Friday, January 07, 2000

New Scientist Feature: Tune in, turn off

From the stratospheric IQ of Hawking to the amazing talent of the autistic savant....JAMES CAN TELL YOU the precise time--to the second--without looking at a clock. Jennifer can measure anything to within a fraction of an inch just by glancing at it. And Christopher can speak 24 languages--including a couple of his own devising. Amazing? Definitely. But unusual? Not necessarily. According to a controversial new theory you too can do these things. Or at least you could--if only you could just stop being so clever for a moment.

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