Indie Summit 2017: Daniel Tammet, 'Seeing the World Differently'

[@mrsnegrich]

Daniel, vous n’arrêterez jamais d’être fascinant. Merci infiniment pour les présentations intéressantes que vous partagez sur KZbin. ❤❤❤

[@Jp-hv9zj]

This gentlemen just might be the most interesting man in the world

[@andersmilan6937]

Instablaster...

[@HighlyDeceptiveVideo]

He has a soothing way of speaking

[@guitargirl934]

I agree with you :) he does

[@timothyandrewnielsen]

sure does

[@Chiramisudo]

31:32 "I would say the opposite. You need to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible, even if you struggle... because the more information you have at your disposal, the more your mind is able to find patterns... let the language think for you." -Daniel Tammet *Utterly brilliant!* That was really an epiphany for me. I've been struggling to learn Japanese for well over a decade because I've been pretty lazy and timid about it. Looking back, the times when I learned the most was when I was cramming as much into my head at once as possible. This will definitely change approach. Time to get crackin'.

[@Munecoshh1]

He’s voice and way of speaking it’s Poetry

[@sylviacarlson3561]

He is very articulate. He is very interesting. I have learned a lot listening to him.

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

Wow, haven't heard Daniel speak for awhile...he has really grown in his communication and interacting to others skills. I love listening to his explaining. He looks happy. That is great. I wonderful if any of his siblings are real smart too.

[@gallopingg1]

NOT ONLY A VERY CLEVER PERSON, BUT ALSO A QUALITY PERSON, AND HAS TURNED OUT A FINE YOUNG MAN.

[@PalinaZ]

In 2011, when I was 17, I read his books and became soo occupied by savants and autism. Tammet was the main subject in my bigger school project back then. I even wrote him an email (and got an answer from what I remember). I also didn't have the opportunity to make a power point presentation like all the other students did, therefore I created old school like posters for my presentation and one of them was a drawing of his visualization of the first decimals of Pi, or at least my interpretation of it (: a colourful landscape. studying him and his world gave me many afternoons full of curiosity, inspiration, placidity. Autism still is really close to my heart, so is synesthesia. Thank you Daniel for that..kind of invitation to such magical corner of our human dimension.

[@dylan3657]

ihave just discovered Danial about hour an a half ago, fascinating

[@stevenbellll]

This dude has something so amazing and beautiful, but something I wouldn’t wish for. I’m glad he’s able to share this with the world. I know I’m not seeing the same things, but I just imagine how amazing it would be to take a numerical walk through a real dream. Seeing sounds, hearing colors. Blows my little mind to pieces

[@USAallDamnday]

This is a true example of superior abilities of the mind handled the right way.

[@USAallDamnday]

@Never Submit should never submit

[@sas2300]

You know you are listening to someone who is both very different and very special when they say, "a ginger root is the number 757 and makes me feel incredibly alone". For me, I can't even conceive how this combination occurs within a mind. It truly makes me think how esoteric and existential. You get some idea of the way his mind works just by listening to his speech pattern, it hardly ever changes cadence or expression. I really can't tell what emotions he is experiencing at any point, he just seems calm always. It's very interesting and frankly I could listen to him all day.

[@euan7166]

He's a fraud. Just a very good memory athlete.

[@oneRyanJoseph]

@@euan7166 would love evidence of his fraudulence- seriously

[@TomeRodrigo]

@@euan7166 Your comment is fraud.

[@LetsSingTheDoomSong]

@@euan7166 LMAO ya he's just good at memory....even though he rattled off the first like 25,000 digits of PI in front of skeptics and specialists who were very carefully auditing him the whole time, and Daniel succeeded with 100% accuracy. The skeptics who were there all determined he was legit.

[@collieclone]

@@euan7166 I feel sorry for you if you feel that way. Please listen to what Daniel is saying and you will learn that his recital of Pi is only one of his achievements. 16 years ago (it's now 2023) there was a TV programme made about him called "Daniel Tammet: The Boy With the Incredible Brain." If you have time to watch it you will see that his talents are much more amazing than just remembering facts and sequences of numbers. World-renowned neurologists tried and failed to understand how he can do what he does and how his brain works. He really is unique and much, much more than a memory athlete.

[@catherinef2165]

Thank you. Wonderful way of sharing your inner world. Beautiful messages.

[@georgewhitehead8185]

This man is such a wonderful person. He is humble, because on Pi day (March 4 2004) he recited from memory Pi to 22,514 decimal places. An amazing feat.

[@Jp-hv9zj]

Would love to hear his understanding on the theory of relativity..

[@SamThredder]

I bloody love this guy

[@lubatiflides3374]

It is wonderful to hear coherently the valid reason I do NOT like the word ' favourite'. Within Daniel's answer to ' What is your favourite language? ' -- Last question from audience to Daniel Tammet.

[@richardfredlund3802]

just to clarify there cannot be more connections in the brain than there are atoms in the universe because each axon and dendrite requires atoms. It is the number of patters / structures which can be generated with those connections, which outnumber the atoms.

[@Raptorcdxx]

This guy is a hero! Thanks Daniel!

[@miamicelebrations]

Wow, now I know why when I learned music I used to associate it with Math. He associates different parts of his brain to get a larger bigger picture about numbers and colors etc.. Now I know I used to put notes and sounds with numbers and I enjoyed it. I used to create shapes in my mind with the sounds I produced , for me it was fun and easy. When I play music I already know what I am going to say, I color the music notes to use them according to the moment. And no, I was not using drugs or anything LOL..And.. It's so delightful to learn from Daniel.

[@mrsnegrich]

Yes I agree with what your saying about music being similar in some ways to mathematics. I felt the same way when I learned a little how to play piano.

[@amandabaird4991]

Very interesting man, who seems to have met the right people at the right time. He has developed himself so well. I hope he continues to learn about himself and others the same.

[@qqqtte]

He is a very wise human

[@9879SigmundS]

Tsubaki Nanami, he seems very genuine or true to himself which helps with the wisdom thing.

[@roughtoughcocopuff9313]

He is gay though

[@mk1cortinatony395]

Its amazing luck we have Daniel to be able to explain what he sees and feels with his condition. Scientists have learned a lot from him and mortals like us have too.

[@Dustyonelife]

Thank you for sharing this. I am Autistic, not savant, but there are some of the experiences that ring so incredibly true. I left Australia to Thailand and did much like Daniel fitted in as being different. I often said I was a refugee. LOVE IT.

[@atrayser]

would love to hear him answer these questions : 1. does he think that he will lose the ability one day to learn languages as easily as he does now, does he think that little kids have the plasticity, that allows them to learn languages, and he never lost it, that the young child's brain is connected across regions that is lost, and he has retained and 2. Does he think that he could recognize a sequence of numbers that are within the PI sequence, as he mentioned how beautiful he felt the sequence was, does he think his brain is able to recognize the sequence of numbers as representing something beautiful that is contained within a circle? In other words, does he think his brain can recognize some sort of pattern or rules, for the sequence of those numbers, that so far, no one has been able to rationally deduce, from what is thought proven to be an irrational sequence ?

[@junepassingthrouthegate8810]

Yeah, shapes connected as numbers and vice versa, like a mathematical-geometrical puzzle.

[@mrsnegrich]

You should ask him all those questions yourself. He’s very generous with his time. Look him up on the net and you’ll be able to email him

[@andy65guitar]

A beautiful person

[@BigBlackBe4r]

We need that pi recitation redone after all these years. COME ON ! Give us 40k decimal points, PLEASE ?

[@ticleve2]

I love that he doesn't speak using cliches. No ers or ums or uhs either. His day must be very complicated and complete.

[@5Gazto]

It's not stupid to intertwine uhms and ahs.

[@ticleve2]

It may be not stupid but it's unprofessional.

[@oliverjackson5070]

He does use um and uhs. @1:08

[@HipixOFFICIAL]

As soon as I read this I heard "uhm"

[@harleygough]

his first documentary is littered with ums and ers, chock full of them in fact, I'm guessing was advised by his PR person/people to clean that up for the future.

[@FutureAbe]

He definitely acquired some French in his accent! Listen carefully and you hear it

[@karelriley2406]

I noticed also

[@bimmergeezer]

What a wonderful video and wonderful man!

[@tarasinghbhandari6166]

I like it, because I have gift like yours and many think I am crazy, I wish we could share what we know , and how ? I believe this is the way we can invented new and better things which was never built or made yet . #tarabeing

[@barryfarrant3281]

My understanding is that Humans still only use 20% of our cerebral cortex. We as a species still have a great deal of developing and growing of our hidden talents.

[@nneichan9353]

So interesting. I experienced the colors, scents and tastes, but not shapes. I wonder if the shapes thing might be why I don't understand mathematics, but can memorize numbers, words, books, etc.?

[@nneichan9353]

I wasn't diagnosed until I was in my 50s. I lived the majority of my life wondering what was so different about myself. I do hope you have a lot of fun and interesting things in your life. Do things you enjoy.

[@TechTins_Projects]

How is it possible to have as many fixed brain connections than there are atoms in the universe? That does not sound correct. Maybe he meant to say that the brain is capable of as many different connections as atoms in the universe.

[@tara607]

Can I please have an ounce of what hes smokin ? make that 2 Please. {;o)

[@MrCounsel]

What does number 2 smell like

[@Vmurmur]

5:10 "there are more connections in the brain than atoms in the universe." - Dude, you got that one wrong. Very wrong.

[@finwefingolfin7113]

I think he meant to say "there are more connections in the brain than stars in the universe" which is the traditional meme... though even this is doubtful and would be more reasonable if it was qualified by "... in the visible universe"

[@stevegrayson4124]

Is he able to read ancient manuscripts. Those which have not been figured out as of today? Has he even tried to read them?

[@rythumandstealth]

why is there a lighting guy doing the sound.... feedback... arghhh

[@zincorbie]

Didn’t know he’s living in Paris. Now I can hear he’s acquired a slight French accent.

[@btno222]

Oahu Honolulu, Daniel Tammet on bus 13 said to me that he is better than the both of you! Then when i tried to get off bus 13 he kinda blocked my towards the exit!

[@patrickdempsey4034]

3x+1?

[@robfiorello2134]

I wonder if he could say what he did yesterday using only numbers. I bet he could. Also I wonder if numbers to him have emotions like he said 4 is shy when he sees people in love does he see a number? I have so many questions for him. Frustrating I cant ask.

[@btno222]

2017 -U , me 2007 and U = equalibrium... bus number 13, you are greater than me which 1/1 you = 1, be inter changable i u, and you me. I auditory, and you , visually/mathematically adverbs well at u,s/oahu at that... my heart is open to you more now then in the past....bus 13

[@debatez5371]

what do you mean?

[@medicinemanager]

why doesn't this fellow write the book of Pi? or part of the story...perhaps as far as 22514 digits...

[@tempo2921]

Maybe he did not think about it let's start a petition.

[@nomademenina4471]

Keith Knott II thats a realy cool idea

[@Jp-hv9zj]

He's already done pi to that point in another video...I think it took him 5 hours

[@51gan788]

Wow, such an interesting person. It occured to me that autistic people are often thought of as having cold and hyper-rational personalities. Listening to Tammet suggests to me that the opposite might be true. That every thing in life for someone with autistm contains within it a wealth of emotional associations. That in fact the reason autistic people struggle so much to deal with the world, is due to intense and consistent levels of emotional stimulation. Perhaps autistic people are the true romantics?

[@ArcticChonk]

5:14 he probably meant to say "stars" and "milkyway" here because what he states is impossible.

[@kyaMega]

This got me going down a rabbit hole. You are correct, there are an estimated 10^20 connections in the brain and 10^80 atoms in the universe. But one way to state it correctly without changing the analogy much is there are more possible brain states than there are atoms in the universe.

[@Jonah100]

Daniel, have you looked Hebrew?

[@doubleeagle243]

Thats what i feel when i learn japanese ..!!

[@scottwarren4998]

I wonder how great this guy wud be at chess if he had trained chess .....

[@Jp-hv9zj]

He did memorize a random chess board set up in five minutes then cleared the board and put every piece back in place except for one

[@ssshonnn]

These are the type of leaders we need instead, in this world.

[@michaelthomas6280]

Not true. Tried that with philosopher kings

[@btno222]

You are better than we, but encompasses us by the number 13 with your anger 13 encapsulation, why am i lesser than you x2/

[@joecool2462]

For the sake of humanity the government should immediately provide him and his wife incentives to have children such as free medical care, tax breaks etc.

[@discman9999]

Spouse: Jérôme Tabet

[@kcole7839]

Daniel experienced a very serious brain seizure as a child that nearly killed him. His specific brain injury is non-hereditary.

[@filipevieira3343]

ateb3 well, I would find strange if he liked woman tbh...

[@yoyoassful]

Joe Cool he's a fraud

[@bartwilson2513]

Adam Gough well, the overwhelming evidence suggests otherwise.

[@monparr1]

Tu est tellement mieux en français. 3

[@kevin2domingo950]

Clockwise pi 2d a single helix vied in 2d but not in 3d tobdescribe dna

[@nomademenina4471]

I dont agree with the "condition" term. Who says that this is a "brain defect" . . What has just become a privilege... Evolution of intelligence is by chance and fault..by intent and the need for. For me it's the evolution of the brain..whatever the origin was...as his epilepsy would explain.. it's greater than that in my perspectives. It shows what the brain is capable of... So is Asperger. My son is a high functioning Asperger. His abstract way of thinking really resonates with me. Easy. Free flow.. candid. No conforming for what we call..social skills.. the more honest and stand up way of being. You'll never get hurt by him. He will not hurt your feelings. He's sincere and unapologetic. So much love.. true respect and empathy what can be developed..So has my son. No mainframes or mindgames.

[@junepassingthrouthegate8810]

Yes :)

[@btno222]

OCT LONDON SPELLEDTA

[@peacemeal3196]

This would be the same Daniel Corney who competed in the 1999 & 2000 World Memory Championships and then changed his name to Daniel Tammet to hide his past efforts from competing in the WMC. All of his memory techniques are learned and something we can all learn with effort www.world-memory-statistics.co.uk/competitor.php?id=84.

[@davidryding6486]

peace meal can’t remember

[@chrismiller8062]

@peace meal You are not Daniel nor have you walked in his shoes. It may have been that he changed his name to protect himself or his family or possibly for legal reasons. It also seems to me that his sharing these technique weather it be memorization, synesthesia, whatever helps him do insanely difficult math in his head, learn what most scholars consider the most difficult language on earth, (Icelandic) in 7 days is indeed what he is sharing with others at all of these public speaking venues.

[@ElectricQualia]

Actual neuroscientists confirmed his autistic savant condition. In any case how would he learn Icelandic in 1 week?

[@kentpaulhamus2158]

Here is a way to see ourselves and our hope in truth. Please read: [WAY OF HOPE & PEACE John 3:16 For God so loved the world (all people), that he gave his only begotten Son (Jesus Christ), that whosoever believes in him should not perish (condemned to hell), but have everlasting life. John 3:36 He that believes on the Son (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him. John 14:6 Jesus said to him (us), I am the way, the truth, and the life (eternal life): no man comes to the Father, but by me. Eph. 2:8-9 For by Grace (from God) are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. 1:13 In whom (Jesus) you also trusted, after that you heard the Word of truth, the gospel (I Cor. 15:1-4) of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Rom. 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Rom. 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:]

[@stephenowesney5173]

"more connections in the brain than there are atoms in the universe" ???? That doesn't make sense, neurons are made of atoms themselves.

[@robertopescatore3575]

You are too dumb to understand it sir. For example there are more chess positions than there are atoms in the universe and there are only 64 squeres and 32 pieces on the board.

[@stephenowesney5173]

Uhhhh yeah the chess makes sense because that is just intrinsic position of pieces, two dimensional permutation. But the physical connections of synapses in the brain are literally made up of atoms themselves ( 1 neuron containing approximately 3 hundred trillion 3 x 10^14 atoms), so it just intuitively doesn't click.

[@DerSmoli]

The number of possible connections that the neurons can make within a brain is larger than the number of atoms in the universe. It's a combinatorial thing and oftentimes worded wrong. I'm actually surprised that he worded it that way.

[@stephenowesney5173]

DerSmoli Mm...

[@responsibleparty]

+Stephen Owesney I had the same thought. I think he misspoke. I believe he meant connection patterns (which involve many neurons), which obviously are many more than the number of individual neurons.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

What, is he speaking at a smokers convention here?? While he's giving this most interesting talk a number of people in the audience are hacking away! If you have something that makes you cough, don't go to any public forums like this and cough while someone is speaking!

[@RealHIFIHelp]

I don't agree that when learning a language, that one has to learn more faster to have a more basic fundamental understanding to proceed. I do though agree that he is partly right, but that also at the same time, it has to be done at a very certain level, so it is not overwhelming. Being able to find the right gradient to learn at. I think that is why schools are generally failing, because everybody gets to learn at the same rate, while not dealing with the most basic stuff.

[@teriprescott9519]

More connections in the brain than atoms in the universe??? Ummmm...I’m sorry. I can have an open mind of just about anything, especially when it’s about physics and cosmology, but this? Ummm...no, I’m sorry. I need to see the numbers on how this could be true. I understand there would need to be a sampling and then estimation calculation applied to the KNOWN universe and same for the brain connection, perhaps. But to take this claim at face value? Thaaaaat’s a little too far out there for me to freely accept as likely.

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth. He defies logic so why don't you enter his journey. I just wonder how much he could really contribute by having some crazy dreamers around him.

[@obliquetew]

Aren’t the interconnections in the human brain made up of atoms in the universe?

[@Riverunknown]

This is late but I think he ment to say something more along the lines of more possibilities of different connections than atoms in the universe

[@AliReza-cx7wg]

Mouth is bigger than brain

[@TomeRodrigo]

Your brain is perhaps smaller than your mouth.

[@Surroundx]

He sounds like Ali G. Or rather, Ali G sounds rather like him in some respect.

[@jrod78415]

Number is a language we all know it. It's called NUMBErs

[@toscanoplaster5603]

He is proof of God

[@springteen3743]

Other than writing and selling books , what other uses can his brain be able to apply to serve humanity?🤥

[@TomeRodrigo]

To fascinate psychologists who like to study human brains and look for certain new patterns, perhaps we can learn from how his brain works.

[@Nellian]

How is he serving humanity???? He provides one of the greatest opportunities we’ve ever known to help us learn about our brains, about the mind and creativity… probably about more than we can currently imagine regarding how nature is structured, and our relationship to it. And if that’s not practical enough for you, don’t forget that knowledge of nature leads to all sorts of technology and medical innovations.

[@kevin2domingo950]

The three numbers that make people sad is the cash register the mark of the beast rfid

[@harleygough]

"...on the spectrum" (yawn)

[@bfctechllc3996]

how can a man be so smart and have a husband?

[@robfiorello2134]

Maybe because they love each other?

[@bfctechllc3996]

@@robfiorello2134 oh that explains it Thanks!

[@robfiorello2134]

Dont hate. Ok. Too much in the world already.

[@eyeshowyou]

There is more between heaven and earth you know.

[@jrod78415]

Dull

[@Jp-hv9zj]

Would love to hear his understanding on the theory of relativity..