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28 Sep 2016, 2:12 pm

Daniel Tammet was, for the last several years, hailed as the world's first-ever prodigious autistic savant. His language and mathematical skills seemed quite amazing.

But, I haven't read about him since a year or two ago. Why?

He had somewhat quietly described his increasing disinterest in agreeing with even more research about himself. He had already been poked and prodded, measured and weighed, questioned and spotlighted more than most others would tolerate. So, maybe he "dropped out" of the racket.

Others have doubted his skills claiming that he used simple memory skills to achieve feats like reciting Pi to about 23,000 decimal points. So, maybe he had been "found out" and suddenly went into hiding.

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28 Sep 2016, 2:54 pm

Minding his career.
http://www.danieltammet.net/


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28 Sep 2016, 4:22 pm

Jensen wrote:
Minding his career.
http://www.danieltammet.net/

Yes, but he did this while also touring the world and speaking at every conference and media that came his way. Why is his work now so limited ... and silent? His blog hasn't been updated since 2012.


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28 Sep 2016, 7:20 pm

I took a brief glance at his Wikipedia page.

There's a picture of him speaking in Montreal this year.



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28 Sep 2016, 7:44 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I took a brief glance at his Wikipedia page.

There's a picture of him speaking in Montreal this year.

He lives!


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