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

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  • @Jp-hv9zj
    @Jp-hv9zj Před 4 lety +31

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

  • @HighlyDeceptiveVideo
    @HighlyDeceptiveVideo Před 6 lety +59

    He has a soothing way of speaking

  • @Chiramisudo
    @Chiramisudo Před 4 lety +33

    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
    @Munecoshh1 Před 5 lety +20

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

  • @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.

  • @sylviacarlson3561
    @sylviacarlson3561 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @gallopingg1
    @gallopingg1 Před 5 lety +15

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

  • @mrsnegrich
    @mrsnegrich Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @PalinaZ
    @PalinaZ Před 3 lety +10

    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
      @dylan3657 Před 2 lety

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

  • @USAallDamnday
    @USAallDamnday Před 5 lety +8

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

  • @stevenbellll
    @stevenbellll Před 3 lety +4

    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

  • @catherinef2165
    @catherinef2165 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @sas2300
    @sas2300 Před 4 lety +10

    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
      @euan7166 Před 2 lety

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

    • @oneRyanJoseph
      @oneRyanJoseph Před 2 lety +1

      @@euan7166 would love evidence of his fraudulence- seriously

    • @TomeRodrigo
      @TomeRodrigo Před 2 lety

      @@euan7166 Your comment is fraud.

    • @LetsSingTheDoomSong
      @LetsSingTheDoomSong Před 2 lety +2

      @@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
      @collieclone Před rokem +1

      @@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.

  • @georgewhitehead8185
    @georgewhitehead8185 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @SamThredder
    @SamThredder Před 2 lety +1

    I bloody love this guy

  • @Raptorcdxx
    @Raptorcdxx Před 3 lety +2

    This guy is a hero! Thanks Daniel!

  • @Jp-hv9zj
    @Jp-hv9zj Před 4 lety +8

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

  • @miamicelebrations
    @miamicelebrations Před 5 lety +5

    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
      @mrsnegrich Před 2 měsíci

      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.

  • @andy65guitar
    @andy65guitar Před 3 lety

    A beautiful person

  • @amandabaird4991
    @amandabaird4991 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @mk1cortinatony395
    @mk1cortinatony395 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @lubatiflides3374
    @lubatiflides3374 Před 10 měsíci

    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.

  • @FutureAbe
    @FutureAbe Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @richardfredlund3802
    @richardfredlund3802 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @atrayser
    @atrayser Před 6 lety +9

    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
      @junepassingthrouthegate8810 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @mrsnegrich
      @mrsnegrich Před 2 měsíci

      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

  • @bimmergeezer
    @bimmergeezer Před 5 lety +3

    What a wonderful video and wonderful man!

  • @qqqtte
    @qqqtte Před 5 lety +3

    He is a very wise human

  • @BigBlackBe4r
    @BigBlackBe4r Před rokem

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

  • @Dustyonelife
    @Dustyonelife Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @nneichan9353
    @nneichan9353 Před 6 lety +5

    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
      @nneichan9353 Před 6 lety +2

      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.

  • @tarasinghbhandari6166
    @tarasinghbhandari6166 Před 4 lety +2

    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
    @barryfarrant3281 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @TechTins_Projects
    @TechTins_Projects Před 5 lety +7

    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.

  • @ticleve2
    @ticleve2 Před 6 lety +6

    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
      @5Gazto Před 6 lety

      It's not stupid to intertwine uhms and ahs.

    • @ticleve2
      @ticleve2 Před 6 lety +3

      It may be not stupid but it's unprofessional.

    • @oliverjackson5070
      @oliverjackson5070 Před 6 lety +5

      He does use um and uhs. @1:08

    • @HipixOFFICIAL
      @HipixOFFICIAL Před 6 lety +6

      As soon as I read this I heard "uhm"

    • @harleygough
      @harleygough Před 6 lety

      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.

  • @Vmurmur
    @Vmurmur Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @finwefingolfin7113
      @finwefingolfin7113 Před 3 lety +1

      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"

  • @tara607
    @tara607 Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @zincorbie
    @zincorbie Před rokem

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

  • @MrCounsel
    @MrCounsel Před 2 lety

    What does number 2 smell like

  • @stevegrayson4124
    @stevegrayson4124 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @btno222
    @btno222 Před 2 lety +1

    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!

  • @btno222
    @btno222 Před 3 lety +1

    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

  • @51gan788
    @51gan788 Před 3 lety +4

    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?

  • @robfiorello2134
    @robfiorello2134 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @ArcticChonk
    @ArcticChonk Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @kyaMega
      @kyaMega Před rokem +1

      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.

  • @doubleeagle243
    @doubleeagle243 Před 2 lety

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

  • @rythumandstealth
    @rythumandstealth Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @medicinemanager
    @medicinemanager Před 6 lety +4

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

    • @tempo2921
      @tempo2921 Před 6 lety +1

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

    • @nomademenina4471
      @nomademenina4471 Před 6 lety +2

      Keith Knott II thats a realy cool idea

    • @Jp-hv9zj
      @Jp-hv9zj Před 4 lety

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

  • @scottwarren4998
    @scottwarren4998 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @Jp-hv9zj
      @Jp-hv9zj Před 4 lety +1

      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

  • @patrickdempsey4034
    @patrickdempsey4034 Před 2 lety

    3x+1?

  • @ssshonnn
    @ssshonnn Před 2 lety

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

  • @joecool2462
    @joecool2462 Před 6 lety +9

    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
      @discman9999 Před 6 lety +4

      Spouse: Jérôme Tabet

    • @kcole7839
      @kcole7839 Před 6 lety +2

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

    • @filipevieira3343
      @filipevieira3343 Před 6 lety

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

    • @yoyoassful
      @yoyoassful Před 6 lety

      Joe Cool he's a fraud

    • @bartwilson2513
      @bartwilson2513 Před 5 lety +2

      Adam Gough well, the overwhelming evidence suggests otherwise.

  • @btno222
    @btno222 Před 3 lety

    OCT LONDON SPELLEDTA

  • @btno222
    @btno222 Před 3 lety

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

  • @Jonah100
    @Jonah100 Před 2 lety

    Daniel, have you looked Hebrew?

  • @monparr1
    @monparr1 Před 4 lety

    Tu est tellement mieux en français. 3

  • @peacemeal3196
    @peacemeal3196 Před 6 lety +3

    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
      @davidryding6486 Před 6 lety +1

      peace meal can’t remember

    • @chrismiller8062
      @chrismiller8062 Před 6 lety +1

      @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
      @ElectricQualia Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @kevin2domingo950
    @kevin2domingo950 Před 3 lety

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

  • @nomademenina4471
    @nomademenina4471 Před 6 lety +4

    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.

  • @RealHIFIHelp
    @RealHIFIHelp Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @stephenowesney5173
    @stephenowesney5173 Před 6 lety +4

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

    • @robertopescatore3575
      @robertopescatore3575 Před 6 lety +1

      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
      @stephenowesney5173 Před 6 lety +6

      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
      @DerSmoli Před 6 lety +7

      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
      @stephenowesney5173 Před 6 lety +1

      DerSmoli Mm...

    • @responsibleparty
      @responsibleparty Před 6 lety +4

      +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
    @Mr.56Goldtop Před 2 lety

    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!

  • @AliReza-cx7wg
    @AliReza-cx7wg Před 2 lety

    Mouth is bigger than brain

    • @TomeRodrigo
      @TomeRodrigo Před 2 lety

      Your brain is perhaps smaller than your mouth.

  • @teriprescott9519
    @teriprescott9519 Před 5 lety +3

    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.

    •  Před 4 lety

      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
      @obliquetew Před 2 lety

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

    • @Riverunknown
      @Riverunknown Před rokem

      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

  • @Surroundx
    @Surroundx Před 3 lety

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

  • @kentpaulhamus2158
    @kentpaulhamus2158 Před 2 lety

    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:]

  • @jrod78415
    @jrod78415 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @kevin2domingo950
    @kevin2domingo950 Před 3 lety

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

  • @toscanoplaster5603
    @toscanoplaster5603 Před 2 lety +4

    He is proof of God

  • @springteen3743
    @springteen3743 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @TomeRodrigo
      @TomeRodrigo Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @Nellian Před rokem

      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.

  • @jrod78415
    @jrod78415 Před 6 lety

    Dull

  • @harleygough
    @harleygough Před 6 lety +1

    "...on the spectrum" (yawn)

  • @bfctechllc3996
    @bfctechllc3996 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @robfiorello2134
      @robfiorello2134 Před 3 lety +1

      Maybe because they love each other?

    • @bfctechllc3996
      @bfctechllc3996 Před 3 lety

      @@robfiorello2134 oh that explains it Thanks!

    • @robfiorello2134
      @robfiorello2134 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @eyeshowyou
      @eyeshowyou Před 2 lety +1

      There is more between heaven and earth you know.

  • @Jp-hv9zj
    @Jp-hv9zj Před 4 lety +1

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