Actually this isn't at all theoretical. People have had a significant understanding of how to cause this phenomenon in non-savants for many years now, with transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Not only that, but this technique is being explored for use in the military to drastically abbreviate the training necessary for people to become experts at identifying enemy targets from footage of areal drones. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/magazine/22SAVANT.html?pagewanted=all Now, to keep this relevant to this list, I hadn't thought about this before this topic came up, but I wonder if this technique could also have applications in virtual reality / gaming? Can you imagine how amazing it would be to be fully imersed in a virtual environment since it would be coming directly from your own brain? this would truly be even better than a holodeck experience as it would be absolutely real to you. Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Jul 26, 2012, at 4:43 AM, Yohandy wrote: This stuff's all theoretical. no one knows exactly how savantism occurs, but I certainly think autism has something to do with it, since most savants show autism tendencies, or are severely autistic. no it doesn't have to do with blindness, but there's clearly something there that enhances savant's ability to do these things. whatever it is, it is something the rest of us can't tap into. My point is that not every talented person is so due to just pure practice. sometimes there are certain circumstances involved. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] working Holodeck game > Hi yohandi. > > I've actually heard a lot about him before, however my point is that his > ability doesn't have anything to do with being blind. > > there have always been savants, people who are usually considdered autistic > but have a certain ability with music or mathematics, indeed I once read a > paper that suggested it's due to a specific neurological occurrance which > results in both the lack of usual brain function and enhancement of specific > areas, however this has bugger all to do with blindness. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > ----- Origi > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
