mmm wrote:Okay, so savants are awesome. If you don't know what they are, google em and look at the amazing things these people can do, like learn Finnish in a week or learn 22,514 digits of pie, just to name two.
But what I recently found out is an interesting theory about how savant syndrome comes to pass (bonus fact, you can become a savant if you receive head trauma. Don't try this at home, because it's more likely that Frook will actually get a decent chatbox than you become a savant). So this one theory says that certain brain cells that die/do not form were formerly responsible for filtering the sensory information we receive. This is necessary, so we can see the tree as a tree and not the individual leaves on it, as a bad example. Anyway, this is the curse and the blessing of those with Savant syndrome. Patterns not previously apparent become apparent, and this could explain some of savants' remarkable capabilities.
I may edit this later, because my English sucked.
O.o I was spoken about this 2 years ago,Savants are unable to do many other things because of this....*some are unable to dress themselves...
I forgot to add something important! The evidence! A group of subjects was told to solve the problem: "use 4 lines to go through these 9 dots without retracing lines or picking up the pen." You know the one. Out of over 50 subjects, not a single one was able to do it. The experimental group, however, had parts of their brains that are affected in savant syndrome effectively quieted. More than 40% of the subjects were then able to solve the puzzle.
And savants can have a wide variety of problems, Lamb. Almost 100% of the time it includes some sort of autism, but can include other problems as well.
In about 40 minutes, a large asteroid will pass nearby to Earth, closer than some man-made satellites. You can watch the live stream here: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
Here's one not found in the article. It shows some of the reported damage from the meteorites, as well as one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life.
mmm wrote:In about 40 minutes, a large asteroid will pass nearby to Earth, closer than some man-made satellites. You can watch the live stream here: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
Here's one not found in the article. It shows some of the reported damage from the meteorites, as well as one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life.
the end of the world?
The BUGBLATTER BEAST HAS SPOKEN, ALL HAIL THE BLATTERER!
mmm wrote:In about 40 minutes, a large asteroid will pass nearby to Earth, closer than some man-made satellites. You can watch the live stream here: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
Here's one not found in the article. It shows some of the reported damage from the meteorites, as well as one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life.
the end of the world?
Seemingly. There were some bright light sightings on the West coast and we had snows in broad daylight in Bama.
Long answer: A long, long time ago. I can still remember how that proto-chicken used to make me smile.
Seriously though, chickens became chickens through the long process of evolution. So thousands of years ago, there were a bunch of proto(meaning "pre")-chickens roaming around. They looked sort of like chickens, but just weren't quiet there yet. Then, one special chicken was born with a DNA mutation that made it cross "the threshold from mere chicken likeness into chicken actuality." And seeing as the chicken hatched from an egg, the chicken egg came before the chicken.
mmm wrote:The answer to "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" next time! It's too late to do this, and I need to write this down before I forget! I'll edit this later
Read above for the exciting conclusion to the chicken and the egg story. Yes, I've begun citing some of my sources that don't have raging profanity in their title (which is most of them. To clarify, it's only one source but it's where I get most of my material).
For trying.
FWG Award for Destined to be Famous
