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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+68I bet its easy to study for a test...
- milomilomilo, on 10/12/2007, -23/+77screw you and your dupe calls. obviously enough people wanted to see it again, or havn't seen it yet that it made it to the front page.
This dupe calling is driving me up the wall, not everyone reads every article on digg before it falls from the front page. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+42I don't think we really need to look it up. They said he was in the video.
- LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30Well, depends of how you define genius. Eidetic memory is a great skill impossible to learn, yes, but it's not really genius thinking like the term usually goes.
But damn, this guy is fantastic. - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25He could just draw murals of cities for the rest of his life, because even if an extremely talented artist had a picture of the real city to use, it still wouldn't be nearly as accurate as that.
I'd buy some of his art. - exsst, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25Photographic memory.
- Eremes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24So this is a true genius? Nothing short of a phenomenon in the least.
- krummb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20I always find savants interesting for the fact that in a lot of cases they show what we are all capable of. Somebody like this shows the amazing potential of our brains, the ability to retain that much information is amazing. I have a very strong belief that we all retain the information, at least subconsciously, and it's just a matter of recalling or bringing it to the surface. Savants are obviously able to focus on the parts of the brain responsible for this and thus show these amazing abilities.
- Wingman007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19There's another special featuring a different savant that I saw on Discovery. He tried his luck at a casino and fared terribly. Remember that social interaction is usually difficult for all autistics, including savants, so a casino is probably the worst, most distracting place for them to be.
- BritOverseas, on 10/12/2007, -10/+28Firstly, yes, ***** the dupe calling, I am here nearly every day (but not ALL day like some) and I did not see this the first time and I am glad I did get to see it today.
Secondly, wow, this guy is amazing, I saw a documentary on him and unfortunately for the guy before me that wants to take him to the blackjack tables, his skills are not the same as Rain Man's, different kind of memory retention, his is pictures, Rain Mans was numbers and patterns.
Seriously though, who is retarded here, us or them (as some people think savants are)? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I only visit Digg a few times during the day, sometimes one, so i miss lots of these "Dupe" stories, and pretty much only see front page stories. Not all of us can monitor Digg actions throughout the day, we do have ***** to do.
- JtotheW, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20As of 9:40 am central time there are 312 diggs on this video but there are only 128 views. which means 184 people dugg this without watching it. interesting.
- themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -27/+41The last time someone on Digg was like this I called them autistic which is probably true yet I got Dugg down none the less. So I'm going to say it again... This guy is autistic. Look it up ppl.
- apexified, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19I was here 32 days ago and missed that one for whatever reason. It's not something I would find myself searching for but it's definitely interesting enough to be dugg. If a dupe makes it to the front page again there is an obvious reason for that - people are digging it. And it's not like the 1764 people who dugg the original story are the ones digging this again.
- TheSeeker11, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14No doubt one of the most impressive things I've ever seen.
- Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Reminds me of a documentary on TV once where an authistic guy knew the weekdays of any date in history they gave him within seconds. :-S
- mattlong, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13you don't think that maybe someone took the time to tell him what he was looking at while he was in the helicopter? You think his helmet with the built in headphones and mic were just so he could look cool? Stop being so damn pessimistic
- kster, on 10/12/2007, -13/+23I really need to take this guy to the blackjack table with me next time. :)
- JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10You'll notice other interesting things too if you watch the Swarm in the Digg Labs, like people who will digg about 10 stories within a 20 second period. Good call with the view:Digg ratio.
- rm999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10themastersb
Autistic savant is more accurate than just saying autistic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_savantism
I know autistic people who don't have a gift like this. Most don't actually (only 1-10%) - xoxuxox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/art_prints.aspx
- rparle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I don't usually complain when I've seen something before, but that's because I can just skip past what I've already seen. Submitter, would it kill you to give *some* indication of the content of what you're linking to in the title or description? *Any* information. The usefulness of descriptions on Digg is deteriorating, but this is a whole new class of uninformative.
- nepawoods, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11If you examine objectively and rationally what those life skills are - what it takes to be "sociable" - you'll find it's not all that attractive. It takes lies, deceit, feigned attitudes and concerns. Saying "Hi, how are you?" when you don't give a damn. Saying "Fine, and you?" when you'd like to kill someone, perhaps yourself. Live one month without being dishonest, and you'll lose all your friends.
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11If you were so smart, you'd know better beer.
- gd007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7i wonder if he can draw the mess of my house.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Don't digg through the news. Digg through the videos. Generally they are cool if they were on the front page.
- Teague, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Is it just me or is this sort of cruel? Sure, he enjoys drawing, but they take an autistic guy up in a helicopter, say "memorize the ENTIRE CITY," bring him down, give him a gigantic roll of paper and a pencil and say "okay, now draw for three days." He draws for three days, they come in and start picking out some details he screwed up drawing the city from memory.
I mean, give the poor dude a break. It's pretty exploitive, what these guys are doing. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It's spelled "mentat".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentat - TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7but who has time to go through all 2000 pages of stuff, just to find cool videos mixed with old news?
- Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The human mind has the potential for such incredible feats.
- slamm6, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Hey man, I've been to Rome many times, all within the last 10 years. Each time, I had a map and wandered all over the place. There's no way I could do that s**t. Rome is a major labyrinth, even for someone used to medieval street layouts. This is really amazing and a good insight into what the human brain is capable of.
- azurechaos, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7They didn't say he hadn't seen Rome before guys. They said he hadn't seen it from above before.
- MrSidnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@nepawoods
While I do have to agree with you on the whole "don't give a damn how you are, yet I ask anyway", when someone replies with "I'm terrible" etc then suddenly you ask what's wrong. Sometimes, yea, you don't give a damn why they are terrible but ask anyway.
With friends, asking "how are you" is usually an automatic question. This is asked all the time, and you really don't care about the answer. Sometimes however, you get a negative response, in which case, it throws off the automatic lines of "how are you--fine thanks, you?--good too". The difference is that you genuinely care whats wrong with friends, but with others, you might just be asking "whats wrong" to remain polite. - nepawoods, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5somebody said that already
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"I'm not sure a photographic memory would help you retain names, dates, and concepts from multiple lectures, books, and class discussions."
Oh it most definitely would. He would have a "picture" in his memory of his notes so it'd be like an open notes test for him! Let's just hope he takes good notes ;) - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Reminds me of a documentary on TV once where an authistic guy knew the weekdays of any date in history they gave him within seconds. :-S"
I saw an 8 year old girl do that on the Today Show one time, and she wasn't autistic. - kylebrothert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Conventional news outlets like CNN, ABC, and FOX cover the same stories for hours every day, over a period of weeks.
I think we can handle the same story being mentioned twice.. especially when you can skip passed it. You're choosing to click on the story and add a comment, when all you should do is keep scrolling. Just ignore it, or flag it as a dupe. THEN MOVE ON. - Swift2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4A savant is what is called a high-functioning autistic person. It's a tiny minority. I guess somehow his intense focus, even captivity, within himself, makes the intense concentration possible. 45 minutes over Rome, and he turns this out in three days. Unbelievable.
No, I don't think it's what you would call "high art," because it's produced by obsession. - jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4that is breathtaking
- account, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Maybe there should be a new category on digg where old stories can make it back to the front page?
- Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well, figured I'd get dugg down for that last post (as opposed to, oh, say, actually engaging in considered discussion -- digg is debating for the TiVO generation: thumbs up, thumbs down, no other action or thought required). Doesn't change my beliefs, though. I believe that consciousness creates form -- not the other way around.
- keesj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4i've got the same problem.
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I just looked at the thumbnail. Have seen this some weeks before here at Digg. - 4815162342, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Only morons digg down the dupe callers. DUPE
Amazing video and I loved it the first time. Let's keep fresh content on digg pls kthnx - warlord, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9This one gets a digg despite the number of cry baby's saying its been dugg before. I bet it ruines their day to see it again.
- solarisom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I can't imagine how frustrating it must have been for Steve to have spent 3 days drawing that picture because: his mind is exponentially faster than his hand. I call that magic.
- unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Stephen Wiltshire's website
http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiltshire - jacks0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4yeah, very easy. but remember he's autistic. unfortunatly his memory abilities are a trade off for IQ. he'd be able to remember everything, but is unable to process it. meaning great at remembering everything, but unable to comprehend what those things are. still interesting though.
- jeet404, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No you missed the map that appeared in scene 1 but was gone in scene 2. Continuity error or goof up nobody will ever know.
J/k this guys is pretty damn amazing my whole family was like amazed by the skills of him. I could barely map out my own neighbored let alone a big city like Rome. - Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Someone disgrace this person."
I'd say that the person has already done a great job of that on her own. She obviously doesn't need our help. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this video gave me goosebumps.. thats ***** unreal!
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