The boy with the incredible brain

[fransetter]

Brilliant :)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662&hl=en


Fran
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr. Seuss

[chris]

If anyone wants to be able to calculate large numbers (or very tiny ones) in their head like this guy. Look into vedic mathematics.

[fransetter]

This video is not just about a guy who can do amazing computations, it goes W-A-Y beyond that. Towards the end of the video, he also masters a foreign language to conversational level within 7 days. That language is Icelandic.
The way his brain works defies the current levels of traditional science. He is probably tapping into the matrix! :D

[chris]

This video is not just about a guy who can do amazing computations, it goes W-A-Y beyond that. Towards the end of the video, he also masters a foreign language to conversational level within 7 days. That language is Icelandic.
The way his brain works defies the current levels of traditional science. He is probably tapping into the matrix! :D

I don't really believe it...Not to say he isn't talented but he seems more like a Darren Brown type of person...There were people all over India doing exactly the same thing that this guy is doing but they were simply using mental tricks. Doesn't mean he's not talented at it.

What really sticks out is that the man talked about the chess player who remembered a lot of his game like he 'wasn't using the symbol (technique)' but then he spun it to sound more like he's impressed at his level for not having 'his abilities'...How does he know???

That rainman guy he met was the real deal, absolutely amazing. If the other guy was as great as he said, he would be much the same knowledge wise and do real impressive things beyond reasonable doubt.

As for the language, I know a person who's passed a GSCE paper on a language he's never looked at before first time...I know another person who's very talented at languages that can pick them up just like that, she's a translator for many languages (more than 9)...If that guy was so brillient then he would know hundreds of languages.

I'm not saying he isn't talented or anything, he must be very good at what he does but he's not some freak of nature like the show is trying to make out of it with it's obscure music and stopframe captions.

If you've ever tried those memory tricks you'll see how easy it is to retain stuff, I can remember stupid lists and things years ago that I first learned to practice them with...I really must start practicing again because its so good.

[synergy777]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16819419&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=surgeon-aged-7--name_page.html

SURGEON AGED 7
EXCLUSIVE Akrit speaks four languages and is trying to find a cure for cancer in his spare time (but he does quite like Spiderman)
By Antonia Hoyle 16/03/2006
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HIS mates may be preoccupied with their PlayStations and their favourite sport but 12-year-old Akrit Jaswal has more pressing concerns...

He's studying for a bachelor of science degree, speaks four languages and has already performed a surgical operation.

His bedroom is filled with medical books, not model planes, and he's better at discussing politics than most men three times his age.

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A typical day for the pint-sized pre-teen involves meeting politicians, working on cures for Aids and cancer, and treating the hundreds of ailing people who see him as nothing short of a modern-day saint.

With an IQ higher than Albert Einstein's, Akrit has been declared the cleverest boy in the world - and he is determined to make the most of his gift.

"I feel I've a duty to stop all the suffering in the world," he says. "It would be a waste of my natural talent not to use it wisely.

"I might not be the average scientist but I reckon I have a good chance of coming up with the breakthrough technology to treat ill people."

Akrit certainly isn't short of confidence and, as he discusses his superior knowledge, he comes across as more than slightly smug.

But, thankfully, the youngster does retain some childish qualities. He's at pains to point out that, despite being a child prodigy and household name in his native India, he's an ordinary boy at heart.

"My hero is Spiderman and I love going to the cinema with my friends," he explains. "My favourite film is probably Titanic. I also enjoy a good game of cricket and I'm pleased India are beating England in the Test series. If anything, being born so clever makes me determined to enjoy life even more."

An only child, Akrit's parents realised that he was different when he started talking and walking at just 10 months old.

By the time he was five, he was reading Shakespearean plays in English and begging to sit in at his local doctor's surgery so he could learn how to operate. "My parents explained that I was very clever," he recalls. "But I never felt out of the ordinary."

WHEN he was seven, however, Akrit performed complicated surgery on a girl in his village of Nurpur, in the Himalayan mountains.

Her fingers had been burnt and fused together after an accident with a pan of boiling water. Her family couldn't afford to send her to the doctors, so Akrit decided he could separate them.

"I'd sat in on dozens of operations out of pure fascination and taught myself what to do by reading up on procedures," he says. "I've always been fascinated with the human body."

He used a scalpel to disentangle her tendons. "I think I did a better job than most surgeons," he boasts. "They would have opted for plastic surgery but I didn't need to."

The press soon got wind of the operation and Akrit, who's still only 5ft, became an instant celebrity.

"People started queueing up outside my house to see if I could cure their ailments and illnesses." he says.

"They came with any complaint - from twisted ankles to colds. I didn't mind. I wanted to help." His dad, Julwant Singh, 42, and mum, Anju Raksha, 40, were thrilled.

"They saw my potential and wanted to help me excel in life," he says. "I think they're of above average intelligence. But they're not as clever as me."

They were both teachers, who ran their own school for the kids in the area. Akrit attended but soon found it too easy. So, when his mother realised he was correctly answering graduate-level questions, the roles were reversed and the youngster began to teach maths and English to teenagers.

When he was seven, the US-based Gifted Development Center tested Akrit's intelligence and declared he had an IQ of 162 - slightly higher than Einstein.

But Akrit won't compare himself to the genius. "I don't look to him or any other academics for inspiration," he says somewhat indignantly.

"I set my own standards. I'm not intimidated by the professors I meet either - although I do admire them." So far, his proudest achievement has been completing his school education with distinction aged 11.

India's chief minister, Virbhadra Singh, awarded him his certificate, describing him as an exceptional talent.

He's now studying at Punjab University in Delhi - the youngest student ever to enrol at an Indian campus - but still devotes his time to trying to cure cancer.

AKRIT'S parents knew that, without the multi-million pound resources most academics have available to them, their son was at a distinct disadvantage.

So they sold all their property, including their school, to set up a personal research laboratory for their son in Delhi.

Akrit now lives there with his mother and uncle. "His needs are more important than mine," says Raksha. "It's our duty to encourage his talent." Last year, the youngster spent two months aiding researchers at the Tata Cancer Institute, in Mumbai.

"There were days when nearly 300 patients and doctors would line up to see me," he says. "But I didn't feel pressured. I wanted to help." However his success has come at a price. Akrit's dad, Julwant, having spent years failing to persuade the Indian government to provide funding for his son, claims his efforts have exhausted him.

He hasn't seen Akrit for a year and says he doesn't want to be reunited until the youngster finds the cancer cure he's looking for.

Julwant is still married to Akrit's mother but says he has done his part in helping his son and is too exhausted to support him further.

It seems like a huge amount of pressure for a boy to be put under but Akrit insists this isn't the case.

"Of course, I miss my father," he admits. "I wish he was still living with us. But it has made me more determined to make the discovery I know I have in me."

When Akrit isn't researching his unique theory of oral gene therapy with the 76 adult co-workers in his lab, he's a dab hand at discussing politics.

He's furious with George Bush's recent deal with India on nuclear weapons. "They cause widespread destruction and should be discontinued straight away," he says.

And he's not a fan of the Iraq war either. "It's utterly useless," he believes. "It's turning the world into a game. World leaders need to realise we're all human.

"We shouldn't be divided according to race, religion or class. We should work together to get rid of our differences."

IT may not come as a surprise to learn that Akrit wants to become the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.

To help him on his way, he has met countless Indian ministers who, despite not being able to finance his endeavours, are keen to encourage them.

He also discussed his scientific theories with leading cancer specialists during a trip to Imperial College London last year. His cure involves the modification of malformed genes that cause cancer and their successful repair either by activating enzymes or with the direct modification of genotoxic drugs.

Confused? So were they. Although they admit his plans are theoretically possible, they reckon they're too idealistic and not yet feasible.

But Akrit is undeterred. "I've already developed the structure in my head, although I haven't put it to the test yet.

"It might take two years, or 40," he says. "But I know I can cure cancer. I want to marry one day and have children of my own but my research will always be the most important thing to me."

And he admits that his outstanding intelligence has other benefits, too.

"My friends think it's great, because they can ask for help with their homework," he laughs. "I can be quite useful!"

I've a duty to stop all the suffering in the world - I won't waste my talent

THE Seven-Year-Old Surgeon: Extraordinary People, Channel Five, Monday, March 20 at 9pm.

CURSE OF THE CHILD PRODIGIES JAMES HARRIES

PRECOCIOUS posh whizz kid James had his own antiques business by the age of 10 and, at 14, wrote a book called Rags To Riches.

But he was bullied at school, his family business failed and, in 1991, his dad was jailed for arson and fraud.

Troubled James attempted suicide before having a sex-change and renaming himself Lauren. She has since found limited success as a TV presenter.

SUFIAH YUSOF

HOME-schooled by her parents, she gained a place to read maths at Oxford when at 13.

But after her third-year exams, in 2000, Sufiah fled and sent an email to her dad, accusing him of subjecting her to "15 years of abuse" - including being made to study in an icy house to improve concentration.

She returned to complete her degree but never wants to see her "controlling and bullying" father again.

RUTH LAWRENCE

THE youngster, from Huddersfield, entered Oxford University to study maths at age 12 and became a professor by 19.

Prior to that, she had been taught at home by her dad, Harry.

In 1998, she quit Britain and emigrated to Israel. She's now 34, an orthodox Jew and an associate professor in Jerusalem. Ruth is married with two children, who, she says, she wants to grow up normally.

WILLIAM JAMES SIDIS

CHILD genius James passed an anatomy exam at Harvard Medical School aged eight and knew a dozen languages by the time he was nine.

He was lecturing by 11 and claimed he would grow up to become the greatest mathematician of the century.

But as an adult he suffered a nervous breakdown, disappeared from public life and made a living doing odd jobs. He died in 1944, at the age of 46.


there is a genetics angle especially in hfa/aspie angle, hopefully i will have geeky kids, although one of them better have a good left foot, england needs an asian footballer.

[supertzar]

The film Magnolia features a troubled grown-up whiz kid and a young whiz kid who is on the trail of some information that is relevant to this board. It's actually an expose of Masonic abuse and exploitation of children. Some people's abilities are "enhanced" by the abuse.

[synergy777]

abuse enhances nothing but merely increases hurt/pain. its thr desire to overcome to seek justice for the pain caused that can act as a motivating factor.

[supertzar]

Actually, ritual abuse can create alternate personalities that do have enhanced abilities. I don't know why you say otherwise. I am not saying it's good. It's just a fact that I know from my personal experience.

[amadeus]

Amazing! Thanks for the link. Do you guys have any more info on that Kim character?

[chris]

Actually, ritual abuse can create alternate personalities that do have enhanced abilities. I don't know why you say otherwise. I am not saying it's good. It's just a fact that I know from my personal experience.

I didn't know magnolia was about masonic abuse. It was a long time ago when I saw it...

It was a good film but that doesn't mean it was good...Technically was very good but it was so damn depressing.

[pollock]

Amazing! Thanks for the link. Do you guys have any more info on that Kim character?

Heres a doc about Kim peek:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6767261625889336539&q=savant&hl=en-CA

And heres some more savants:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7619865819783076252&q=savant&total=763&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8235539314355304230&q=savant&total=763&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=7

I always thought they hold a clue to how our spiritual and physical selves are connected, just havnt quite found it yet!


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Dear Moderator,

At least have the decency to post my incredibly hilarious post in the rant section or something! That was one of the funniest things I've every written!

[chris]

Dear Moderator,

At least have the decency to post my incredibly hilarious post in the rant section or something! That was one of the funniest things I've every written!

I think the audacity of pointing to your own perceived hilarity is one of the funniest thing you've ever written.

[dondaz]

Hi fransetter, what a great film. Very insightful.

We all have this power in us! Most of us just don't realise it!

We need people like Daniel in the fight against the illuminati!

Nice one;)

[synergy777]

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6748

look at this thread dondaz

[supertzar]

I didn't know magnolia was about masonic abuse. It was a long time ago when I saw it...

It was a good film but that doesn't mean it was good...Technically was very good but it was so damn depressing.

Watch it again with that in mind and pay attention. It is as subtle as a compass and square ring on the hand of Jimmy Gator's producer or the title of the books that the kid broke into the library to read in the middle of the night.

Ultimately I think the movie is hopeful. We can make it stop if we wise up.

[lumukanda]

I didn't know magnolia was about masonic abuse. It was a long time ago when I saw it...

It was a good film but that doesn't mean it was good...Technically was very good but it was so damn depressing.

i love the bit where the all start singing that song in the middle of the movie.

[oceanwave]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6145/magnoliaflowersininroyadq9.jpg

thanks supertzar and lumukanda,..

..will look up film..