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anyone else find it interesting that his interpretation of 1 is all .. bright and godly, while his interpretation of 6 was a void, "felt like nothing". what are the chances eh?
and the way he described PI. its like proving something .. but i don't what.
anyone else find it interesting that his interpretation of 1 is all .. bright and godly, while his interpretation of 6 was a void, "felt like nothing". what are the chances eh?
and the way he described PI. its like proving something .. but i don't what.
Hmm yeah I thought about that too, and it really got me thinking about the way we view the world in a general scope. Even in modern times we associate some numbers with good and bad luck, depending on which cultures have influenced you or whether or not you are religious as well.
Would you rather be triple 6's or triple 7's? 4 is bad luck in chinese since it sounds like death, and one is special because its a mirror of multiplication. Its all really cool how he sees PI as a wonderful equation and really enjoys calculating it... 25,000 digits and on and on and on.
Also when he was at the casino playing blackjack, I wondered if that was really based on his genius or just pure, blind luck. Imagine if casinos were not filled with flashing lights and a lot of distractions everywhere, people would probably win a lot more since they would be more focused.
it would be great to be able to learn a new language in a week, but the math part is much more meh to me. we have computers to work the super long math equations for us.
i also wonder about his accent when learning a new language. it'd be cool if he sounded like a native speaker after a week as well
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This actually isn't true at all. Normal humans use basically 100% of their brain.
u know i was just being sarcastic right?
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I was looking up some more info on him. He only ranks 6th in the world with 22514 digits memorized for Pi. The world record is 67890 digits, by a Chinese. Also, Daniel's gay.
The BBC's Fergus Walsh applies an electric current to his brain
Applying a tiny electrical current to the brain could make you better at learning maths, according to Oxford University scientists.
They found that targeting a part of the brain called the parietal lobe improved the ability of volunteers to solve numerical problems.
They hope the discovery could help people with dyscalculia, who may struggle with numbers.
Another expert said effects on other brain functions would need checking.
The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology.
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We are not advising people to go around giving themselves electric shocks”
Dr Cohen Kadosh
Some studies have suggested that up to one in five people have trouble with maths, affecting not just their ability to complete problems but also to manage everyday activities such as telling the time and managing money.
Neuroscientists believe that activity within the parietal lobe plays a crucial role in this ability, or the lack of it.
When magnetic fields were used in earlier research to disrupt electrical activity in this part of the brain, previously numerate volunteers temporarily developed discalculia, finding it much harder to solve maths problems.
Persistent benefits
The latest research goes a step further, using a one milliamp current to stimulate the parietal lobe of a small number of students.
The current could not be felt, and had no measurable effect on other brain functions.
As it was turned on, the volunteers tried to learn a puzzle which involved substituting numbers for symbols.
Those given the current from right to left across the parietal lobe did significantly better when given, compared to those who were given no electrical stimulation.
The direction of the current was important - those given stimulation running in the opposite direction, left to right, did markedly worse at these puzzles than those given no current, with their ability matching that of an average six-year-old.
The effects were not short-lived, either. When the volunteers whose performance improved was re-tested six months later, the benefits appear to have persisted.
There was no wider effect on general maths ability in either group, just on the ability to complete the puzzles learned as the current was applied.
Dr Cohen Kadosh, who led the study, said: "We are not advising people to go around giving themselves electric shocks, but we are extremely excited by the potential of our findings and are now looking into the underlying brain changes.
"We've shown before that we can induce dyscalculia, and now it seems we might be able to make someone better at maths, so we really want to see if we can help people with dyscalculia.
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Much bigger and more detailed research is required before any robust claims can be made about the electrical stimulation and maths ability”
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"Electrical stimulation is unlikely to turn you into the next Einstein, but if we're lucky it might be able to help some people to cope better with maths."
Dr Christopher Chambers, from the School of Psychology at Cardiff University, said that the results were "intriguing", and offered the prospect not just of improving numerical skills, but having an impact on a wider range of conditions.
He said: "The ability to tweak activity in parts of the brain, turning it slightly 'up' or 'down' at will, opens the door to treating a range of psychiatric and neurological problems, like compulsive gambling or visual impairments following stroke."
However, he said that the study did not prove that the learning of maths skills was improved, just that the volunteers were better at linking arbitrary numbers and symbols, and he warned that researchers needed to make sure other parts of the brain were unaffected.
"This is still an exciting new piece of research, but if we don't know how selective the effects of brain stimulation are then we don't know what other brain systems could also be affected, either positively or negatively."
Sue Flohr, from the British Dyslexia Association, which also provides support for people with dyscalculia, said the research was welcome.
She said: "It's certainly an under-recognised condition, but it can ruin lives.
"It makes it very hard to do everyday things like shopping or budgeting - you can go into a shop and find you've spent your month's money without realising it."
Long watch but well worth it. Probably one of the most interesting things i've watched in a while.... In regards to that electric shock therapy above. It sounds like something they should try in Jackass in the next movie. Perhaps they will become savants after...
And indeed there is. Lots...actually the Baron Cohen guy is one of the leading autism researchers and I studied a lot of his stuff back when I was still in school. It was kind of weird seeing him talk in person on the video
Another guy who is famous for this stuff (and quite a bit more charismatic) is V.S. Ramachandran from the States. He's done a lot of pretty awesome research into how to hack the brain too.
I believe recently there's been some sort of new research that found that passing a current through the brain can improve math scores in normal people. Will need to dig that one up.
The whole reason why we only use a small percentage of our brains is to allow us to perform normal tasks. Aside from that guy who can do math and function properly, all other savants couldn't even tell you what might happen tomorrow based on facts. In most cases, the cost is higher thinking. They might be able to do math at speeds we can't comprehend, memorize entire libraries, or draw in great detail, but there is no innovation. The more "ability" that they have, the less normal they can function. It seems like those born that way get it worse than those who attain it later! Posted via RS Mobile
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