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20 Mar 2017, 4:20 pm

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I've been thinking about a supposed incident where a man apparently dived into a pool, hit his head, and emerged with the ability to play the piano in full, despite no prior knowledge. Apparently the term for someone who experiences this is to be an 'acquired savant'.
It sounds like the same situation where people who've also suffered head injuries have gone on to develop foreign accents and/or language skills without training. It makes me consider just what the brain really gets up to on a day-to-day basis, to what extent does it record trivial things, and what hidden skills we might all possess from observations we can't consciously recall.
perhaps the trauma physically breaks down barriers in thinking by damaging or dazing some part of the sense of self, and reduces the self assured insistence of thinking in specific rigid patterns. many seemingly unrelated trades provide transferable skills and potential for grand innovation to others if not to concern oneself with how such could be possible, how such trades should traditionally be done, or that such thinking itself is not orthodox.

Yes, it's incredible that physical trauma to such a delicate organ could do this, and all the while it surely must still be considered a rare form of brain damage. Reading these stories makes me sometimes wish I delved into the more medical side of science. :)


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20 Mar 2017, 5:44 pm

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Welcome Back! What kind of tea do you like?



hey, CR! 8) :D

black tea is my happiness drink. i also drink it in a certain cup that is more than 28 years old xD



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20 Mar 2017, 9:03 pm

Hi TheWalrys435,

Welcome to WP. I read the whole post from last Night. I hope you don't blame yourself for the way that guy treated you. You're not the first and you won't be the last to give drunken confessions, and I can understand why. All that bottled up frustration and loneliness has to come out somehow.

It amazes me how many people are content to joke around or have small talk all day, without longing for something more. Not all people, but many people seem to prefer very casual conversation most of the time. Maybe some of them just don't want to have to think too hard, or risk disagreement of any kind, or have a conversation they can't just drop in two minutes if they want. :?

Here's one social blunder I made. I tried to get in the middle of people who were talking about each other behind their backs. I was really frustrated about the underhanded comments I was hearing and I wanted to just fix the problem. I learned the hard way, more than once, that it wasn't my place. Instead of fixing the problem, my action just stirred up bad feelings. Even if people say they'd want to know if they're being talked about, having that knowledge can really sour friendships and relationships.



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21 Mar 2017, 1:36 am

how come some people's taste in things disgusts me and sometimes it makes me sick.

it's not that i am judgmental, i feel indifferent towards things that i don't like, but sometimes things makes me feel really grossed out.

wow people can be really different. imagine the ultimate thing one likes is the same thing that disgusts someone else.

i mean for example ..i am a type of a person who hates tattoos, some people make tattoos on their whole neck.
i also hate piercings with a passion.



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21 Mar 2017, 1:49 am

people's taste in music doesn't bother me. because i simply can avoid listening to it.

but when i am forced to see something ugly? ewww its painful.


yes i can't be friends with you with that tattoo not because i am closed minded , it's because it's painful to look at that sht.



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21 Mar 2017, 3:48 am

i wish i know what it feels like to drink alcohol or even beer.
i am very hungry. also tailbone hurts from a loser flip went wrong. i am also am craving coca cola right now .



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21 Mar 2017, 5:04 am

What's a loose flip? Sounds scary, or fun, or both, not sure?

Anyway, personal differences make the world more interesting. Shame you find tattoos disgusting. I'm sure you're not alone in that though. As a blind person, you might say I'm spared from having to look at a lot of nasty things. :twisted:



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21 Mar 2017, 10:01 am

I wonder where a certain someone is, and how they are doing. :|


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21 Mar 2017, 10:09 am

I don't have much time in which to put things off anymore...


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21 Mar 2017, 10:15 am

I hate it when the teacher reads answers aloud. I have a good memory when it comes to what I put down on paper, I need time to recover before I know what I got wrong.


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21 Mar 2017, 12:35 pm

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21 Mar 2017, 12:37 pm

Hit to key!


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21 Mar 2017, 12:48 pm

I'm thinking that reinventing onself is a myth. In the last few weeks I have a new diagnosis (Asperger's - after a 20 year search!). I have a new dog, rescued from a terrible situation. I have a new car, completely unlooked for, totally unexpected and I'm very grateful. I have a new house - closing in 2 weeks, moving in 3. I just lost my un-job (it's a long story). I feel like the entire world has ended, or started, or something. Yet... I'm still me. The world still spins.



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21 Mar 2017, 3:00 pm

Where do the differences truly lie? What am I not seeing here? Is there even anything to see?


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