if this interests anyone at all, you should read his autobiography "Born on a Blue Day". Letterman didnt really touch on his ability to learn languages increadibly fast or his struggles as a child. Daniel is such an increadible man
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING. HE DOES NOT HAVE ASD. HE REALLY GIVES PPLE THIS MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT AUTISM REALLY IS. 99.9% OF PPLE WITH AUTISM DON'T BEHAVE THIS WAY. FIGURE THAT NUMBER OUT!
@TheAndrewAlice You're absolutely correct. A fter watching this gentleman interact with Mr Letterman, I could not help but notice how comfortable and composed he was - particularly being on national television and in front of a massive crowd. I cannot help but notice how fluent and natural his muscular movements are and how comfortable his eye contact appears. My sister has Aspergers and I am sure she would give anything in the world to be able to interact with humans the way that he does.
@TheAndrewAlice Who are you to judge about that? A mental condition is not just on one side of the scale for each sympton. There are a lot of different shapings of this disease!
I appreciate the replies to my comments. I am still perplexed by this story. I do not have my PhD, but I am a clinician with a graduate degree. For my thesis, I wrote on the subject of non-verbal learning disorder. Although not a formal DSM diagnosis, it is very similar to Aspergers. I've known children and adults with AS, and this guy is not at all similar. He is so comfortable, socially appropriate, and seems to "get" all of the non-verbal, and hidden social cues of this conversation....a
I'd love to talk to Daniel for like... five minutes. I recently finished reading his book and it was so touching; I could relate to him on several things... not the autism (as far as I know) but other things like being an outsider and stuff... he's very inspiring.
@mybeautifulbailey He's one of the lucky people who are highly-functioning autistic. But in his book, "Born on a Blue Day", he expresses all his struggle. It's a great memoir, you should definitely read it.
I`m not a savant and I can calculate the day of the week of any century in under 5 seconds... first u got to learn the trick which takes you some months to master.
Daniel Tammet was to humble to give an honest reaction on Letterman's calculating the weekday that Tammet was born on, at the end. He WAS born on a wednesday, but this is stated on the first page in Tammet's book (and even on the cover), which Letterman must have seen/read.
@RandomRayProduction1 You can calculate it really fast though... Just take the year and divide by four = A Remainder = B find the month corresponding to the month value = C J F M A M J J A S O N D 0 3 4 0 2 5 0 3 6 1 4 6 the date and call it D Century and divide by four... Remainders = 0 1 2 3 E Values are = 6 4 2 0 now add all A B C D and E together... and divide by 7... whatever remainder you get corresponds to the day of the week starting with Sun = 0 and ending with Sat = 6!
@MumblingMickey for some reason youtube didn't put in carriage returns so that went a bit haywire... but even the average person can calculate it mentally for any date in history...or the future in a little under 10 seconds with practice.
Also look into a thing called "trauma based mind control." When a person, especially at a very young age, is constantly traumatised and comes very close to death then they end up getting a photographic memory. He even says half way through this interview that at age 4 during an epilepsy fit that he came very close to death and almost died.
It's not as much about being genuinely funny but being an entertainer and including some of the interesting information in your program. Can you imagine this type of a program without laugh on cue? well that would be increasingly boring . It's like watching a movie without a soundtrack (it might be interesting but it's much better with music.... so basically u need an appropriate background noise >_____<)
@TheFlacidFlamingo 1. It's such a random part of Daniel's story to comment on... 2. His delivery of sarcasm and dead-pan flows out of like water. If you ever get a chance you should hear some interviews where Dave is the interviewee, he's very witty. It becomes so clear how he managed to get his job.
@786myfist I agree to a certain extent but what do you expect he's a comedian trying to converse with someone far more intelligent. They are both on two completely different wavelengths. Dave is there for comedic value and "brain man", is just a spectacle for observation or for the sake of entertainment. I think it's ridiculous that he continues to interrupt him for a few laughs but the majority of americans don't watch late night television for educational reasons.
@frisko129 What are you talking about? Your son knows me? Who is your son?
Anyway, Daniel Tammet is a homosexual, he has no desire to have sex with women. I don't care what you think your "God" wants or likes. Besides, there is no God.
@Nautilus1972 22/7 is not the exact fraction of Pi. The more precise Pi value is closely related to 335/113 and many more other fractions, it is usually expressed as a number between 223/71 and 220/70.
@opptynox It's Letterman, not University of Penn what do you expect? This is a popular show for the masses. Its not painful, I'm sure he enjoyed his time.
this guy didnt do anything that would help people all over the world, only genius I know was Nikola Tesla and this guy doesnt come near when it comes to intelligence and brain power
@kizaru333 If you watch the documentary they talk about how he may be the link needed to explore new areas in the brain and how they work. They also say that since he is one of the only savants that can express what he feels and how he calculates these extensive formulas/equations. This show only shows the superficial side of being a savant and Letterman addresses him lightly opposed to scientist that are intrigued by him.
Letterman was nice in this interview - he normally makes fun of his guests, but was careful not to , as this person had trouble socialising as a result of his disorder. The guy was cool aswell - 'not your type of pie'.....hehe
i think this guy doesnt have confident about his social ability. cause it seems just fine on here.............probably need a little more practice thats all
He's actually not a savant, he competed in memory competitions under a different name using the same techniques as everyone else. He couldn't win and knew he could get a lot more publicity claiming to be a savant.
@Glynntopian A thorough debunking of the guy can be found in Josh Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein. The author is actually pretty nice about it considering this guy is using a serious disorder for attention and money.
i love how when the david referred to aspergers and epilepsy as negative he said absolutely which in mathematical terms is the notation for ignoring negativity and only giving the positive of the number LOL.
I would love to meet this guy if only to know what number I look like :)............And I agree with the comment below from 123hitcreek,but the again this guy is one of the few Asperger sufferers and savan't who's overcome the social disability body language reading issues other have.
I have to agree with MEDABOREDME that Daniel Temmet is a fake. He is actually a trained mnemonist, not a savant with synesthesia. Josh Foer did a fairly thorough job debunking this guy in his book. While he could have Asperger's, this does not explain his abilities. The fact that his MRI did not show the activity in his brain that normally occurs in people with synesthesia should be proof enough.
I really don't think that a trained memorist can create a new language ( btw, Tammet is creating one called Mänti. Mänti has many features related to Finnish and Estonian, both of which are Finnic languages). Neither solve a mathematical problem in seconds
@CristaldeLeo - The key here is that you "don't think" it can be done, and the answer is that it can. Creating a new language is not that hard, think of all of those people that speak "Klingon" at Star Trek conventions. J.R.R. Tolkien created languages for his Middle Earth universe that resemble Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon languages. Also, solving mathematical problems in seconds can be done without being a natural math whiz and is a learned ability. Google search Tammet and debunked.
@natetheblade You are right, creating languages is possible... but learning mathematical abilities? Don't think so, you are born with those abilities, it's a king of inteligence. You just can't memorize them. And in Tammet's case, he was born being a savant.
The so called "lack of social ability" is bullshit! I have a friend of 22 years old who has asperger and he's already had 3 long term girlfriends, he's got friends and likes going out. But the fuckstream-science imposed stickers just limit our potential.
@GetHotGirls i agree totally too - i know a friend who is 23 and has aspergers but you can hardly tell it's there - the first time I ever met him I never knew he had it until he told me
@GetHotGirls Lol... it varies a lot... I have semantic pragmatic disorder and I bet you've never heard of it but I have to rehearse what I'm going to say and I can't do that with people my age so I get on better with adults which would seem very social.Your friend probably has issues in areas of socialising but gets by with a lot of confidence. My asperger friend is like that and funnily enough by diagnosis I'm supposed to be more socially able and I'm reclusive compared to him.
@Dolphidood But he has to work at it and did... so the detrimental area of poor social interaction is complimented by the advantage of being able to concentrate on an area he knows is important to him....
ie. he can learn to be social a lot faster than would normally be the case.
The question i suppose is that with no frame of reference is he actually interacting socially...or is he acting the way one would do if one was highly social?
@MumblingMickey Yeah... I socialise by substituting my self image with people I've seen in reality or off Tv in fact I can't help it which is why it pisses me off when I hear people say just be yourself.
@Dolphidood There is a school of thought in psychology that would say a person who is liked by all...who seems to one person to be 'a great guy' and by another person with a different personality to also be 'a great guy' ... although outwardly highly social...has just learned how to extract quickly from someone enough information to give that impression.
Many people so this without even realizing it.
Are such people high social?... or is it in fact the exact opposite? How would we know?
@MumblingMickey I think most people conform with a stereotypes, one person from one group can be an alien in another. I think people with autism don't recognise these stereotypes as well and that's why they don't conform. I certainly didn't.
I cant fully trust anyone because everyone is bent around these stereotype assumptions and I have to try and judge the persons reactions to things I say in order to steer them over as a 'friend'... it just goes to show that we're all sheep.
@Dolphidood Well as a non conformist myself I'd tend to agree in with that... But I'd evaluate it positively.
All people are built to conform, the methodology or mental 'tricks' they use to accomplish that is another matter. But if we did not conform there would be no internet, no mobile phones, no families, no cars, no cities...we'd all be anarchists.
However even anarchists don't like solitary confinement! lol
Its pretty beneficial being a sheep! Personally, and for the flock!
You just know Dave set that dude up. He had the question about the birthday beforehand and before the show he looked up his and found out what day it was on.
so he's a savant? this guy is nothing compared to rudiger gamm! he proved he wasn't a slave to an algorithm and he was something more! without any mental impairment!
@MEGABOREDME I have to agree. Tammet has been criticized as NOT being a savant but actually a trained memory expert.. I just finished Josh Foer's book "Moonwalking with Einstein" which explains part of Tammet's story of memorizing Icelandic while also being "mentally-handicapped." Foer personally believes Tammet, who is actually "Daniel Corney" (changed his name for w/e reason) is probably a mental expert and not an actual savant..Very interesting read. Anyone could do what he does with training
wat david letterman is doing is good. he is simply staying very conservative with his remarks as to not trigger any sort of unexpected response from Tammat. He obviously knows little about the disorders and wants to get thru the segment without rough bumps.
@seriall1337 I don't think he's stupid, it's just that his audience appreciates stupid humor. He makes a living by making his audience laugh, so obviously he's going to seem stupid.
it makes me really sad because David Letterman looks like a total dumbass in this clip i.e. "so... is being a savant good?" and "pi day? so third month and whatever" and "i like bananas".
He sounds like and looks a lot like Sacha Boren Cohen.
CheddarBob39 4 days ago
I wish they would have tested him on resiting the number pi.... Put him on the spot
rpottsch 1 week ago
if this interests anyone at all, you should read his autobiography "Born on a Blue Day". Letterman didnt really touch on his ability to learn languages increadibly fast or his struggles as a child. Daniel is such an increadible man
thejoelreinhardus 1 week ago
he sounds like iphone4 speaking.
trevorsassignment 1 week ago
duude, I'd so like to meet him, I have synesthesia too.. except when I tell people the colors of their names/numbers they just think I'm crazy. haha.
irishdancr 1 week ago
after readin "Moonwalking with Einstein" by Joshua Foer, I really don't like him... like at all. well except the fact that he's gay :)
RollerCoasterManiac 2 weeks ago
"I love pie" jesus christ letterman you fucking monkey
torrentmad 3 weeks ago 4
So many teeth
vLinko777 3 weeks ago
i wonder if Letterman realised he was gay when he said that...
bigpoo113 1 month ago
X-men IRL
phezla 1 month ago
Fuck this guy is cool!
sidelakee 1 month ago
Daniel seems like a great guy - I like him!
SapphirePanorama 1 month ago
117? Letterman is Master Chief!
BDiddyMoore 1 month ago
look at my face. I ain't bovvered....
blowtrabajo 1 month ago
i did the math its a friday
cjace32 2 months ago
@cjace32 - I looked at an online calendar and he's right about both the Thursday and the Saturday.
gekritzl 1 month ago
@gekritzl lol cool, im just kidding thats awesome
cjace32 1 month ago
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Daniel talking to Letterman is like a human talking to an orangutan.
bronx43 2 months ago
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bronx43 2 months ago
This seems incredibly under-researched, could have been a much better interview if letterman had prepared even a little bit
hockeyknife1 2 months ago 5
hihi i can make you go crazy
DebraNeryqb668 2 months ago
very talented man......i like him
dhruba581 2 months ago
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING. HE DOES NOT HAVE ASD. HE REALLY GIVES PPLE THIS MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT AUTISM REALLY IS. 99.9% OF PPLE WITH AUTISM DON'T BEHAVE THIS WAY. FIGURE THAT NUMBER OUT!
TheAndrewAlice 2 months ago
@TheAndrewAlice You're absolutely correct. A fter watching this gentleman interact with Mr Letterman, I could not help but notice how comfortable and composed he was - particularly being on national television and in front of a massive crowd. I cannot help but notice how fluent and natural his muscular movements are and how comfortable his eye contact appears. My sister has Aspergers and I am sure she would give anything in the world to be able to interact with humans the way that he does.
unrescued 2 months ago
@TheAndrewAlice Who are you to judge about that? A mental condition is not just on one side of the scale for each sympton. There are a lot of different shapings of this disease!
LingLingX8 2 months ago
I forgot the most important point. An illness is not named after the shaping of the conditions in the majority of the cases.
LingLingX8 2 months ago
I THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS COOL UNTIL HE STARTED ACTING LIKE FAGG
VIRUS1CLaN 2 months ago
over 22,500 places... that's your cue to applaud you goons. also, letterman is a joke.
azzbosch 2 months ago
hiya tell me your fantasies
ReaSonacq11 2 months ago
I appreciate the replies to my comments. I am still perplexed by this story. I do not have my PhD, but I am a clinician with a graduate degree. For my thesis, I wrote on the subject of non-verbal learning disorder. Although not a formal DSM diagnosis, it is very similar to Aspergers. I've known children and adults with AS, and this guy is not at all similar. He is so comfortable, socially appropriate, and seems to "get" all of the non-verbal, and hidden social cues of this conversation....a
mybeautifulbailey 2 months ago
I'd love to talk to Daniel for like... five minutes. I recently finished reading his book and it was so touching; I could relate to him on several things... not the autism (as far as I know) but other things like being an outsider and stuff... he's very inspiring.
Twilighter794 2 months ago
wait is his birthday january 31st? my sister has epilepsy and she was born on that day too...
TheAstraNation 3 months ago
how can anyone dislike this? It was charming and so interesting.
starmanbridges 3 months ago
He does not really seem to have Aspergers. He's very verbal, has appropriate social reciprocity, and seems to be quite "normal".
mybeautifulbailey 3 months ago
@mybeautifulbailey He's come a long way.
ChristopherDone 2 months ago
@mybeautifulbailey He's one of the lucky people who are highly-functioning autistic. But in his book, "Born on a Blue Day", he expresses all his struggle. It's a great memoir, you should definitely read it.
Twilighter794 2 months ago
LOL on PI and PIE!
nilecitygangsta 3 months ago
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nilecitygangsta 3 months ago
I love the way he speaks. could listen to this all day. I ve always loved british but this voice just has something. sooo soothing.
BritishRulez 3 months ago
He has aspergers, has mastered eye contact but still has motor tics,and has a rather monotonous voice.But still is brilliant
straightupmenace 3 months ago
I`m not a savant and I can calculate the day of the week of any century in under 5 seconds... first u got to learn the trick which takes you some months to master.
eagleofdead 3 months ago
awe, he's so adorable
moonbearsandunicorns 3 months ago
"I like bananas". Haha so true, cause compared to Tammet, David Letterman and most of us regular people, we are monkeys.
oyvindmacody 3 months ago
i have Asperger syndrome.
tocrazy4cabbage 3 months ago
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@tocrazy4cabbage i'm sure you do, and this is the reason why you post this on youtube. not because you're an attention seaker
archontakis91 3 months ago
@tocrazy4cabbage My friend told me he has it too a couple days ago... :)
memoriesremain2010 3 months ago
117 ... spartan
JesseRMeyer 3 months ago
He could be anything but not autistic.
TomDwan94 3 months ago
no problem with eye contact whatsoever. lots of people have bad social skills, it doesn't mean he's autistic, regardless of a diagnosis
harmersuperstar 3 months ago
also i can bend to your needs, just talk to me and tell me what you want
MaliaTaylordg24 4 months ago
letterman is arrogant with mr Tammet , poor guy
MsChamallow 4 months ago
@MsChamallow Agreed
MarshallAMarshall 3 months ago
lol..very good....
MumblingMickey 4 months ago
hahah, well you've got my number!
souljaboiification 4 months ago
Dave was waiting to get the day of the week, at 7:40, from his Director. lol
htmlhelp 4 months ago
Hey me and Daniel have the same birthday
WORMGERM 4 months ago
Is he the voice actor of the geico gekko?
josh18230 5 months ago
Daniel Tammet was to humble to give an honest reaction on Letterman's calculating the weekday that Tammet was born on, at the end. He WAS born on a wednesday, but this is stated on the first page in Tammet's book (and even on the cover), which Letterman must have seen/read.
Fixcan4U 5 months ago
thubms up if you checked your calendars after watching this
RandomRayProduction1 5 months ago
MumblingMickey 4 months ago
@MumblingMickey for some reason youtube didn't put in carriage returns so that went a bit haywire... but even the average person can calculate it mentally for any date in history...or the future in a little under 10 seconds with practice.
MumblingMickey 4 months ago
They hardly even touched what this man can do!
blanknot 5 months ago 11
Also look into a thing called "trauma based mind control." When a person, especially at a very young age, is constantly traumatised and comes very close to death then they end up getting a photographic memory. He even says half way through this interview that at age 4 during an epilepsy fit that he came very close to death and almost died.
ManFromMelbourne 5 months ago
im thinking what number i look like
Sonickhit 5 months ago
I like that April 12th 2012 is a thursday, he prolly talked to Kim Peek before the show lmao
sirsmashface 5 months ago
Why do people assume everything Letterman says is hilarious, laughing on cue? "I like bananas." Yes, that is incredibly gut-bustingly hysterical.
TheFlacidFlamingo 5 months ago 41
@TheFlacidFlamingo I'm supposing that they're literally laughing on a given cue because I find none of it funny.
ZhouFantastic 2 months ago
@TheFlacidFlamingo
It's not as much about being genuinely funny but being an entertainer and including some of the interesting information in your program. Can you imagine this type of a program without laugh on cue? well that would be increasingly boring . It's like watching a movie without a soundtrack (it might be interesting but it's much better with music.... so basically u need an appropriate background noise >_____<)
pusshair 2 months ago
@TheFlacidFlamingo when he said that it was random.. saying something randomly at a serious moment could possibly be hysterical to some people.
manorixz 1 month ago
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anthonyarciga 1 month ago
@TheFlacidFlamingo 1. It's such a random part of Daniel's story to comment on... 2. His delivery of sarcasm and dead-pan flows out of like water. If you ever get a chance you should hear some interviews where Dave is the interviewee, he's very witty. It becomes so clear how he managed to get his job.
zackersquackers 1 month ago in playlist Dan Tammet, Kim Peek & Extraordinary Memory
letterman is an ignorant piece of shit.
786myfist 5 months ago 2
@786myfist I agree to a certain extent but what do you expect he's a comedian trying to converse with someone far more intelligent. They are both on two completely different wavelengths. Dave is there for comedic value and "brain man", is just a spectacle for observation or for the sake of entertainment. I think it's ridiculous that he continues to interrupt him for a few laughs but the majority of americans don't watch late night television for educational reasons.
boredagain1 5 months ago
Fank you!
He's so sweet, seems really nice and warm personality... which is interesting for an autistic savant. Makes him even more unique.
hugrunj 5 months ago 25
@hugrunj He is very humble.
flyordie2 4 months ago
read his book juss finished and had too see this interview...my brother smells like death itsl\elf took a poop in his mouth
irock145able 5 months ago
fuckin david letterman just constantly interupting him, god i hate that douche bag
aguywithasniper 5 months ago
Love watching Daniel. He is actually pretty funny and has great wit. Would love to meet him.
SteelWeed2010 5 months ago
LOL Hey baby, you look like a 117.
Sullz 6 months ago 2
moonwalking with einstein...
Z1danele0n 6 months ago
dude. It's almost like... for some of us... the idea takes on a three or four dimensional expression... fascinating...
AuglereDeRosenkinde 6 months ago
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itsguido 6 months ago 76
@itsguido
wait.. oh i get it! good one!
wittenberg5 4 months ago
what a weak handshake. interesting guy though
182parker 6 months ago
I thought that Dave has a child with autism ?
I could b wrong .
Lvduggo69 6 months ago
let him fuck so we can have more smarty pants
frisko129 6 months ago
@frisko129 That's actually a good idea! lool!!
easrth 6 months ago
@frisko129 He doesn't want to fuck ladies and make babies. Daniel Tammet is a homosexual.
JohnnyKubark 6 months ago
@JohnnyKubark that doesnt add up
frisko129 6 months ago
@frisko129 Why doesn't it add up?
JohnnyKubark 6 months ago
@JohnnyKubark i think my son nos you so im going to make it simple god gave women the glory hole so you CAN PUT YOUR DICK IN THEM the end
frisko129 6 months ago
@frisko129 What are you talking about? Your son knows me? Who is your son?
Anyway, Daniel Tammet is a homosexual, he has no desire to have sex with women. I don't care what you think your "God" wants or likes. Besides, there is no God.
JohnnyKubark 6 months ago
@JohnnyKubark my son is josh, theres no god and gay critters in natures forest are considered retarded in my book (not the bible)
frisko129 6 months ago
join the us we have the white bitches
frisko129 6 months ago
You can't express Pi as a fraction? 22/7. Howzat?
Nautilus1972 6 months ago
@Nautilus1972 Well, it's not Pi
daniloume 6 months ago
@Nautilus1972 22/7 is not the exact fraction of Pi. The more precise Pi value is closely related to 335/113 and many more other fractions, it is usually expressed as a number between 223/71 and 220/70.
Wrinkle5K 6 months ago
@Nautilus1972 2/10. you are retarded.
patugi 6 months ago
"David Letterman (27.04.2005)" Wednesday.
JugglerPLL 6 months ago
pie = 3,14 lol
hejjagheterpal 7 months ago
what does Tanmment see during an orgasm?
SlumberCloud 7 months ago
@SlumberCloud pi, duh.
kimboslicefan78 6 months ago
we can without a doubt to conclude letterman as a republic man
nfsrf 7 months ago
I love this man. Hes amazing.
MsWatcheverything 7 months ago
Letterman has never looked dumber..
ldl1949 7 months ago
This borders on mistreatment. Tammet is so prodigious that to do parlor tricks on American television is painful to watch.
opptynox 7 months ago 4
@opptynox It's Letterman, not University of Penn what do you expect? This is a popular show for the masses. Its not painful, I'm sure he enjoyed his time.
sk8rbuoi 7 months ago
@opptynox He knows what he's doing, and he's promoting to get phat cash.
Cry more.
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TheWhyRemember 7 months ago
I like this Daniel. Such a nice man. :)
Kexfat 7 months ago 4
hey I was taser last night, I hope I become a savant!
kurydebarcelona 7 months ago
this guy didnt do anything that would help people all over the world, only genius I know was Nikola Tesla and this guy doesnt come near when it comes to intelligence and brain power
kizaru333 7 months ago
@kizaru333 If you watch the documentary they talk about how he may be the link needed to explore new areas in the brain and how they work. They also say that since he is one of the only savants that can express what he feels and how he calculates these extensive formulas/equations. This show only shows the superficial side of being a savant and Letterman addresses him lightly opposed to scientist that are intrigued by him.
klixs100 7 months ago
@kizaru333 You're right! Why didn't Letterman invite Tesla?!
Waranoa 7 months ago
@Waranoa Tesla died many yrs ago.
786myfist 5 months ago
woah, hes got synesthesia too! well that explains it!
wow only about 25 savants in the world
WeAreBullets 7 months ago
i like bannannas
darkstar1345a 7 months ago
@darkstar1345a can't spell bananas though.
jareid2507 7 months ago
@jareid2507
what a really negative person you must be .
darkstar1345a 7 months ago
They've calculated pi to 5,000,000,000,000 digits. If MY calculation is correct, it would take Daniel 129,722 years to recite it all!
flowerofsilver 7 months ago
i tink he is bullshiting the lack of social abiliity
catman1cheese 7 months ago
haha "It's not you're type of pie, it's a mathematical number 3.14."
HipHopaaDoodle 7 months ago
I would like to know what kind of number I look like =)
Marcusxox 7 months ago
he is right...its saturday...!! april 12 , 1947
frozenlicks 8 months ago
Letterman was nice in this interview - he normally makes fun of his guests, but was careful not to , as this person had trouble socialising as a result of his disorder. The guy was cool aswell - 'not your type of pie'.....hehe
ikadir18 8 months ago
He was right about David Letterman's birthday!
omgbygollywow 8 months ago
i think this guy doesnt have confident about his social ability. cause it seems just fine on here.............probably need a little more practice thats all
llwii4musiq 8 months ago
He's actually not a savant, he competed in memory competitions under a different name using the same techniques as everyone else. He couldn't win and knew he could get a lot more publicity claiming to be a savant.
patrickgpking 8 months ago
@patrickgpking Cite that information? Are we supposed to just believe some comment?
Glynntopian 8 months ago
@Glynntopian A thorough debunking of the guy can be found in Josh Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein. The author is actually pretty nice about it considering this guy is using a serious disorder for attention and money.
patrickgpking 8 months ago
His social skills are impeccable.
crazyboutnaruto12 8 months ago 2
I have Aspergers Syndrome and I love math and this week I found out I'm skipping grade 8 to go to straight into high school! Very exciting!
MathMessenger 8 months ago 2
@MathMessenger good for you! *slow claps*
jfleminator 8 months ago
i love how when the david referred to aspergers and epilepsy as negative he said absolutely which in mathematical terms is the notation for ignoring negativity and only giving the positive of the number LOL.
maxgunn555 8 months ago 3
nice guy
Plattenlord 8 months ago
fascinating
ukstevey 8 months ago
daniel tammet is an inspiration! i just read 'born on a blue day', it was brilliant:)
eviesme 9 months ago
Wait, I'm confused about the interview... so the cops knew internal affairs were setting them up???
unclebully7913 9 months ago
This video tasted great. Like pecan pie.
daimyoyo 9 months ago
I would love to meet this guy if only to know what number I look like :)............And I agree with the comment below from 123hitcreek,but the again this guy is one of the few Asperger sufferers and savan't who's overcome the social disability body language reading issues other have.
111akasha 9 months ago
prove your power: GUESS MY BIRTHDAY
lllutubelll 9 months ago
I have to agree with MEDABOREDME that Daniel Temmet is a fake. He is actually a trained mnemonist, not a savant with synesthesia. Josh Foer did a fairly thorough job debunking this guy in his book. While he could have Asperger's, this does not explain his abilities. The fact that his MRI did not show the activity in his brain that normally occurs in people with synesthesia should be proof enough.
natetheblade 9 months ago
I really don't think that a trained memorist can create a new language ( btw, Tammet is creating one called Mänti. Mänti has many features related to Finnish and Estonian, both of which are Finnic languages). Neither solve a mathematical problem in seconds
CristaldeLeo 9 months ago
@CristaldeLeo - The key here is that you "don't think" it can be done, and the answer is that it can. Creating a new language is not that hard, think of all of those people that speak "Klingon" at Star Trek conventions. J.R.R. Tolkien created languages for his Middle Earth universe that resemble Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon languages. Also, solving mathematical problems in seconds can be done without being a natural math whiz and is a learned ability. Google search Tammet and debunked.
natetheblade 9 months ago
@natetheblade You are right, creating languages is possible... but learning mathematical abilities? Don't think so, you are born with those abilities, it's a king of inteligence. You just can't memorize them. And in Tammet's case, he was born being a savant.
CristaldeLeo 8 months ago
@natetheblade I agree with you. Moonwalking with Einstein is an awesome book.
ecaepevolhturt 8 months ago
The so called "lack of social ability" is bullshit! I have a friend of 22 years old who has asperger and he's already had 3 long term girlfriends, he's got friends and likes going out. But the fuckstream-science imposed stickers just limit our potential.
GetHotGirls 9 months ago 3
@GetHotGirls i agree totally too - i know a friend who is 23 and has aspergers but you can hardly tell it's there - the first time I ever met him I never knew he had it until he told me
erikals2 7 months ago
@GetHotGirls Lol... it varies a lot... I have semantic pragmatic disorder and I bet you've never heard of it but I have to rehearse what I'm going to say and I can't do that with people my age so I get on better with adults which would seem very social.Your friend probably has issues in areas of socialising but gets by with a lot of confidence. My asperger friend is like that and funnily enough by diagnosis I'm supposed to be more socially able and I'm reclusive compared to him.
Dolphidood 4 months ago
@Dolphidood But he has to work at it and did... so the detrimental area of poor social interaction is complimented by the advantage of being able to concentrate on an area he knows is important to him....
ie. he can learn to be social a lot faster than would normally be the case.
The question i suppose is that with no frame of reference is he actually interacting socially...or is he acting the way one would do if one was highly social?
MumblingMickey 4 months ago
@MumblingMickey Yeah... I socialise by substituting my self image with people I've seen in reality or off Tv in fact I can't help it which is why it pisses me off when I hear people say just be yourself.
Dolphidood 4 months ago
@Dolphidood There is a school of thought in psychology that would say a person who is liked by all...who seems to one person to be 'a great guy' and by another person with a different personality to also be 'a great guy' ... although outwardly highly social...has just learned how to extract quickly from someone enough information to give that impression.
Many people so this without even realizing it.
Are such people high social?... or is it in fact the exact opposite? How would we know?
MumblingMickey 4 months ago
@MumblingMickey I think most people conform with a stereotypes, one person from one group can be an alien in another. I think people with autism don't recognise these stereotypes as well and that's why they don't conform. I certainly didn't.
I cant fully trust anyone because everyone is bent around these stereotype assumptions and I have to try and judge the persons reactions to things I say in order to steer them over as a 'friend'... it just goes to show that we're all sheep.
Dolphidood 4 months ago
@Dolphidood Well as a non conformist myself I'd tend to agree in with that... But I'd evaluate it positively.
All people are built to conform, the methodology or mental 'tricks' they use to accomplish that is another matter. But if we did not conform there would be no internet, no mobile phones, no families, no cars, no cities...we'd all be anarchists.
However even anarchists don't like solitary confinement! lol
Its pretty beneficial being a sheep! Personally, and for the flock!
MumblingMickey 3 months ago
His voice is so soothing...
lydiamariacantu 9 months ago 58
@lydiamariacantu Einstein + Mr. Rogers= Daniel Tammet
YodalovesRustie 4 months ago
Read his book, Born on a Blue Day.
This guy is legit.
dancexitxoff 9 months ago
You just know Dave set that dude up. He had the question about the birthday beforehand and before the show he looked up his and found out what day it was on.
JamesTKirkCobain 9 months ago
I am a artistic servant as well. Like if you wants me to draw a shoe for you i can do it.
JamesTKirkCobain 9 months ago
Dave is great straightman, he makes his guests appear better.
This guy is naturally charming tho anyway.
MEpianist 9 months ago
nyahaha.. great guy.....
TheXx33 9 months ago
good guy
moni339 10 months ago
so he's a savant? this guy is nothing compared to rudiger gamm! he proved he wasn't a slave to an algorithm and he was something more! without any mental impairment!
MEGABOREDME 10 months ago
@MEGABOREDME I have to agree. Tammet has been criticized as NOT being a savant but actually a trained memory expert.. I just finished Josh Foer's book "Moonwalking with Einstein" which explains part of Tammet's story of memorizing Icelandic while also being "mentally-handicapped." Foer personally believes Tammet, who is actually "Daniel Corney" (changed his name for w/e reason) is probably a mental expert and not an actual savant..Very interesting read. Anyone could do what he does with training
robobobdude 9 months ago
@robobobdude Very true, I've taught myself how to do cubes of any 2 digit number in a minute and that's just with repetition.
Dolphidood 4 months ago
So, Letterman is Master Chief???? AWESOME SAUCE!
Jacomelo117 10 months ago 31
@Jacomelo117 lmao so im not the only one that noticed that
evilresidence4 6 months ago
@Jacomelo117 I see what you did there.....
XiTER96 5 months ago
wat david letterman is doing is good. he is simply staying very conservative with his remarks as to not trigger any sort of unexpected response from Tammat. He obviously knows little about the disorders and wants to get thru the segment without rough bumps.
swordman6m1 10 months ago 2
The UK rocks
TOOHUMAN112 10 months ago
Daniel looks like a boss and David Letterman kind of looks like an idiot here.
iiCyx 10 months ago
"savant-isms or powers or whatever it is". David Letterman you are an idiot
attykon 10 months ago 4
WHAT A BEAST
yourmomsfavproducer 10 months ago
Letterman looks confused and uncomfortable at the end of the interview.
ZaGaZigZag 10 months ago
is letterman dumb or is he just acting dumb?
seriall1337 10 months ago
@seriall1337 I don't think he's stupid, it's just that his audience appreciates stupid humor. He makes a living by making his audience laugh, so obviously he's going to seem stupid.
Kjellarnek 10 months ago
Oh please, please, don't waste your incredible gifted mind on american talk shows, any talk show for that matter.
seriall1337 10 months ago 2
David Letterman is the masterchief?????
billywribble16 10 months ago
it makes me really sad because David Letterman looks like a total dumbass in this clip i.e. "so... is being a savant good?" and "pi day? so third month and whatever" and "i like bananas".
popthebubbles4 10 months ago