Math Genious or a Cyborg?

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What.. Is.. This. 😗😐😶😶

That headmotion scared me.. he sees numbers in the air i guess. What is this? some sort of cyborg?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdiger_Gamm

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Rüdiger Gamm (born July 10, 1971) is a German "mental calculator". He attained the ability to mentally evaluate large arithmetic expressions at the age of 21.[citation needed] He can also speak backwards, and calculate calendars.[citation needed] Featured on the Discovery Channel program The Real Superhumans,[1] he was examined by Allan Snyder, an expert on savants, who concluded that Gamm's ability was not a result of savant syndrome but connected to genetics.


 

If it is about Genetics.. So we have inborn potential of capability of doing that. Superhumans grin.png

Is this our future..

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So i was thinking..

Calculating moves in chess is about visualizing them. And this guy seems to visualize very complex calculations in his mind. And it looks instantenous, almost in no time.

What if he could do that in visualizing chess positions.. It is like stockfish in 20th depth. In two secs. So one day someone will born with this ability i guess.. and magnus will cry grin.png

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Well, the wiki article says he memorized a bunch of powers so, he's probably just recalling them.

I've seen documentary stuff on people who can do super crazy calculations in their head like that, but sometimes it takes them a few minutes... it's never instant.