The Human Calculator - Rüdiger Gamm

Rüdiger Gamm -- "The Human Calculator" featured in The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic:

Rüdiger Gamm of Welzheim, Germany, is The Human Calculator! At 35 years old, he can instantly solve complex mathematical formulas inside his head. Gamm can multiply higher powers and divide two prime numbers to 60 decimals -- 84 to the power of 17; 42 to the power of 100; 31 divided by 61. Gamm can also speak backwards -- both an entire sentence and each word within a sentence. He is also a calendar calculator and can determine within seconds the day of the week of any date in history. Professor Allan Snyder is an internationally acclaimed scientist and the Foundation Director of the world's only Centre For The Mind, a joint venture of the Australian National University and the University of Sydney. Snyder specializes in rare cases of people who suddenly develop extraordinary savant skills after receiving a brain injury. Snyder's theory is that Gamm's mysterious abilities can be explained quite simply: he believes Gamm is an autistic savant and has designed tests specifically for him. It's a diagnosis Gamm disagrees with and he sets out to prove Snyder wrong.

Portent: Gamm reveals that the human species is filled with incredible individuals that continue to baffle even the most learned of scientists. If we cannot even understand how one develops such abilities as Gamm's, are we really ready to reengineer our own species?

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[embustero71]

No surprise he developed his abilities after *leaving* school.

[Premutos1982]

normaly german brain!

[goodfellow1984]

@Phallo8888 lmao

[FancoiseT]

@Phallo8888 hahahahaha

[Phallo8888]

240p... we meet again...

[jh007x]

i can do better asuhauhsuahsu

[lopytube]

@INMATE2468

yeah.Everytime I see brain masters like this close their eyes I don't feel bad when I feel the need to also while I ponder on things

[Ascaron50]

@zolo109 narrator is calledrichard lintern never heard of him never seen him i saw the name in the cast after the series how the universe works...

[zolo109]

@Ascaron50 NO IT IS NOT,GOOD SIR. I have no idea who.

[INMATE2468]

His story is really inspirational! I suggest you look it up! He used to really suck at basic math..

[ronateau]

Look at his face at 0:22-0:26... Looks like BS to me. :)

[Ascaron50]

who is the narrator ? and i dont think this is mike rowe ...