RE: Autistic Savant explains how he does math
I think this does make him a mathmatical genious as he isnt guessing at the numbers he "sees "numbers as images and adds subtracts etc in that way.
RE: Autistic Savant explains how he does math
ORIGINAL: DarrenFollowsThePath
I remember that programme. Very interesting. He said he saw the numbers appear one at a time in his head. In a way that doesn't make him a mathematical genius though as he isn't using maths rules... just reads random numbers that appear in his head.
I’d pretty much say he’s a mathematical genius… I’m not clear which “maths rules” would be applicable to the numbers that (to him) are represented as colours, actions and sounds? ..err ‘divide purple by sailboat to the power of bang and multiply by piccalilli sandwich perhaps?:D
And random it certainly is not, as there is clearly an accurate process going on… he starts with a complicated mathematical problem and arrives at the right answer…. If it was a journey from Dover and the target was Tokyo… following random bits of maps are unlikely to get you there! [:-]