Monday, March 7, 2011

Accidental Genius

People who are born with a mental accident are called savants. When someone imagines the word mental accident, we think of the worst. We think of an accident that caused a mental injury or someone who has brain damage caused by another person. These kinds of people develop their abnormal brain before they are born and they actually have a disability. Savants have a left-brain damage that causes the right side of the brain to develop with high efficiency and with greater abilities. This is so amazing because you will develop great skills. On the contrary, this is a bad thing. Since your left brain is damaged, people have problems interacting with others. They are solitary people that have no friends and it is very difficult for them to be part of society. It is incredible the skills that people develop. For example, Kim reads 500 or more pages an hour. That is IMPOSSIBLE to do for me and I am sure my whole class. Whatever he reads, he memorizes and this is a perfect example of what a savant can get to do so easily. He knows over nine thousand books by memory. This is awesome and very interesting.

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