms, or acid

[@campkira]

virus update risk...

[@wyaldkingdom]

Stop playing with stocks and make us a damm warp drive. The aliens are laughing at us man.

[@ronniecoleman2342]

I agree, except before warp is possible, we need fusion, then antimatter reactors. The power needed to travel warp is immense. I could power all of earth with one of my prototype reactors, but have not solved all needed mathmatical calculations.

[@froggie1847]

@Brayan Carmona we could theoretically achieve teleportation through quantum teleportation using the theory of entanglement. In fact we already did achieve this by teleporting data. However, the issue with this in order to teleport something we have to replicate its particles which in turn destroys the original particles. There’s a risk that if you teleport a person they may not be actually the same.

[@TheConspiredOne]

The man rocked a mullet, what a legend.

[@ericwilson6994]

3:20 THEN I ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?! TEMPLE GRANDIN MY LIFE WITH AUTISM MY LIFE IN PICTURES

[@jojosdarkbar2594]

Basically he's a super hero with mathematical powers

[@stoplayin21]

This is an awesome story! Inspiration

[@MsMedusaa]

I need to see a way more in depth interview with this man

[@MmmKayHuuNay]

Ms. Medusa he has a book you can buy. It's fascinating.

[@MsMedusaa]

+Captain Ford ill def pick it up!

[@se4949]

This man is not a math genius

[@krisw9526]

@@se4949 Wrong comment

[@mrunknown3384]

3:18 I can't stop laughing 🤣😂

[@sarahmunoz5749]

imagine if we could turn on abilities like this in anyone!! I hope brain science continues to compound to find solutions for brain injuries but to also improve the average person’s intelligence

[@maureennochannel]

I read this guy's book. Absolutely fascinating.

[@CapeCodBelle]

Maureen Compoli What’s the book called? I want to read it too.

[@s.ljones6824]

@@CapeCodBelle it's called 'Google'

[@jusrayne]

lol

[@kushhunter6106]

S.L Jones thats actually PRETTY racisttt.....

[@kushhunter6106]

jusrayne dont egg on this textual pervert

[@lukastheinfinite7311]

Let's hope this man will discover something amazing!

[@jdawg119]

This is amazing. I’ve always understood math to be like like.. of course I am never able to figure it all out like he can, but what he’s explaining is exactly what I’ve theorized and imagined

[@jaybanks2709]

we suffer because we say we cant

[@onigiri2136]

This is so cool and he is so fortunate! I got struck in the head and all I got was a concussion and post concussion syndrome. My IQ actually went down 😞😭

[@SAINTFLOOR]

Wow I feel bad you watch this knowing someone else has it better than you for no fair reason 💀

[@yggreuyri5822]

Not necessarily good. Did you notice that the person is now more feminine post-trauma? There's probably more that's not being shown but the law of zero-sum should apply to this guy too

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

This made me cry. I honestly really want to have an fmri done of my brain. I had a traumatic brain injury at 17 from a similar situation.

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

I use artwork to express myself but I love all sciences and math.

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

I love neuroscience aswell. Ever since my injury I wanted to study it

[@Antif4mous]

Hi! Would you like to change ideas. There's some natural beauty in chaos, and the Mandelbrot set. There's a code to life in fractals and I think conscience has something to do with Claustrum's actions. But these are complex topics which have complex numbers and I don't yet understand and doubt I'll ever truly will. So if you want to chat we could do it over Telegram or whatever you're comfortable with. Fyi, from Finland had this "awakening" and ideas of these concepts before I even researched them. It's honestly scary and I feel borderline crazy, but I'm constantly mind blown about all these similarities and coincidences that I keep finding.

[@ericwilson6994]

3:20 THEN I ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?! TEMPLE GRANDIN MY LIFE WITH AUTISM MY LIFE IN PICTURES

[@ericwilson6994]

6:49 WHAT ARE YOU CRYING ABOUT?

[@justinhuman3278]

I love the reaction of the woman behind him the entire time

[@MelissaRae1975]

WOW i love his excitement about math and life....

[@veronicalombardi2443]

What a nice, humble man !

[@nc01sadh]

Isn't human mind the ultimate frontier? If you could only access the areas of the brain that Jason and all the other savants have access to, we could perhaps crack the code of aging and explore the solar system and galaxies by building inter-galactic machine.

[@Species-rj9si]

The "framing" he is describing is known medically as "visual trails." You can get them as a side effect of taking some medications. I got them once after taking Klonopin (Clonazepam) for insomnia. It didn't help my math though. My physician took me off of it because of the visual trails and other side effect. I had to "taper" it off to keep from suffering benzodiazepine withdrawal. Took forever.

[@oscarsh2909]

Awesome hope he's doing well!

[@runnininthe80s84]

This is amazing but don’t forget about those who have brain injuries and do not recover. They are amazing examples of perseverance

[@DrAdnan]

Med school’s been getting tough- who knew I just needed to get hit in the head 😂

[@nikkistahr7105]

✊✊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊✊ There ya go!😃

[@DrAdnan]

NIKKI STAHR I feel smarter already.

[@errolm8313]

How you holding up? Closer to graduation I hope

[@DrAdnan]

ERROL MATTHEWS yeah, still alive somehow. Last year 💪

[@DrAdnan]

Roshni Rampadarath I’ll try doing this more since I’m studying for boards

[@elissaj420]

I suffered a traumatic brain injury and I got all of his bad traits and a learning disability. I had an eidetic memory and now my short term is shot. Depressing.

[@nancychace8619]

Amazing. I'd like to learn more about the fractal algorithms in the stock charts. Have actually been fascinated with fractals for a long time, but never had the chance to really get into them. Thank you for sharing.

[@aj.arunkumar]

he is talking about the composable nature of universe and she asked "can we go to vegas with this". i wish there was a better interview of this guy where the interviewer had better questions. if you happen to know it pls link it below

[@nickilovesdogs8137]

This is truly amazing. There is another savant he's from England and he, too sees things mathematically and it also comes from intuition and the cosmos. This is all very metaphysical.

[@mv8908]

What's his name?

[@Eye_Radiate_Light]

I believe they are tapping into a deep "source code" within the brain akin to the cheat codes hidden in a game.

[@Jenbrinkerjackson]

No genius has a mullet after 1996. He should find the guy who hit him and thank him.

[@hikaryagravity]

We need more researchs on this !

[@jeighlynn2667]

Fascinating. The Brain is an amazing organ which we have yet to understand let alone fully comprehend.

[@heatherraworth8549]

Wow, what a unique story ❤

[@fornello123]

When I add two numbers - Host: SLOW DOWN EINSTEIN Crowd: 🤣🤣😆

[@austinspare6214]

This was so nice and wholesome. :)

[@baconsalad1891]

9:16 what he is explaining is the dilation of Time from one event to the next. As the image moves faster the dilation increases which causes the Time variant to slow down as space/time compensates for the gravitational motion of the event. A fabric stretching and contracting when the fabric is stretched there is a dilation from one thread in the fabric to the next. Wibaly wobbly timey wimy.

[@luisduran3456]

Dude was bullied so hard by life, it smacked the jock outta him and made him a nerd.

[@ibraveheart5700]

This just goes to show you how mysterious the brain is

[@williamwallace4080]

I wish I had good memory. It'd make things so much easier. Thankfully I do aerospace eng so, although you need to memorise some things, solving problems is more than just regurgitating what you learned.

[@WolverineMKD]

He wasnt always a genius. He clearly stated that.

[@melvinbowen2nd]

The gift is that most humans don’t have to think about these things while they perform them. It’s sad to realize that his brain is glitching in a sense forcing him to calculate the most mundane things in this world. Both a blessing and a curse.

[@EricChamplin]

Shoot, can someone please hit me in the head? I want to win a Nobel Prize. :)

[@greenthizzle4]

Eric Champlin yeah come to me man

[@johnnyreb280]

Gives new meaning to the term "having some sense knocked into you"...

[@jdolan7654]

Love the way he loves himself!