Extraordinary people - Daniel Tammet Pt3 of 3
Uploaded by: Maverik987654321
Video Description:
Daniel Tammet has the capability to visualize each number up to 10,000 with its own unique shape and feel. He can "see" results of calculations as landscapes, and he can "sense" whether a number is prime or composite. He has described his visual image of 289 as particularly ugly, 333 as particularly attractive, and pi as beautiful. Tammet not only verbally describes these visions, but also creates artwork, particularly watercolor paintings, such as his painting of Pi.
Tammet speaks a variety of languages including English, French, Finnish, German, Spanish, Lithuanian, Romanian, Estonian, Icelandic, Welsh and Esperanto. He particularly likes Estonian, because it is rich in vowels. Tammet is creating a new language called Mänti. Mänti has many features related to Finnish and Estonian, both of which are Finno-ugric languages. Some sources credit Tammet as creating the Uusisuom and Lapsi languages as well.
Tammet is capable of learning new languages very quickly. To prove this for the Channel Five documentary, Tammet was challenged to learn Icelandic in one week. Seven days later he appeared on Icelandic television conversing in Icelandic, with his Icelandic language instructor saying it was "not human."
Tags for this video: algorithm best biology brain calculation Extraordinary fractal maths mind mystery people science
Find more videos in the "Education" category
See more videos uploaded by Maverik987654321
Comments for this video: Show || Hide
Tell a friend:














I'm FLOORED!
He's so, incredibly lucky!
Watching this vid kinda demoralises me. Not matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as this human computer. If only I were extremely autistic...
But icelandic is prooven to be one of the most difficult languages to learn and I think this is amazing... and in only seven days! It he would have learned all this in more time than this wouldn't be as amzing as it is... but only seven days... and he speaks it quite well...
... well done I must say ... well done
I wish I could learn languages in a week.
T~