Savant
Our subconscious minds have always assembled the world in a way that tends to defy normal rational thought, but it isn’t less real or factual for its complexity or abstraction. What we call genius is someone going beyond domain specific knowledge and seeing patterns in what we might call the metaphysical fabric of the world.
If we eased up the rationalist bias and permitted a fuller use of our innate faculties, genius could become commonplace.
“When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.” Jonathan Swift (Irish Author and Satirist of prose, 1667-1745)
Genius Phenomenon
Today’s topic of Blind Variation and Acquired Savant Syndrome is a bit complex, so my apologies in advance if I… Read More
Fluid Intelligence
So, there is another theory that is also gaining ground, and my own experience supports as well. It’s backed up… Read More
Making Intelligible Sense
My area of special talent is "language", but I’m not a polyglot, not multilingual or even bilingual. I use the… Read More
Seeing Patterns
They describe savants as geniuses for the same reason high IQ individuals are described as geniuses. I think where the… Read More
Set of Languages to Mirror Mindset
So we actually have a set of "languages" that mirror the mindset I am describing. The set of languages are… Read More
Selective Sensory Satiation
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