Originally posted by arrakisThose two skills have very little to do with each other.
You could be right... but I would think that anyone with a mind that can remember that many digits would also be able to do extensive math equations in their head.
Also at anything past the first few years of highschool math becomes no longer about mental math skills and instead about understanding abstract concepts and algebra.
I saw a TV program about a British savant who pulled feats like this. He could give the answer of any mathematical problem, no matter how complex, to as many decimal places as required. And he could do it faster and more accurately than any calculator. His explanation of how he got the answers involved neither memory nor conscious calculation. Basically, his explanation was that he would concentrate on the problem, and in his head he could then "see" the answer in the form of images.
Originally posted by GatecrasherHe was a shyster.
I saw a TV program about a British savant who pulled feats like this. He could give the answer of any mathematical problem, no matter how complex, to as many decimal places as required. And he could do it faster and more accurately than any calculator. His explanation of how he got the answers involved neither memory nor conscious calculation. Basically, ...[text shortened]... centrate on the problem, and in his head he could then "see" the answer in the form of images.
Originally posted by GatecrasherWow, Something is not right about him.
I found the following links:
http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/misc/danieltammet.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet
Why do think he's a shyster?
I read this in the article:
"As a small child he suffered a number of severe seizures which were later diagnosed as epilepsy. Ever since this time he has been able to see the patterns in numbers. While this is rare, there are other cases where individuals have suffered injury to the brain only to emerge with a similar startling talent. Orlando Serrill was just 10 years old when he was hit, hard, on the side of the head by a baseball. Since when, he has been able to recall the day, date and weather of every day since the accident. "
I read a book about After death Experiences", and people who practice "Out of Body Experience" And they all report that they have crystal clear minds, etc. My crazy theory is that the brain limits the soul.
In any case, I bet he could become a world champion chess player if he set his mind to it
Originally posted by GatecrasherXanthos is a little shy, but if you take this excerpt from Wikipedia: "Tammet holds the European record for remembering and recounting pi, recounting it to its 22,514th digit in just over 5 hours. " Xanthos has done this numerous times in the GutterSnipe private forum with well over 30.000 digiits, in under 3 hours. None of us thought it was a big deal, until you you brought up these links. Now you're just going to give him a big head.
I found the following links:
http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/misc/danieltammet.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet
Why do think he's a shyster?
Originally posted by XanthosNZwell, there are quarks, and then maybe strings, and plank's length to consider, that should take AT LEAST 50 more🙂
I'm looking forward to my (big) head.
However knowing pi to a ridiculous number of digits is pointless. I can recite enough of it to calculate the circumference of the universe within the radius of a hydrogen atom. What use is any more than that?
PS. That's 39 digits
Originally posted by dweezilI'm impressed. I didn't know Xan could type that fast.
Xanthos is a little shy, but if you take this excerpt from Wikipedia: "Tammet holds the European record for remembering and recounting pi, recounting it to its 22,514th digit in just over 5 hours. " Xanthos has done this numerous times in the GutterSnipe private forum with well over 30.000 digiits, in under 3 hours. None of us thought it was a big deal, until you you brought up these links. Now you're just going to give him a big head.