David Letterman Daniel Tammet Mathematics Genius Prodigy | Free slideshow @ www.j.mp/BharatanMaths
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Jonathan J. Crabtree
Elementary Mathematics Historian / Guest Speaker
Melbourne Australia
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Having initially studied economics at the University of Melbourne, Jonathan J. Crabtree is an autodidact, studying the history of mathematics since 1983.
His first paper was on the history of Euclid’s definition of multiplication. Euclid's definition of multiplication had been incorrectly translated into English in 1570 and was NEVER corrected!
His next paper explored the writings of Descartes and Newton. Another paper presented in Hungary spanned the writings of Diophantus, Cardano, Euclid, Liu Hui and Brahmagupta.
It was in Europe that Crabtree was spotted by Dr S. R. Santhanam, President of AIMER, who invited him to give similar lectures in India. Crabtree's second tour of India was organised by Dr D. K. Sinha, President of the AIMT.
Today, elementary maths historian Jonathan J. Crabtree is known as a guest lecturer at Indian mathematics conferences, schools and universities. Having reviewed writings in Latin, Greek, Arabic and Sanskrit, his provocative presentations reveal how India’s ‘lost’ ancient mathematics of Bharat is superior to the western maths taught today.
AIMER = Associate for International Mathematics Education and Research
AIMT = Association for Improvement of Mathematics Teaching
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David Letterman Mathematics Prodigy Genius Daniel Tammet Math 3.14 Pi Day.
This was 3.14 times more interesting than your average celebrity guest.
MD pi-tiful attempt at a joke
Love it
Much better than a Kardashian “interview”...they’re useless humans
RebelDuck prison reform
I see you are trying to get your piece of the "pi" with likes..😋
What a great guy. Respectful, kind, soft spoken, highly intelligent. I see zero issues with his social communication skills . Actually wish more of Dave's guest's could do as well as he did.
Id love to hang out with this guy
Until a smoke detector goes off.
lol i think he is perfectly normal in social skills its just nowadays all these overconfident idiots who has no feeling of shame is considered social and normal.
"I see zero issues with his social communication skills " Because he worked fucking hard to get to that point
He is someone I could talk to over tea (or wine or a Pint) for hours.
Lovely guy. Rather socialise with him than 99% of the population.
@alexander usyk Haha.
definitely
Then you're clearly antisocial.
how special do you think you are lol
He probably wouldn't feel the same
In a weird way, this might have been one of the best interviews Dave ever did.
He’s a genuine and interesting guest
Dave was a product of a lot of male empowerment, thus his creepy coming into women, etc. But at the same time, women loved him and came onto him and people forget that. He was best late night host to ever do the job. The late Norm Macdonald said it time and time again and he was correct. It's because comedy came first. And second to that was education.
You watch Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel and it's just trying them trying to be personable and crack silly jokes. But the host themselves aren't funny, nor can they bring the funny out in a situation quite like Letterman. Conan is a close second best and then Ferguson. Everyone else is entirely forgettable. Honestly James Lipton had more funny in him than Fallon or Kimmel.
He was on fire. This was his version of Johnny’s interview with Fischer. Both masterclasses
When I was a kid, I fully memorised the multiplication table of 5...I did it in about 12 days flat.
True story.
Hahahah
+peleti027 No bro, seriously. I did.
;)
+Ankur Baruah When I was a kid in third grade, I memorized all of them to 12 in two months. True story.
it took that long
+vvffhhbxdfgjkmmkigv meow!
Damn this dude is so chill, and his voice is so soothing.
Facts. But i feel like if you get on side bad side he can reck you existence.
@@not.enoughto.go.around6176 Intp dude. Intp... they'll throw hammers at you if you're not careful.
You could wake up to him every morning, I'm not gay, but I mean he could make my coffee in the morning nude...
10/10 should narrate stuff
He seems like a nice guy. When I was in school the smart kids didn't like me.
This guy went on to become the lead singer of Coldplay. Good on him!
I literally just laughed out loud. This so spot on! 😂
his singing obviously didn't get better
Don’t be so ridiculous……..David Letterman looks nothing like Chris Martin
This man is literally perfect at socializing. He has the social skills I wish I had. Also, the smarts.
It's a skill he has learnt. He explains this in his book "Born on a blue day". It doesn't come natural to him, like for most people, so he's had to learn it. Very fascinating read, I highly recommend it.
I don't think Asperger's is anti-social. Humans have always needed people with long term thanks and knowledge at one side and the bubbly girl/confident man of the hour on the other side.
savant: I recite pi to 22,514 decimal places.
letterman: how many digits is that?
@Sydney Rooster _ I think he did those things for the audience. for those who missed when the first time it was spoken and for those who does not know to express thoughts the way it was spoken. And also he might have done that for comic fun as well. I have seen him catching things so intricate that could make you think of him as a genius. In fact, his ability to manipulate the audience in the studio and the ones at home proves him intelligent enough.
He's a comedian. One of the best if I say so myself.
I cant remember my cell number 😥
"Worldwide" (Digits), is the correct answer.
I believe the correct answer is 22,515
Worlds greatest human calculator.
Math and calculation are completely different.
dumbest comment 2014, congrats.
oliskranz Yours? Seeing how you think maths is calculation
LordNethesis dude, if there are numbers in the equation it´s going to require calculations.
oliskranz I'm guessing you haven't done much high level maths, then (something which he would be required to actually do to call him a maths genius), for there are far fewer numerical calculations than you'd think, and in any case even if they are they are almost never the goal of the mathematician, for he can just type the numbers into a computer and get the next step quickly. Calculations are a way of getting to the next step in proving a theorem, almost never the end result. Look up Terence Tao, if you want to know of an example of an actually mathematical genius.
LordNethesis doesn´t matter, calculation is a vital part of math , without it you don ´t get anywhere, calculation is the way you solve math problems.
He also was able to learn the Icelandic language almost fluently in a week. That's just insane. They tested him by doing an interview with an Icelandic reporter and they said he nailed the language.
No joke. Wow. Makes you feel stupid as heck don't it!
His ability, however it may have come about, suggest that our brains, if "wired" a certain way are capable of far more than how they come wired from the "factory". Sounds funny I know but how else can a non-savant express it! Haha.
Take care.
This man isn't a goddamn maths genius- he just perceives maths differently but can't actually perform functional mathematics, has no training or education in mathematics and all his books are about language not maths, he just has a very good memory which isn't the same as being good at maths.
@@gordonramsdale is your opinion as low of yourself as it is of others?
@@rapturebound197 Well I am not claiming to be a math genius when i'm not.
@@gordonramsdale this young man had something traumatic happen to his brain..most of what happened was not good. His memory skills with numbers are an enigma side effect. But ALL other aspects of his life will never be what you and I would consider "normal". His brain injury came with a heavy price. If for no other reason can you at least give him encouragement rather than feel the need to publically tear him down. It makes you sound petty, small and needy. And I dont think that's what you really want others to think of you.
Have a little compassion and be grateful it wasn't you that sustained his malady.
Give this young man a hand up.. not a boot on his neck.
Can you do that? I'll be the first one to cheer for you if you find the courage.
Take care.
I'm the reverse savant, I have trouble doing things everyone else finds easy.
Yeah, I'm like an idiot savant. Without the "savant" part.
😆😆😆
Jeffery Evans 🤣
@@Khalsaakalpurakhkifauj76 we can't keep politics out of this?
Jeffery Evans yes. I deleted my comment.
Why can't we have more guests like him on talk shows where we actually learn something of importance? We seem to only have insubstantial conversations.
Joe Rogan!
But isn't this anecdotal? I mean I can see how studying him might teach us something, but the interview in itself could've been about the guy who can eat 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes and it would've taught us just as much.
Nock Ternull (the late night Librarian), said, David Letterman retired, although, i cannot confirm this, as i have not watched the Telly, since David Letterman retired. No Letterman=No Education
well to be fair, he was there to promote his documentary, almost certainly at the request of some promoter/manager/agent person... That's basically what talk shows are for. Everything else is secondary.
@@Poptee1 to be fair, we don't exactly learn much when some singer goes on to talk about his new album or a movie star talks about their new film. At least with this guy it was on a personal level.
sounds like a humble dude. good fore him wish him the best in life
for* stupid auto I swear
+Jonathan Pontel fore*
+Jonathan Pontel Four?
It was suppose to say "for" not fore or four you guys are confusing
Three point one...four?
I once thought I was a savant, but I was just an idiot.
But I bet you have a great sense of humor.
You probably have a good sense of humour
I wrote an opera in spanish. No one listens to it though so I'm working on improvisation in the classical style like alma deutcher. I'm not smart but my goal is to out write beethoven by sheer work
@@erik878 How interesting.
@@SuperWoolfolk I out play the other pianists at guitar center with improv you see
He sounds like the voice of Hal 9000 and he’s talking to “ Dave” too. how ironic.
Lmao so accurate, impressed how you remembered that. Must've watched it recently.
Hahaha not recently but who can forget the voice of Hal, so unique:)
Will I dream?
Douglas Rain wasn't British.
A very rare correct use of both "to" and "too". Congrats & I mean that.
Beautiful speaking, amazing voice. Very pleasant and intelligent.
my constitution professor could lull anyone to sleep with his soothing voice
how many colours does he want over
Read his book. It’s great.
And the guest wasn't half bad either.
Dorin I think you're in love😉
what strikes me is that this man is so humble, gentle and has no false pride about his abilities
He is a genuinely lovely person. It’s not a trick or anything. He can at times be socially awkward but still very nice.
Boxing Supraves hahaha the fraud 😂
Boxing Supraves chill man, just because someone is different it doesn’t mean they need to prove they are the best thing since sliced bread. Jesus, he’s interesting and thats that. No1 said he was a fucking neurosurgeon
@@joys8634 You clearly have a massive chip on your shoulder...Daniel is not obliged to do anything. His abilities are impressive as fuck and I'm sure not every Indian, in a country of over a billion people could recite Pi to over 22k places. I'm not sure what your point is or what you're getting out of attacking this guy, but you gotta relax and humble yourself. Ignorant ass.
@@chriscoulson7684 some dude a few comments threads up said "he reminds a little of Jesus of nazareth" lol... uhhh christ I have a headache now
i like how david gave him the time to articulate and express his views/answers without constantly interrupting like many other hosts
cough cough , Chelsea Handler , cough cough ...
So true... imagine Fallon w this guy for example
Because this guy actually had something to say that was worth hearing.
Daniel: So I'm a savant ...
James Corden: "blah blah blah"
I watched a documentary on this gentleman several years ago and he is quite unique. I specifically remember that he learned the Icelandic language in about two weeks, and it's supposed to be one of the hardest languages to learn. He went on a Icelandic talk show and the host was amazed by how well he spoke.
Thank you for sharing that. I'm interested in language acquisition...
As an American, I'm watching this, and waiting for the "socially inept" part. He really just came across as a typical Brit to me: quiet, witty, and polite.
Yeah, Brits are like the most polite folks. I don't know why. Maybe they were trained, due to the whole royal family thingy there.
It's called "self respect"
As a Brit, I don't get this criticism of Letterman. He's always seemed to me to be one of the funniest, friendliest and most self-deprecating talk show hosts around, I loved his shows especially his interviews with Ricky Gervais where they took the pee out of each other relentlessly.
@fifthof Yes we certainly can lol. I've lived in the US and they beat us hands-down for politeness. Nobody ever calls me "sir" in a shop here in England lol. Where I live they throw your change at you and say "Yeah whatever, shut the door on the way out".
Shame that's the first thing you see and/or thought to comment on. Despite the charming generalisation we Brits are not all 'quiet, witty, and polite'. If anything you're projecting your pre-judice onto him. What I see is a intelligent human being who has a story to tell, oh, and happens to be British, actually I found that irrelevant.
What makes Daniel Tammet unique isn't necessarily his gifts in being able to combine or memorize numbers or learn a difficult language in a fraction of the time a regular person can (which is rare but not totally unique), but his ability to also communicate and socialize and explain how his mind works. Many people with gifts like his (think Rain Man) can barely function in society.
Rain man's skills as a savant were meaningless to him.
Are you kidding me, he’s brilliant at socializing!
He's actually just really good at faking it, but that's fine, better than most of us.
@@ben6089 how would you know he's just faking it? You're in his head? Lol
@@pikin2 He uses rehearsed, deliberate responses. Can't explain to aspies, but it's very obvious.
Yep, years and years of practice. Going through the motions, not feeling.
What you don't see is how much he has had to overcome to just get to the point wherein he could speak with someone like Letterman. Its far more than just getting over a case of the jitters most of us would have on TV. You can tell by his body language that he is far more proud of overcoming his autistic disabilities than his memory/math skills.
Good for him.
This dude is very cool and he has such a wonderful smooth relaxing voice
He doesn't seem socially hindered at all. Seems more polite than 99% of the population. Maybe we say that he's social hindered because he's not a douche like the rest of us.
It takes far more energy to perform "normal" in front of people. If you spend enough time then you will begin to see irregularities in his coherence with the conversation at hand and the context. I've been autistic my entire life but have had to learn how to operate without being caught but sooner or later I have to get alone and recharge or the stimulus shuts me down. For example going to the beach will overcharge me so much that I have to go lay down and I'll be twitching the whole time I sleep. The energy of people is erratic and I pick up on all of it. Sooner or later I break down. It's the same for him I'm sure. He has to focus and concentrate on numbers to calm himself down from all the erratic chaos we've created in nature.
he was always extremely socially hindered as a child, but was taught and used his memory skill to overcome it. Not too hard, just learn simple social cues, jokes, etc. far tougher for regular aspbergers sufferers who don't have the same capability of learning and remembering
Oscar Wilde he missed the pi joke..... that is how you can tell Asperger.
also the shape of his ears
I would encourage you to read his book, "Born On A Blue Day" then come back to what you said.
that feel when a guy with aspergers is probably a better conversationalist than you :(
+Alex Romanov Lol I was thinking the same damn thing lol!
Only because he's talking about what interests him and controlling the conversation. If they were talking about something he didn't care about he wouldn't be able to converse much at all.
LMFAO, forreal
Certainly better than Letterman.
Alex Romanov probably bc they strain their eyes reading all the time
This guy makes me feel so calm.
I’ve seen this guy here in the UK. He learned Icelandic in one week. Literally. He’s an absolute genius
"thats so kind of you to say" i love that expression i wish i used that
Its a very English top tier private school boy term
kurumais You’d sounds like a pompous ass to most people who’d find it condescending
When?
@@selfishstockton6123 only ignorant insecure ones would.
Mike Kotowski Says you. I’m not even even English
What an interesting man. I hope I'm in the majority when I say this interview beats any of the 'new celebrity' interviews. David Letterman is a legend with the way he kept everything going. Let's celebrate real people who contribute to world and life in real ways.
Dave was the best. No one can take his place. Absolute legend.
Its amazing how the brain works and how unique we all are. I have epilepsy and I don't wanna brag but I've memorized my 7 tables. Good luck Daniel i wish you good health and happiness.
Kitchen table, dining room table, ....
The guys social skills seemed fine to me ... Wayyyy better than I could do on TV.
The one on one socialization makes it easy to recite the lines you're expected to speak. Group dynamics is where it gets difficult. I'm not a savant. I'm prone to social ineptitude. For normal people social situations flow naturally. For someone that can't shut off the part of their brain that makes them analyze every small detail it can be maddening. Being in large groups (especially places like malls) for an extended period of time gives me a headache and leaves me feeling drained. During college parties I'd hide on the couch, pull my hat over my face and try to pretend I was asleep. I'm not trying to make this about me. I hope my statement gives some insight into why he says he struggles with social interaction
Perhaps having limited social skills actually reduces anxiety in those types of situations as you may be less aware of the social dynamic going on around you and the stakes involved... Just a theory
I suspect he's learned to direct his focus on one person, even in crowded situations like this. Sensory overload is a big problem with a lot of autistic savants, but if they can learn (or be taught) to focus on one point of attention, the anxiety can be minimized. He seemed to be very in control of the situation, while still being able to demonstrate his incredible abilities with numbers. Very cool stuff!
@islanti Aspergers is not something that can disappear when you get older. You can only learn to work around the negatives.
His social skills are irrelevant. It is INDEPENDENT of being a mathematical prodigy.
4:34
Letterman - "I like bananas"
Audience "hahahahahhahahaha"
You gotta be fucking kidding me
I KNOW RIGHT?! Like anything he says is a joke by default
Jeremy Bader Such an awful cringe in me was produced by this.
Did so many people really not realize this was a callback joke to his liking "pi," as well as playing on Letterman's oft-portrayed image of the 'dumb' guy?
the dude didn't find it funny
+Jeremy Bader It was supposed to be a joke XD As in, like, its funny because he didn't understand ANYTHING the dude was saying, so he just said, "I like Bananas", because the guy had said he'd eaten some. That's why it's funny.
He is so well mannered and soft spoken. I loved him describing himself as exceptional. I believe he truly is! Thanks for the upload.
If there's no money to be made being a genius this dude could rake in hella UA-cam bucks doing ASMR
It is generally surprising how little money many geniuses make, the difference in intelligence between academics & the richest businessmen is generally staggering let alone geniuses(who many fit in either or both categories).
22500 numbers of pi remembered... FUCK
***** It isn't even close to the world record which is the amazing thing. The world record is something like 65k decimal places.
AppleAssassin Took him 2 weeks to do 1/3 of the world record though :)
Yeah i dont even remember last pi i ate
AppleAssassin It only took him two weeks, I feel the world record spent years or had photographic memory or something. Haha.
Don't forget this guy doesn't spend all of his time remembering Pi, he also speaks like 10 languages. (He learnt one of the hardest languages in 7 days if I can recall).
+The Anti-Theist Yes, Icelandic
Daniel Tammet: "I recited Pi to 22,000 decimal places".
David Letterman: "I like bananas"
:))
It seems like David Letterman is turning to Homer Simpson.
He was always a boring, middle of the road, person
That's the joke.
MarksmanTV Dave is the perfect wing man!
I can recite PI quickly to 50 places and people are highly impressed by that when I do it. It just blows their minds and they think I'm some sort of super genius. This guy being able to do it to over 22,500 places makes my ability so insignificant it's invisible.
spiegel , your ability is fantastic too.
I can recite it to 3 places, so ya got me beat there, bud.
I've been doing 35 places all my life. It surprises people, or at least it used to long ago when I'd tell people about it occasionally.
Id bet most people don’t even know 3 digits
It gets easier the further you get into it
This young man should be very proud of himself. Very congenial, and pleasant.
Dude is SO much less awkward than Zuckerberg
Who isn't?
Because the Zucc is a lizard
Because he's not a jew
This dude is more human than Data- I mean, Succ-emberg.
There should be no comparison with this gentleman and Mr. Zuckerberg who lives in an entirely different world.
i know all the numbers that are in pi. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0. :D
+1SuperRobloxman1 haahaahahaa
ha ha
+1SuperRobloxman1 You missed 3.1
God ur dumb Andrew
+Hermit574 stop trying to sound smart
I had Kim Peek, 'the Rainman', come onto my aircraft once and we greeted him, he smiled, shook my hand and then asked my birthday. I told him and he started telling me what day I was born on, and then told me what day my next birthday would be on as well. An amazing thought process from truly interesting young men.
Damn. You are a very lucky guy. I always dreamed to meet him.
Reat in peace, Rain Man.
And this is why Mr Latterman is simply the best He listens and puts folk in a restful place how good is that and what a talent !!!!!!!!!!!
I love Latterman for the same reason.
He has the calmest voice, lovely!
Oh fuck off
What a charming considerate young man, besides numbers good deeds is also on his mind.
Most con artists are very charming and considerate. Their success is largely dependent on feigning such qualities.
he is insanely good at learning languages too
@Mike Durant
So he claims. He might be very good at learning languages, but "insanely" is probably an exaggeration. I think he may also have an exceptional memory, but nobody can calculate square roots the way he demonstrates. It's not like calculating a rational number, say, 153 / 71 to ten decimal places. Note that he didn't demonstrate it here.
I believe the man is a con artist.
it is possible he is fake, but he actually has been on camera doing sums too 100 decimal places. yet alone ten lol. he can do those sums.
Not only math but this man has also learned the typical social behavior and thats exactly what he mimics with his jokes and the way he talks, definitely a smart guy
If you 'mimic' whatever long enough it becomes part of you and also becomes natural. Everything you know is from mimicking your parents, teachers and other forms of social interaction. Nothing special everyone does it. :-))
@@taunteratwill1787 I don't know if you know this, but Aspergers or High Functioning ASD doesn't mimic in a similar manner to say a normal Neurotypical individual. It's closest parallel is that of a computer in how it stores data and then acts on that data or simply how it recites that data, at least for me.
@@dracomaneer I'm not talking about Aspergers or ASD, i'm talking about 'mimicking'. :-))
@@taunteratwill1787 Here are some resources if you are interested in learning more about ASD and "Mimicry"
www.autism-help.org/communication-echolalia-autism.htm
s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/48190092/s0163-8343_2801_2900155-420160819-6305-eqz00m.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAsperger_s_disorder_in_the_emergency_psy.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A%2F20191211%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20191211T205803Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=e05e2ad457423d21adef1b34587b23beb0b12261eb06d15d7de2d1aeba33ab84
www.theneurotypical.com/aspergers-and-mimicry.html
@@dracomaneer Don't you ever fucking give up? I don't give a flying fuck about ASD or any other peculiar behaviour. UA-cam is fuckedup enough for me thank you! :-)
This guy is so brilliant that even when they do the "pi script'" his face is disconcerting.
We need more people like Danny.
Daniel is such a classy guy. Very kind and humble person.
His voice is so calm and soothing
We need more people like him in the world today. How blessed.
Excellent interview with a very intelligent guest. As with others, would be great to see more of this.
His voice is so soothing
ASMR
Hi, Neighbor!
It sure is, love him.
Watch Davie Mcphail UA-cam videos
Sounds a little bit like Da Ali G!
Yeah he'd be a good narrator
6:20 David: "guess my birthday".
Daniel: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that".
hahahaha
Finally someone got it hahaha
Uluvu Inception :)
Lol. It was in my mind that he sounded like someone but I didn’t make the connection till you mentioned it. Thanks!
Solaris Daniel never says “I’m sorry I can’t do that”
This is the only time I have seen Dave 100 percent respectful. Was a great and interesting video
I would've liked to hear his book in his own voice. It's so smooth and calming to my sense. Lovely emotion
So I looked up the dates. April 12, 1947 and indeed it was a Saturday and then I searched April 12, 2012 and it was Thursday just like he mentioned. Spot on!
it is easy, when you learn it. i pressed pause and calculated Saturday. Nothing really hard, but effective. never need calendar to look up day.
jaroshus if its so easy then explain the math behind it
zasabiibasaz Hahaha owned. This dude has synaesthesia, something scientists or anyone else really has a full understanding of yet. But he has an extreme form of it. To him, numbers appear in his mind as a shape or a combination of shapes so he is able to trace the shape in his mind in order to find the number he is looking for. Most people with synaesthesia (like me) only really get useless combos like for me, I see letters and numbers as having it's own colour or shade. It's not very useful, lol. Some people have musical types of synaesthesia though which can allow them to create amazing music.
Katie Dubbs in the future we will genetically engineer all babies to have synaestheisa
Katie Dubbs I have synaesthesia :3!! It is not allways as awesome as it sounds. There are alot of things which I can't eat, cloths which I cant wear or people I have hard to socialize with. Either because there is a colour that smells bad, or a name with a colour that smells bad :/
... But music apears to me as pictures in my head (>^ω^
I had multiple seizures and the only thing i got out of it was a half a tongue
I wanna see that '_'
@@mathaismaraj9253
By the time the ems came my half of tongue was dead and they were able to replace it with a cow tongue... Now that I am a GOD to the ladies
Nickname me Cowcunt
Lmao dude
Dark humour
Anthony DeMarco 17 why, did the seizure cause you to bite down on it?
What a lovely young man. I wish him the best.
Very polite , well mannered, and an engaging personality
I love unique people! He's truly experiencing a slice of reality that's out of our realm. Glad that he's high-functioning (socially) to have a good life. 💃
He is very bright; he was challenged to learn Icelandic in a week, and he did it, becoming conversational. Even if its mostly memorization, he is quite smart.
quite
a strange sort of smartness, though, like not very useful. I doubt he is very good at math, meaning complex theoretical math. Simply being a human calculator does not make you good at math.
Being able to learn languages at a conversational level in one week is incredibly useful
they have instant audio translation apps now
wiremessiah Not as good as human translation, and not able to understand humor to any passable degree.
"I recite pi to 22,514 decimal places.
"
"how many digits is that?"
"so... I recite pi to 22,514 decimal places.
"
credence7777777 gold.......
That's not what the exchange was...
"I recited Pi to over 22 and a half thousand places."
"How many digits, roughly, where in that number?"
"So I recited pi to 22,514 decimal places."
@@AsavageEP true but I don't really think David would have asked if he had remembered what the guy said.
@@brendalg4 The guy gave a general answer, Letterman was trying to get him to say the SPECIFIC number.
You can tell intent, because he repeats the info at the start of the question to show he was listening. It's common interview technique.
"Yeah, I got that part you idiot! Gahhhd,....so how many digits is that?"
Very well done and Daniel was so respectful of David.
There is a lot more to mathematics than being exceptional at memorizing numbers such as pi and crunching arithmetic calculations in ones head. In fact as we get more advanced in mathematics we gradually drift away from numerical calculation and move towards general symbolism, pure logic, theory and proofs.
For example, if one were truly exceptional at mathematics they may eventually prove (or contribute to a proof) of Goldbach's Conjecture that states that "any integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of 2 prime numbers". First proposed in the 1700's it has yet to be proved almost 300 years later.
Yes, the man in the video is exceptional. He can memorize lengthy and complex numbers and perform complex arithmetic. He has tremendous mental computational abilities. However, there is a lot more to mathematics than computation. Thus I would not consider him a "math genius".
HimJimRimDim See the video when he learns Icelandic enough to sit an interview on national television (one of the most complex languages of the world) in a week. That feat was amazing, his teacher kept saying that he was like a "vacuum cleaner" to learn words!
jeylful Your response to +HimJimRimDim's comment is totally missing the point he's trying to get across haha
***** That's not what RimDim said at all. HimJimRimDim wasn't saying Daniel, the man in the video, was incapable of doing things other than memorizing Pi. Daniel might be excellent at proving mathematical statements, we don't know that based on this video. As far as I can tell, and I completely agree with this, RimDim is saying that memorizing stuff (in this case numbers) does not make you a mathematical genius. There are some mathematical concepts that need to be understood that makes us able to compute Pi. But once it's computed, memorizing those numbers is not mathematical genius, it's just memorizing. Memorizing really well. So, it's more of a critique against a false title, than criticizing Daniel. Daniel is an exceptional human being, but not necessarily a mathematical genius.
In my point of view, mathematics isn't about putting some numbers in to a (human) calculator. It's about (among other things) understanding concepts and proving theorems that makes us able to compute in a useful way.
RimDim was completely justified in saying what he said and was being far less of a jackass than you are.
***** Hahha, yeah I do that sometimes. In short, no one was criticizing Daniel (the guy in the video). Just the false statement in the title was being corrected.
HimJimRimDim Yes, and I think that ultimately, this kind of misunderstanding has some serious consequences to our math education. People think that math is all just something that a computer can do faster and better, when in actuality, computation and calculation is what a computer does, and that is hardly math. In reality, the kind of creative thinking required to further the branches of mathematics is probably the last thing a computer will ever be able to do.
Kids in school think "why should I learn math when I have a calculator?", and the sad fact is they're right... if what they were being taught is really what math is. If we at least offered more abstract math classes, we might get more kids who want to learn math because it interests them, and then who knows what we might discover.
This guy is not just a genius with numbers but also words. He can learn a language in 7 days. He was tested on this, asked to learn Icelandic, one of the most difficult languages and after 7 days, he was to go on live Icelandic TV and speak the language. He passed with flying colours.
Extraordinary chap.
thats right I remember that nice catch!
Yes, it's fascinating. It's pretty clear that whatever happened to his brain drastically increased his capacity for short- *and* long-term memory, both of which play a huge role in language learning (well, all learning, really).
Actually English is one of the hardest languages
beatleystoned I learned Icelandic in 3 days and passed with flying colors!
@@armybeef68 Let me guess, English is your native language? I would be very surprised if you had to learn English and deem it to be one of the hardest languages. Because it is not. It has a very large lexicon but its structure is relatively simple.
Obviously, it depends on one's own mother tongue how easy English is to learn but there are a lot more complex languages out there.
This man has great social skills and seems like a pleasure to talk to.
It's pretty neat that he wore the perfect camouflage pants for that chair.
this guys pretty chill and cool :D
I’m just a janitor and sometimes I solve math problems on this board outside of a classroom, but whatever.
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You were the principle's nephew, and I had the early shift. They gave me OT to go in and correct your gibberish before the doors opened. Every damned day. It's been long enough now so I can tell you.
Nobody is "just" anything. When you need a janitor, you need a janitor, not a . So cheers to you.
Some of my favorite musicians of all time were previously janitors. Just another job.
Do you like apples?
I love David Letterman.
Miss you and thanks for all you did.
Genius.
"You're very handsome man, I have to say..." Awwwww, I thought that was really really sweet of him
Dave handled this gentleman great. He could have made him uncomfortable easily by forcing answers and needless banter but dave guided him through like the boss he is. This had to be very hard for this man to confront his uncomfortably in puplic let alone on national t.v
Dave set the high water mark for all TV hosts.
Letterman is all class... sorely missed.
@@Infiniterhythmstudio Oh man, Letterman could be such a total dick at times too. I think some of it was his awkwardness with beautiful women so he'd say the wrong thing trying to be clever. Sophia Loren scared him to death. You could see it the whole time she was there.
He was unusually kind with this guest. He wasn't just after having on a guy who could do trick after trick with numbers, which is why some commenters here are disappointed. Having a form of synesthesia myself, it's interesting that was brought up as a memory aid.
I agree. Save could have really bullied this kind of a guest but I think he realizes it would be inherently wrong.
@@yeltsin6817 yeah I agree, Dave must be an incredibly good person to resist the urge to bully his guest!
I came here after reading his autobiography "Born on a Blue Day" which my mom just handed over to me out of nowhere. It was such an amazing read, and it was nice knowing about this man. What an inspiration he is
It was a pure pleasure to hear someone speak so eloquently and pronounce their words correctly unlike another unmentioned person of late.
I love how Dave luckily but confidently guessed Wednesday.
The staff could've had the info ready beforehand.
I love how I always read a comment and then the part the comment is talking about happens immediately.
They had the info already .....all you have to do is Google his birthday then there is a website that tells you what day a certain date falls on, Dave totally had that info beforehand
What an awesome guy! I'm sure it's very difficult for him to socially interact (a few ppl with Asperger's in my family) and you can tell he's practiced and gotten very good at it. Obviously very talented, wish him the best!
Not only is he very smart, but he’s a sweet guy too.
how is he smart? He can perform tricks.
He cant actually invent something new or progress science.
You’re a sweet guy
@@strateeg32 did you actually just say that? What have you developed. This guy is possibly the cleverest person in the world and you just said hes not smart
@@gravinboginagis6568 having a good memory is not smart. Smart is if he could solve actual complex problems or be on the frontier of any of the natural sciences.
This guy is good at memory and arithmethics. There are way more difficult fields in mathematics so to call him a mathematical genius is just pure ignorance.
@@strateeg32 it’s not just good memory. He has extremely advanced mathematical ability which is superior to almost everyone ever, which can solve extremely complex problems. Ever seen good will hunting? Similar to that capability
I've seen a documentary about this guy, it is insanely fascinating!
I never thought much of Letterman but here he performed a very respectful interview.
There is a book written about him. My sister who lived in Switzerland gave it to me years ago. "Born on a Blue Day." Truly an amazing story.
This guy controls his Apergers incredibly well, he comes across as well as anyone I know with no mental disadvantages whatsoever. Seems like a really interesting, nice guy.
Awsome excellent young man Bless his heart
Fantastic interview. Letterman outdid himself on this one.
This guy says he recites Pi to 22,000 decimal places and all Letterman can come out with is "I like bananas"
That's why Letterman is a TV star in America.
You may be onto something there :)
It was a joke. Like Letterman is so stupid he can't keep up at all. Sort of a Homerism, actually: "*Bananas*..." [drooling]
J Co Which would have been a reasonable response if this guy had said something that was actually difficult to understand. The only thing he said was pi - a mathematical constant that any 10 year old should know.
I DISAGREE!!
Wow, very high functioning and well spoken. He interviews just as well as career actors
Ninth Cinema Down makes you wonder if aspbergers is bullshit and a cover up for people who werent exposed to social situations.
Well about ten minutes of Googling will provide you with the answer to that.
People with Asperger's can learn social skills. It needs to be trained deliberately though. Normal people pick it coincidentally.
Actors don't have any talent. They're just related to someone who has done it before
Ninth Cinema Down u
Very interesting and humble bloke. When my son was ages 6-10 he had the same ability to figure out day of the week for birthdays.
I really like this guy. A genius that seems common place enough
to have a conversation with anyone. Really cool dude.
This is good inspiration for me to learn the multiplication table of 1 by the end of this century.
You must be an American.
Stone W - Why? Because he has a sense of humor?
Because he thinks he has one.
What is 1 times zero?
Sure, the USA consists of pacifist angels that only care about the welfare of the rest of the world.
Great interview. Of course we know how amazing Letterman was at his job, but also Tammet was very well spoken, interesting and injected just the right amount of humor into his answers.
This guy is genuinely amazing. Watch the documentary on him
4:33 Say what you want about Letterman, but his comedic timing and delivery was always spot-on.
And I have trouble remembering what today's day is...
GamingInSlowMotion I forgot how old I was a few months ago, so that's a thing... :( :P
+The Anti-Theist
That's happened to me before too. And the age of some of my close family (that I live with).
Suffice to say, I save money on birthday gifts.
I can't even smell properly.
I can't remember the Day se are!
I have trouble remembering the year
This is not an actor, he has actually been featured in several documentaries. I have a friend that has aspergers and he is actually very smart and has great social skills. Just because someone has a form of autism doesnt mean they are a drooling sloth.
I agree, I have myself some mental disabilities however I can do things that normal people couldn't
Maximilian Berkmann You, your attention seeking was unsuccessfull, but i want to make you happy...so...what kind of special things you can do?
MrVeleno87 you really think I was seeking attention ? No, I can recite pi up to 160digits, exp to 30 and some others to 9 or less, I can solve a righty of twisty puzzles (included solving a 2x2 and 3x3 blindfolded and one handed), I can do mental calculations (currently improving).
‘The boy with the amazing brain’. Absolutely mind blowing documentary
I gotta go to the States. I'm not particularly smart but with my Oxfordshire accent I think I could be a hit
@Pete is never wrong If you decide to do it, could you arrange a few 'hits' for me? Or failing that, a biro with 'CIA' on it would be nice. Thanks :)
@Pete is never wrong CIA toilet roll is definitely not to be sneezed at..
@Pete is never wrong Definitely not to be sneezed at, then.
This guy is fucking delightful.
This is beautiful. One of Letterman's best.
I come back and watch this video once a year or so and laugh every time still. This is a brilliant performance by Letterman playing the dumb guy and letting Daniel take the spotlight
I was recommended this video only today for the first time, I can see why you keep coming back...
It really is. They both seem to really enjoy the interview.