Math Genius Computes in the Blink of an Eye

Math Genius Computes in Blink of an Eye from the 20/20 "SuperHumans!" special.

[@alexandercummins]

0:58 "He begins reciting the numbers back IN ORDER..." Well of course in order! Otherwise he would just be saying numbers, which I could do.

[@jackbradley8087]

this sounds like something norm Macdonald would say

[@OptimusPurp]

👌😂

[@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

You can recite pi in backwards order? Or you can recite random numbers in backwards order?

[@brandonb3273]

Your mind didnt pick up that the mathematicians didnt pick up?

[@Youngy]

I said those exact words, read this comment a few seconds later, and proceeded to say “Hey! That’s what I said!” 😂

[@beeshwax]

This is literally the difference between hero and villain. Got bullied at school and the only reason he in calmly sitting in an interviewers chair and not mathematically destroying the world in revenge is because he made a choice in his heart so quickly that it felt like a natural reaction to be good instead. I love this man.

[@INSigotem]

when he sees numbers turn to shapes & colors but acts socially awkward, he's given the title of savant and gets to travel the world to inspire people. when i do that im just really high

[@kimcarmichael9830]

Haha!!!!

[@adityaroyalmatturi2962]

total23 I laughed my ass off!

[@r3dleh107]

ahaahahahahha

[@CKarmorr]

The difference is he recites pi to 20,000 characters, when someone mentions pi to you, you just salivate.

[@eliseangell7763]

I have synesthesia, it's not that rare

[@JustAFocus]

It's fun trying to imagine what is going on in his head; how he is perceiving the world. Ultimately it is an impossible endeavor for a "normal" human like me, but just try to imagine seeing every number in the world as a colorful shape, an equation as a beautiful painting. Try to imagine the level of detail that this guy's brain picks up in everything he sees, walking down the street, riding in a car, etc. Remarkable stuff.

[@unicockboy1666]

JustAFocus I see numbers and letters in colour in my head, and it really is not that extraordinary or different from the average. He obviously has a geniusly functioning memory, the colours just give you a bit of a better memorization, for example Im almost never forgetting the first (and mostly second) letter of any word, so that by reminding the colour of the letters, i can remind me on it after thinking about it for a little while

[@wm_9640]

@@unicockboy1666 yeah but I have a feeling his brain is... a little different than yours lol. As he explained, he sees a specific color, shape, and texture for every single number. That’s why he can compute 53x131 in an instant, because the answer, 6943, is itself another shape and color and fits into his number/shape/color thing. That type of ability is unfathomable, I can only imagine what he sees in his head...

[@mbuckholz]

what does normal look like?..

[@mr.niceguy3178]

He can't drive a car.

[@tomrichnafsky3089]

Makes me wanna sustain a serious head injury

[@philipcampos4185]

He has 5tb of hdd 1tb ssd R9 290X, AMD gpu 16gb ram Intel® Core™ i7-4701EQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)

[@nxnxnxjxjxjx2615]

Philip Campos hi

[@vaultdweller123]

the brain is very vast, i think i read an article one time that our brain was very vast that that it cant lots of information and some traces in the DNA that tells like its kinda alien and doesnt even belong to this planet, like humans came from another planet and we we just left here to colonize this planet

[@Xearo1985]

@@vaultdweller123 You either need to take more drugs, or less. This definitely isn't working.

[@seshieman2579]

ram running at 5100mhz

[@icewaterfall101]

He seems to be down to earth and modest. I think those are his best qualities.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1816]

Why? Why is that his best quality? No it's seriously fucking not. The only reason you think that's his best quality is because it helps YOU feel better about being mediocre.

[@wewjoj]

​@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1816 If you somehow feel the need to call someone out for saying this guy being down to earth and his modesty are his best traits, it sounds like you're the one who feels bad about being mediocre and needs to justify it.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1816]

@@wewjoj Oh that's what it sounds like is it? Oh wow, you got me. Crap. Ughh I don't know what I'll do now. You're right, I just need to take a long hard look at myself. Ughh the pain!!!

[@d6wave]

no dude , amadeus mozart , maybe it's a good quality bc opposes the disease of superiority complexion which it's super dangerous and leads into psychopathy and abuse of power (a subcategory of corruption) . humility trait shows non-superiority-complexion behaviour .

[@miguelsolana8590]

@@d6wave absolutely, even how this Mozart Guy seems to make fun of people in the Internet, just for liking Someone elses modesty... That to me seems Like Mr. Mozart has a superiority complex himself, and thats also probbably why he got so angry in the First place.

[@Empathy-and-resilience]

What a beautiful mind.

[@timdemey9492]

What a beautiful movie ;)

[@windbreaker57]

And seems like a beautiful person, too.

[@TheMitchZone]

Everything is simply beautiful. 🙂

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

He has a beautiful voice -rich, resonant, and soothing. Would be great * as a radio announcer * singing bass in a choir.

[@TheFunOfGameing]

i gave this guy my phone number and he told me he forgot it.

[@betsykirkland418]

TheFunOfGaming Or, he was being kind, and didn't want to say he didn't want your phone number...

[@DONtheSTAR]

+TheFunOfGaming the number you gave him showed a horrible picture.

[@Mrcabletwitch]

He wasn't looking for a relationship

[@user-qu1ic1mw2u]

TheFunOfGaming hahahahahahaha so sad

[@windbreaker57]

Probably had the wrong color and the shape wasn't his type.

[@babbisp1]

He took Crystal Math.

[@savoryicon]

I need to hire this guy to crack the lottery code for me

[@frankpower1774]

omg he could actually do it :O

[@hesh2892]

@@frankpower1774 there is no lottery code. He could be good in sports betting

[@fezzik7619]

@@frankpower1774 no he couldn’t. The lottery number is always arbitrary.

[@ferrisbueller9991]

@@hesh2892 Yes.

[@ferrisbueller9991]

@@fezzik7619 Well, kind of. Everything is arbitrary to people who can’t see the patterns. People can’t see patterns AI can, someday computers may allow people to cheat. Perhaps some hypothetical super computer loaded with all data available could make some solid guesses. ps. Don’t play the lottery. Go to a casino and have actual fun where cute gals bring you martinis, bliss of her body and booze will make it more tolerable 2 lose. I'd rather a 1 dollar scratcher over 1 mega millions play. I've scratched before and won. Like 5-50. My mom got 500 off one. Of course you will spend more than you gain (well most will) but you actually have a chance of winning. You don’t have a chance w. The main lottery. You just don’t. It is a illusion, I promise. The chance anyone he reads this will win is like 0.0000000000000000001 percent, which is actually a generous estimation.

[@nikosvid2321]

Has anyone tried to find out, with his help, unknown relations between numbers? Maybe interpreting the way his mind conceives numbers, to something understable to the rest of us, could reveal us hidden connections in mathematical structures that would not be otherwise known with typical logical processing.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

+nikosvid Interesting thought.

[@SenditCRV]

sheesh if this guy smoked a doob i wonder what kinda world he would be in.

[@nickdavis965]

+RastaGMC Sierra the 4th demension probs

[@inkognito8400]

RastaGMC Sierra Can't Do it, with Asperger Syndrom the risk of getting natural autism is really high with any drug

[@christinamazi5477]

No fucking way really?!

[@89turbomk3]

Plot twist!! He does !

[@Aerox90]

I have synesthesia and while visiting Amsterdam a couple of years ago, I tried it. My synesthesia is visual audio, and it got HUUGELY enhanced! All sounds got mixed into any landscape I was looking at, like they moved along with any object from which the sound came from and was attached to it like it was its soul. It was really interesting to experience it so intense, but it freaked me out since I couldn't make it go away when it became TOO overwhelming. So I decided to never do it again.

[@boadab_]

"I'm too smart to drive"

[@mirinbrah739]

I go watch the episode on the current chess grand master, and comments in the replies are people talking down about him, saying he's nothing special, basically being elitist snobs. Then I come here, and see the same things. What is it with some people? Do they feel threatened by someone demonstrating more impressive intellectual skills? Stop being so abrasive, and just enjoy the variety in the world. Elitist snobbery makes you look silly.

[@iclassic6082]

they're probably jealous .

[@hardcoremolpen]

Mirin Brah their parents were mean to them

[@CronosXIIII]

+Mirin Brah People don't like to entertain the idea that someone else is vastly superior to them. I myself am smarter than most people, yet any genius would make me look like a fool. This is the reality of life. Some people were lucky enough to be born with a brain structure that's more conducive to learning/problem solving. It's all a lottery, just like physical appearance. People are too egotistical to admit that they're mediocre in comparison to some people. Closely related to the Dunning Kruger effect.

[@anthonybasil5662]

Without humblesness they will not get far, for God blesses the weak and meek of this world, not the strong and wise

[@yolmak1793]

They are envious

[@Dkcode]

Wonder if this guy can code software or dabbles. If he can learn languages fast he can learn a programming language, and computers are mathematical machines. He could code some wonderful stuff. Be interesting to know.

[@watchocho2660]

I was indeed thinking of the same thing.

[@vaultdweller123]

if he learnt to code, he's gonna wipe out all software competition

[@DX413RB8]

there might be one person like him one day, who will be able to accomplish even more than that...

[@genesis3041]

I know almost nothing about coding and it’s specifics,could you tell me what difference he could make?

[@warlour]

​@@genesis3041 A rather uneducated guess in the field of programming of mine would be that programmers use a lot of time on troubleshooting errors, and finding ways to do something in a programming language. If he can memorize 22,514 digits of pi and learn multiple languages, he would quite possibly come close to completely memorize multiple programming languages, this could lead to him not needing any troubleshooting or searching up something online.

[@connorwiebe611]

There is something extremely important that we have to recognize and understand about the way he can find the answers so quickly. Basically every number has a shape and the negative space somehow gives him the answer. But how? This basically means the human mind can work in amazing ways we didn't realize. Makes you think about the possibilities if only our brains were formatted differently. The possibilities really are endless when you consider the seemingly infinite potential a brain can have for processing information and producing correct answers.

[@andyharpist2938]

Indeed if the spaces are the products then how does he compute, say, the divisers, or the summations, of the two shapes? Or roots or all the rest of mathmatical functions

[@michaelnienaber8263]

Math is like computer code to this guy. You put the numbers together and you get a whole picture.

[@DavidPhilipBaldock]

Imagine if we could understand the mechanism and teach it to our computers. Star Trek like advances in a decade or two.

[@TheGoozaflight]

The secret is Eat Bananas and drink water.

[@charliecroft5477]

will try thankyou!!

[@lavacastle6315]

This works.

[@Nanomachines5on]

"In a normal brain, different parts don't talk to eachother."- Yeah right...

[@peorakef]

Metaphoric of course.

[@natelav534]

Senator Armstromg they probably tried to explain it quick and simply even though its not true for people who dont understand how the brain works. Our seperate brain parts communicate with electrical signals but all work seperatly and alone. His brain doesnt just communicate. It uses all parts of the brain to solve problems for example when he thinks of a math problem. The part of the brain which contains colors shapes amd such will fire and work with the rest of his brain even though it normally would not

[@gucciysl]

Its been 10 years. I remember seeing this summer 2010. Time flies

[@tabularasa9576]

Indeed

[@Suaplue]

True mental math can be trained but whats really amazing is his memorization and ability to absorb information.

[@ophello]

I wondered the same thing. But his understanding of those numbers is probably more nuanced and complex than he is capable of describing. It's like asking someone to describe an emotion with just a picture. You can't do it. You can try, but you will never be able to explain "fear" or "love" to someone by drawing a picture. They have to experience those emotions for themselves. This is how I think Daniel experiences numbers: very personal, intimate, and difficult-to-describe.

[@jimlewis3306]

The beauty of this is how, with different wiring, we can understand some things oh so well, and others not at all. As he says, emotionally hi's hindered, but from his perspective other things are incredibly easy. I read long ago that "smart" people don't work harder, their brains have an easier time expressing their particular knowledge. It's actually easier for them, and they expend less energy.

[@rawstarmusic]

That's amazing. Einstein had some colors and movements going on as well in his thinking while understanding. That process seems to happen differently for these people but much more efficient, really like super-humans.

[@brosskitchens]

Nature is mathematical. And everything in existence can be reduced to an equation... One of the reasons these Theoretical Physicists are siding towards "We're all living in a Simulation."

[@rawstarmusic]

@@brosskitchens It isn't a simulation I think but it can becompared to a simulation

[@elizabethvalle2013]

this guys is way amazing! especially how he conquered his social personality!

[@randomasiangeek]

this is very true. i feel like this is the reason math is so incredibly hard. memorizing numbers and theorems is a large part but in order to be considered a genius you need creativity.

[@allistar34]

one of the most interesting people ever... the way his brain works is absolutely astounding

[@smhaceofspades2813]

I loving watching videos of him, for me the coolest thing beyond the numbers is when he went to to Iceland and learned the language in like a few days. Frickin awesome!!!!

[@jesusbermudez6775]

It took me 16 years to learn to speak English living in England! Yes he is amazing.

[@thuvbask]

this man is amazing.

[@TheTechAdmin]

Yeah yeah; but can he eye in the compute of a blink? BOOOM!!!

[@Trevelyan333]

he is not an exception to anything...he is an example...an example of the potential of the individual mind...as long as you see him as 'superhuman' you will believe that he can do things you can't and it is this very belief that will inhibit you

[@vultusalbus4216]

Languages, maths, science and music. The most common specific interests in people on the spectrum we used to call geeks or nerds in the 20th Century. Foreign languages can be useful in countries where English is poorly spoken or understood. Conlangs, however, are not as usual. If it wasn't for English in the early 20th Century, we would have ended up using a biased language called Esperanto. Of course Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Russian may be mandatory if you end up in a totalitarian state where speaking English can make you look like a capitalist enemy, which is or may be, in such states, a pleonasm

[@SpiffDogVideos]

The numbers I see are represented by scent. 1=urine 2=poop 3=popcorn

[@josev4539]

lol....fkn classic!!

[@Zharkan16]

my numbers are represented by pokemon

[@amitarussell4890]

hi

[@101babybush]

hahahhaha

[@anthonybasil5662]

Not very Alkemical is it? haha

[@jupiter2448]

Imagine all the good we could do if we all thought like this

[@achillesglacia7700]

wed be living on mars by now

[@Kharnellius]

Not very far. We need minds of all kinds. The video pointed out many of his limitations which is not a negative, just a consequence of many of the positives. Need all types so do not underestimate what you can contribute to the world.

[@NoraGreen1992]

I need him to sit beside me in my management mathematics test.

[@constipatedbowels3473]

Nora Green...is there mathematics in management???......only math-phobic dummies study management

[@drockvaashon1]

for a full documentary on this astounding gentleman, look up "The Boy With The Incredible Brain"

[@devtank]

What is extraordinary is his ability to concentrate, which, is absolutely the key to his success.

[@viddabroun8613]

He actually recited Pi to 22514 places, which if you insist on rounding it up to the nearest thousand would give 23000.

[@TheHylan143]

He'd memorized the first twenty two- *well that's pretty good for a first look though isn't it?* -THOUSAND digits... *FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...*

[@masihnoorzai2260]

I felt the same

[@themusicholecole]

Meanwhile I can’t even remember my girlfriend’s phone number

[@seconley]

HE should be straightening our national debt! Let him crunch the numbers..... instruct on how exactly to fix it. Like a parent teaches their child to balance a checkbook :) One Love

[@ThisMuslimah]

If so, I hope he enjoys the process, though. :)

[@iscratchmybutt]

all he needs to know is how to add and subtract to do that... something american politicians can't do

[@wonderwoman5528]

Who’d have thought numbers could be so beautiful

[@MichaelPeterson1982]

Yeah same here, that would be so useful to be able to learn and store information at that rate.

[@Made4Fan]

This guy has an extraordinary brain. The brain that has alot of space to absorb informations and link them together. It is fascinating how he only be able to see things inside his brain. Could it be the same thing as we all see things in dream ?

[@Dally3232]

0:42 He memorized it by looking at it once? In the Letterman interview he said that he learned for "a few weeks".

[@IrradiatedDonkeyKong]

For anybody to be able to do what he does even with the aid of Mnemonics is incredible.

[@DJMichaelAngelo]

I stumbled across this video looking for Danie's appearence on the David Letterman TV show from 4/27/2005 but looks like it was taken down from KZbin :( This interview segment was almost as good though! Thanks for posting it :)

[@johnydiala2492]

This is absolutely incredible. What sort of cognitive processes go inside his head? How does he think? Or does he even think at all? These prodigies clearly have some sort of neurophysiological advantages. Maybe more glial cells, more blood flow to mathematical regions of the brain, more neural pathways or just larger brains in general. This guy memorizes numbers several orders of magnitude higher than I can even comprehend of doing. Unbelievable.

[@user-pl9yq3fc8u]

or maybe some of them dedicated a lot of time

[@KyleJPie10]

It's not that he's extremely smart, it's just that he has an incredible memory.

[@Kharnellius]

You can't learn to speak well through just memory. Neither can you do any math problem instantly with just memory.

[@mica122213]

@@Kharnellius that doesnt make you smart but just good with numbers in general and the language is def memory nothing to do with being smart. someone who is smart engineered an idea to solve a problem for example 90% of other people could not figure out.

[@e65666]

@@mica122213 in that sense what is "smart", you realize for anyone to generate an idea they will use previous information, he sees numbers as colours just like many other people who have synesthesia do, but that doesn't mean that those people can do it, he has figured out a way to do this calculations with his ability with a bit of intuition.

[@eeurr1306]

@@e65666He said he always saw numbers like that, so its just like perfect pitch, luck.

[@OriginalPuro]

I admire this person and his abilities.

[@calamarimaniac]

Your logic is impeccable.

[@thorrozz]

from iceland. and his icelandic was not good. doesnt pronounce the sentences in the right way. but for 1 or 2 weeks its still amazing.

[@indiebandit1]

Yes, I would concur; although he is indisputably a computational genius, mathematical theory is an exceedingly more expansive and complex field of study.

[@turnerj3699]

this made me smile.

[@maluromero36]

It's astonishing the way his mind works 😎. Also, he's modest and seems to be adapted to interviews and people even if his autism .👏

[@barryryan8267]

Seems to be a lovely modest man.

[@trommelbiel]

This will encourage me to keep learning Chinese. Thanks.

[@BlueLeopard200]

I'm glad someone like this exists. I was worried that Rain Man, one of my favourite films, was exaggerating the ability of Savants.

[@juggerfox]

Thanks for the explanation!

[@mightymouse5930]

This guy would fail elementary math, because he's not using core math to show his work. Just saying.

[@munchmunchmonster1803]

Lol

[@DeathBringer769]

Einstein flunked too.

[@chad1682]

You are sadly very correct. The elite created common core to dumb down the population, make them helpless, desperate, and easy to control. The left wants everyone on welfare and the right wants the economic status quo. Smart or otherwise unusual people are extra hard to control.

[@TheFrygar]

Holy fuck you are stupid. He would do fine in common core math - it's not that he CAN'T do math the way it's normally taught in school, he just has a shortcut method. To the guy who somehow thinks learning Common Core is a leftist control tactic, I mean seriously go read a book or something, just stop...horribly sad.

[@UknownAfrican]

He could easily do core math because he can also learn things at an accelerated rate faster then normal humans could

[@The-qf5jb]

I'm also a math genius. I'm a member of Mensa International.

[@briantitchener4829]

The#1 I'm.... I'm.... Yeah right. Learn Icelandic in a week.

[@KpxUrz5745]

@@briantitchener4829 Gooan daginn. Eg hef pao gott. Hvernig hefurou pao?

[@seanvanhees8977]

I don´t even know how I ended up here but he´s awesome!

[@vanessaalim9220]

He is so blessed!

[@pepethefrog6837]

The first 51 digits of pi are stuck in my head and it is as easy to recall as 12 x 12 = 144... I think once you memorise a few digits, you can do it with every batch of 5-50 digits and you can't forget them

[@andyharpist2938]

that is memorising a sentence.. hu healy beb conofny na mag al sip suk la.....

[@Matthew2400]

It took me about 15 seconds to calculate 131*53 in my head. The way I did it was to split it up into a whole heap of simple calculations: 1) Half of 130 is 65 2) Therefore half of 131 is 65.5 3) Therefore 50*131 is 6550 4) 3*100 is 300 5) 3*31 is 93 6) Therefore 3*131 is 393 7) Therefore 53*131 is 6550 + 393 8) So the answer is: 6550 + 393 9) Which is: 6550 - 7 + 400 10) Which is: 6543 + 400 11) Which is: 6943

[@MarysMindMarysWorld]

wow, want a cookie. -.-

[@Matthew2400]

+Mary's Mind No need to be rude. I was trying to help others by explaining how to solve complex equations by splitting it up into a whole heap of simple calculations.

[@user-ik9th1nk9n]

Matthew2400 how you done the third step is cool :)

[@christinamazi5477]

The impressive part about him is he doesn't think, he senses mathematics...

[@thesavantart8480]

Matthew2400 You have to use shortcuts, I don't. I can solve calculations like 43,529 x 58,362 in my head without any shortcuts or tricks.

[@hesh2892]

He could have memorised before. All mathematicians try to memorise pi to some digits. But to 22,000 digits is incredible

[@maxtyler9621]

That is a beautiful gift.

[@yolmak1793]

amazing. I would be interested to know how the number 666 looks to him

[@bigt4636]

That’s easy, the number 666 is simply 18 and 18 means life in Hebrew. There are far worse things than the so called beast and that is you own ego 🤷

[@Zatinie]

I never said his abilities weren't impressive. In fact, they're incredibly impressive. And yes, I'm immensely jealous of him. Who wouldn't be? My point was that there is no reason to take him for anything other than what he actually is. Especially since what he is, is something so incredibly amazing. But it is important to note that he is amazing only in the way that he actually is amazing. Not in just any way you see fit for the current scenario. There is no need to give him undeserved credit.

[@ivanhale8114]

This is the guy who should've played Vision in the MCU

[@mountainofthunder92]

God bless you sir. Much love

[@xSnoopy978x]

I'll have what he's having

[@SnoopyDoofie]

+DrinkoolaiDs He's gay. Sure you want it?

[@charleswallace1123]

Jen why do people hate on you when your gifted and talented

[@ledsabbath1061]

This interested me very much... not from the sense of a mathematician... but I always heard Jimi Hendrix talk about seeing the music as colors and shapes.. and hearing him talk about seeing numbers as colors and shapes makes me wonder about Jimi's mind much more... was he in someways the "same" as Nick? just in a different category?

[@sdjt2246]

Hendrix saw colours because he was probably on an acid trip.

[@ledsabbath1061]

SD jt no, he talked about it before he ever started taking acid.

[@W0mbRaider]

led sabbath The perception of things such as letters, words, numbers and music as colours and shapes is a neurological phenomenon called synesthesia. It's more common than most people are aware.

[@anthonybasil5662]

What he and Jimi spoke about are very true Alchemical laws, they have been known for years but not many ppl are bright enough to witness this phenomenon. So someone such as myself who knows these laws but cannot see them all the time, it is a great blessing to have someone confirm them.

[@KohlDayvhis]

Very cool! His left and ride side of the brain have mixed together!

[@Holligan878]

He makes it look easy being in his condition, but it is a lot harder than you think. At this point he has probably overcome most of his problems and he enjoys his life, but I bet he wouldn't wish the same fate upon you. It takes a strong will and spirit to deal with his mind and the problems he most likely had to deal with during his life.

[@xtrekrex]

He's been taking a low dose of NZT every day of his life.

[@MohammedHussain-ss6kj]

Lmfaaaaaooooo

[@ophello]

I believe the negativity around him is invented, and blown out of proportion. He is clearly gifted.

[@nickjanascheck2011]

This man is brilliant!

[@joshuaaa3337]

I thought pi is just 3.14

[@robertking2994]

BearEatingShark he is an idiot

[@alexjackson5178]

I just laughed so hard.

[@peterward1124]

You're assumption is definitely better than my guess. To the other self-righteous douches, Don't judge a fish on its ability to fly.

[@alexjackson5178]

+Josh Gooch I made no such claim, and by the way you don't know everything either. Lets scale both our knowledge to that of the whole universe. You and I are almost equally infinitesimal in that regard. Thanks for the math lesson though.

[@pherlong7]

What about 3.14159265

[@Jotinko]

WOW!!!!!!. Daniel along with Kim Peek absolutely FASCINATE ME!!!!!!!!. I have an above average IQ. I'm good at Math & memorization. I also see numbers as well as the Months of the year as Colors as well. I once memorized the first 104 digits of Pi in 2 hours or so but 22,000 after reading them once..............GEEZ. MAJOR RESPECT & ADMIRATION!!!!!!!

[@TigerAlert]

yeah but why do you have to brag before tho?

[@thesavantart8480]

ConvictedAshes 104 digits of pi in 2 hours? That is slow as fuck dude..

[@danwicks7102]

ConvictedAshes

[@charleswallace1123]

ConvictedAshes this is an awesome talent I wish I had

[@MrBulletproof87]

nobody cares dude

[@ryankoziol7467]

Amazing man!

[@Totalchaos0228]

I remember when he did that...it was amazing!! I love speaking Old Norse, it's harder to learn than English!

[@jasonbruster]

There is a Japanese guy that has memorized pi to over 80k places. The official ranking has one person listed as #166 in the world and only memorized pi to 20 places. Obviously, this competition is not of great concern to very many people. He has a great memory, that is undeniable. But to call him a "math genius" and a "mind unlike anyone else" he would need to do something much more incredible than just remember a bunch of things. "Genius is nothing, without the actions behind it."

[@Thanatip2004BMZ]

“Starts reciting pi *in order*” I think... I think that’s the only way to recite pi... Look here are the digits of pi 1,3,6,5,2,8,9,4,7,9,0 -.-

[@7318ify]

I bet he has more than 50 percent of his brains capacity unlocked.

[@zakkruger8517]

Simply extraordinary I would give anything to meet him

[@brugelxencerf]

Maybe should distinguish between savant, and genius. Unusual ability to compute in the head is not comparable to creative math genius such as Ramanajun.

[@rtfacts5317]

He sees numbers while Ramanujan saw maths itself.

[@mariusmaksvytis2730]

Calculating is nothing compared to math in itself. I was considered math genius in 5th - 8th grade just because i would be able to calculate in my mind, while other would take even longer with calculator. As time went by i wasn't that good at math as i was considered in 5th grade. Now I'm in university studying physics. I am general kid like everyone else. My mom thinks that i've wasted my skills, however she doesn't understand that calculation and maths doesn't have that much together in itself. Of course this guy has amazing abilities, but he is not math genius, just because he can memorize and calculate very well. He would be genius if he would solve those ''PI'' problems or something. And if HE IS GENIUS, it is not because of his calculating abilities.

[@Carcaroff87]

This is exactly what i always thought about this guy or Kim Peek. They have good skills, almost entirely memory related, but in my opinion, a real genius is someone who solves problems never solved before, or who solves problems already solved in a different, more efficient way. I think about Newton, Tesla, Gauss...guys like these are geniuses. P.S. This is all related to the tile "math genius", which is questionable...but there are other types of intelligence and, hence, of geniuses out there, not only math ones ofc.

[@LeaderCoffe]

MrVeleno87 I didn't read all the message but Kim Peek and him are able to understand and read a lot of books and understand, learn them so they can be more """""intelligent"""" and become what I call a genius.

[@Carcaroff87]

Jean Pierre I think we have a different opinion on what a real genius is. And you seem to be a tl;dr guy, but i already wrote something, and i'll just add more. Imagine them (Peek, Tammet) spending all their life memorizing books about art and visiting most of the museums out there. Then they are asked to: reproduce a painting they saw and trying to paint a new one really good and innovative. Guess what? If they are not geniuses, they will fail in both the tasks, or surely on hte second one. And this is not related to art only, obviously, think of math...you can remember every formula out there and understand even the hardest theories, but that's something you wouldn't be able to do if you're not a real genius: come out with a new theory, or find a solution for one of the already unsolved mathematical problems. When they assign the Nobel prize, they always say "...for the great contribution to science/humanity etc"...but Kim was just a living google and Tammet is just a fast learner of new languages and owner of the record of pi, nothing useful to all of us. I'm not against them, i'm fascinated by their capabilities, but i can't really find a similarity between these 2 guys and people like Tesla, Galilei, Newton etc. In conclusion: being genius=/=being intelligent. There are no literature books i'm not able to understand/appreciate when i read them, or poetry, but then i place my hands on the Comedia and just heavy breathe thinking that someone was capable of such an outstanding beauty. P.S. Sorry for likely bad english, this is not the kind of topic i speak/read about in this language (i'm just an average internet user), which obviously isn't my main.

[@LeaderCoffe]

Sorry i'm french and I have a bad english that's why i'm tl;dr, btw there is so many autistic savant (the syndrome) like stephan wiltshire ect Einstein is a genius and he can be a bad painter it's the same. So they are genius in different domain like calculating ect. The problem between différence with maths and calculated isn't easy. Some genius mathematician can't calculating like them but imo if there is "genius" mathematician Guy it's because they have a better logical brain and they understand more faster and better so an autistic Guy with savant syndrome is able to do the same with work. It's obviously What tammet did When he understood so many "logique d'un langage". I can say big shit I have no source I Just say my noob opinion

[@LeaderCoffe]

Didn't read lol

[@ismail64yilanci]

Things that are thought impossible actually are not possible as we can see in this example of a miracle.

[@g4jmx3z]

His Genius is unparalleled.

[@Matt5bm]

nobody else see Stephen Merchant?!... just me?...

[@MRpigface55]

Yeah I thought he loooked familliar xD

[@YMPHH]

Why hasn't this guy joined the CIA?

[@ROCdevelopments]

He doesn't join the CIA, the CIA joins him.

[@altar7885]

haha! WTF???

[@ItsThatMilkshake]

Oy vey

[@opiburns]

Probably because he isn't American...

[@yolmak1793]

because he seems to have good intentions and the CIA is a mafia. Good people don't like to join bad people.

[@phillipsteiner3581]

Maybe one day we will be able to unlock the brain's secrets! This guy is incredible!!!

[@xBl00dBrothersX]

yes kim peek is who I was referring too. He is proof the human brain is capable of memorizing huge amounts of read information INSTANTLY and PERMANENTLY.

[@NatsuDragneelBC]

Synesthisia for the win!

[@eliseangell7763]

Yes!! Do you have it too? If so what type and connections?

[@PsychoMonkeyNine]

first 20,000 pfft I can memorize the first 4 numbers of pi

[@carstenh.9487]

actually, I'm developing an app where people can memorize 40.000 digit of number pi...with mnemonics anything is possible. pls visit my channel!

[@jesusbermudez6775]

Yes, this chap is amazing.

[@wildimpo]

Just simply amazing!!!!!!!

[@sliderBro]

I'm not that impressed with the title of the video. Memorizing numbers does not equate to "Math Genius".

[@madferthem]

exactly even if he have an incredible brain power he cant be like Grigori Perelman

[@JohnDoe-zh6cp]

***** Exactly, we have calculators that can do what he does. If you had studied any college level math, you would know that math is a lot more than just calculation. Until he solves a millennium prize problem or actually contributes to a mathematical field, I wouldn't consider him a math genius.

[@Rockybalboarules25]

You are very ignorant and stupid person. Can you mentally calculate numerical sums instantly????? Complex mental calculation is extremely rare Do not criticise something you cannot do yourself.

[@BrianPex]

He learned a tough language in a week!! What can you do?

[@steph.li3]

Rohit Pathak he doesn’t memorize them

[@NormantasK]

memorizing numbers dosnt make u genius.

[@michaelzimmermann9804]

What about learning a language in a week? Multiplying huge numbers? How easy would it be for him to study something like math? he would be done in some hours with lectures others need years to understand correctly. If this is not genius what else ^^

[@lmaka1]

Michael Zimmermann Except that real math has nothing to do with calculating numbers. What theorems has he proven, what scientific theories has he discovered, what books, music or art has he created? He's a walking calculator. It's a sad commentary on our educational system that most people confuse what this guy is doing with math which takes actual thought, analysis, and ingenuity.

[@michaelzimmermann9804]

It's funny that I actually study math. And for sure math has something to do with memory. I agree it's not about calculating.But I doubt he would have trouble with a math study, even though he never proved something special which would be indeed not necessary for a math study. nevertheless this guy is a genius. maybe he is jsut not interessted enough in actual math..

[@lmaka1]

Michael Zimmermann I have a degree in math as well which is why I stated what I did. His talents are special. I don't dispute that. If you are studying math, then you know that mathematicians do not regard the ability to calculate large numbers with any particular esteem. It is a convenient skill to have--certainly nothing compared to the penetrating insight required to solve a difficult proof. I agree memory is important. but with diminishing returns and much less relevant than analytic power. These seem to me almost universally accepted views in the math world. Overwhelmingly, it is people with little to no math background who hail this man as one of the smartest people in the world. It is akin to claiming someone who scored a 190 on an IQ test but who has accomplished nothing is smarter than Einstein. So that leads to the question: what is your definition of genius? Even if 'brain man' has little interest in pure mathematics, has he produced a profound insight in any field? Is a prodigious memory or the ability to calculate large numbers in one's head a sufficient condition for genius?

[@michaelzimmermann9804]

My personal definition of a genius is not this guy. for me a genius is someone like R. Feynman, who "created" QED, just to name his most famous work, for which he received the nobel price. As you say its about the definition of "a genius". In some sense he is one. He can learn a language in a week cause he can memorize everything like a vacuum cleaner. Thats why I "supposed" it would not be problematic for him to study (for instance math or anything). But I have to admit you are right, a true genius (in my view) is someone who creats something new, something many people thought about before but did not had the ability to get there.

[@winter32842]

That's amazing. I wish, I was like that.

[@l3igK]

wow this is amazing.

[@blackxcherry22]

I believe we all have the ability to do this and much more. For whatever reason we have a mental block on most of our brain. My subconscious brings forward so much while I'm sleeping or falling asleep. When I let my conscious mind go, I suddenly begin to hear precise conversations I heard throughout the day.. ones I wasn't even paying attention to. I'll hear songs word for word, beginning to end that I've only heard one time. Sometimes ones I've never heard at all as my mind just writes them, quickly and effortlessly. I wake up with answered questions I've been racking my brain over for months. I've lost things and found them in my dreams only to realize I knew where the items were all along. Why can't we use these parts of our brains at will? It's depressing.