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Savants, Geniuses, and ‘Mutants’. By Courtney Robinson and Dalton Pittis. What is a Savant and What Defines It?. A person of profound or extensive learning A very learned scholar Mainly learned in a specialized field Can be anything from music to math to art.
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Savants, Geniuses, and ‘Mutants’ By Courtney Robinson and Dalton Pittis
What is a Savant and What Defines It? • A person of profound or extensive learning • A very learned scholar • Mainly learned in a specialized field • Can be anything from music to math to art • Definition from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/
Examples of A Savant • Matt Savage—Played Jazz professionally at the age of 13 • Daniel Tammet—Can recite pi up to 22,500 digits and can “see” visual images of numbers • Kim Peek—Remembers 98.7% of anything he reads • Stephen Wiltshire— “the human camera” has amazing photographic memory • http://www.brainskills.co.uk/savantsyndrome.html
Facts About Savants • Only about 50% of savants have autism but only 10% of autistic people have savant syndrome • Cause thought to be the right-brain making up for a left-brain injury • http://www.brainskills.co.uk/savantsyndrome.html
What Defines a Genius? • A person having an extra-extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140 • An exceptional natural capacity of intellect • Definition from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/
Examples of Geniuses • Leonardo Da Vinci—Painted Mona Lisa and Last Supper (most famous) • Albert Einstein—Theory of Relativity, Unique field theory • Galileo Galilei—Astronomical observations and studies of uniform accelerated motion • Charles Darwin—Discovered that evolution occurs http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-genius.htm
Facts About Geniuses • They tend to be extreme perfectionists and very productive (Genius) • ‘whatever you do, there’s always a better way of doing it’ perspective (Genius) • In ancient Rome, geniuses were the guiding spirit or tutoring deity for families, places, or people. (Genius) http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-genius.htm
What Defines a Mutant? • An animal, organism, or gene that has undergone mutations -A mutation is a change or alteration -A sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or chromosome. • Definition from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/
Examples of Mutants • Ron White—trained 6 hours a day to become a “human computer” • Tim Cridland—Meditated and claims he can “switch off his pain nerves” • Scott Flansburg—The fastest man on earth to do calculations in his head • Kenny Muhammad—can “simultaneously produce and overlay multiple instruments” • Examples from: http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans/bios/
Works Cited • "List o’ 10 Amazing Human Savants." Aftermath. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <listsoplenty.com/blog/?p=5993>. • "Savant Definiton." Dictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <dictionary.reference.com/browse/>. • "Savant Syndrome - Brain Skills." The Facts About Brain Development and Brain Training at Brain Skills (UK). N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brainskills.co.uk/savantsyndrome.html>. • "What is a Genius?." wiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-genius.htm>. • "Featured Superhumans — Stan Lee's Superhumans — History.com." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans/bios/>. MLA formatting by BibMe.org.