Extraordinary people - Daniel Tammet - Pt1 of 3

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."

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[Monica17N]

can I borrow your brain? I stink at math

[AgRo518]

rudiger gamm is 1000000000000000x better than this guy

[danielcabesi]

He is very clever but has no friends. Alone forever.

[israel8952]

wow...sonetimes i use my fingers to count stuff

[Blazingstar1821]

I dont know why but his voice is just so relaxing.....

[paigerocks884]

@AgRo518 negative

[Voiderify]

True true... but will it blend?

[istanful]

i remember 80 decimals of pi in 4 weeks :P

[BrennyBlues]

So what happened with the language test?

[RastaGirl331]

I love Daniel Tammet, I read his book Born on a Blue Day over a year and ever since have really reflected on my life. Very inspiring person :D

[den88bz]

@AgRo518 they are just different

[Thesexmonster321]

i really like cheese