Kim Peek - Smartest man / possible Jeopardy champ/YES he can reason- he has debates!
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2007
- Autistic savant Kim Peek. Perhaps the world's smartest man of recent years. I'm sure he could have easily been the all time Jeopardy champion.
He had political opinions on immigration and other issues.
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The world has lost an amazing person. I'm very sad. RIP Kim
Rest in Peace, Kim Peek. A truly outstanding mind.
I would pay to see him live a month with the guy with a 30 seconds memory.
Unfortunately he is dead.
Love how he always breaks out into song
The most mind blowing part was him dropping a They Might Be Giants reference while talking about Rembrandt
its actually an old song by the four lads
Total. Recall.
Some people seem to have the wrong idea with regards to what constitutes intelligence. The word intelligent is derived from the Latin _intellego_ which means to understand, comprehend or realise.
Kim had an IQ of 87 which is a low-average score. In the documentary "The Real Rain Man" it becomes apparent through various tests that he had difficulty in tasks that involved new thinking and could not understand metaphor. In spite of his incredible memory he had great difficulty with reasoning. For example, he would have found it easy to recite passages from Einstein's Theory of Relativity but not actually understand the science and mathematics behind it.
That doesn't take anything away from him though. He was still an incredible person who fought to overcome his adversity and ended up living a great life. Much of this was thanks to the love, kindness and great dedication of his father Fran.
RIP Kim
PrimeM92 also IQ tests are bullshit
there are sorten ways of intelligences
So, having perfect pitch and doing instant calendar calculations is based on memory? uuhuh.. sure.
+FruitGod Correct. It is only his memory at work. He remembers calender dates by memory and remembers music pitch by memory, too. Look him up - that's exactly what he does. Did you even watch the video? It even states it right at the beginning: he memorizes 98.7% of everything he reads. _That_ is how he did what he did. _That_ is why he was good at what he did.
lol "remembers calendar dates by memory" It's silly to say he remembered every day of the week for every date. Any bio of him will say that he did calendar calculations, which is a known savant ability. Think about what you are saying before typing it in a comment. Perfect pitch is not based on memory.
The ending of this video is just plain awesome. To hear a mistake then stand up to correct that person. Oh wow! Love this guy.
Wow man, what an amazing Video! Thank you vewy vewy much. Liebe grüße an frau wessolleck. 😊😊
“Over 200 boxes of books stored on his brain’s hard drive” - What a weird a meaningless way to quantify it. How many books are in a box? 50? 100? 1000? Why not just say roughly how many books?
But that aside, Kim Peek was a superhuman. He was utterly incredible.
Regardless, it's still amazing and wonderful that someone we considered disabled was so amazing. He made us alI look like idiots. I was so sad when I heard he passed away.
not really the smartest man, but the most knowledgeable man probably. a big difference
If you watched the documentary, he's actually beginning to make connections between his knowledge, even having an argument with his father about politics at one point.
i take my hat for that guy fantastic skill please respect people man let learn from people like that.
I need this guy as my wing man
.. kim where did I put my keys, wheres my car, where do I work again, whats your name again? ...yup thats me.
I'm shocked to hear that he has passed away..I'm sure Fran must be heartbroken right now and RIP Kim Peek. What an amazing individual he was.
Slightly, photographic memory is the accurracy and the overall integrity of recall.
I agree ! logical thinking, problem solving, critical analysis are mush far important than pure memorizing.
As it has been said, Merely by existing, all physical systems register information.
What an inspiration, you see girls, these are the guys you should go for.
Borderline-retarded men?
wow blows my mind. How amazing
He was not the smartest man, far from it, but he had a massive memory bank due to his condition. He was a sevant of extrodinary proportions but lacked in any cognitive capabilities beyond memorization. A true prodigy.
Awesome! That'd be sweet to see him on Jeopardy! :D
knowledge is power
reminds me of Mr. Tyson, a gentleman at my workplace
Wikipedia should be hire him to fix the wrong information.
yeah, i know it. Sorry to hear that.
Phineas Gage He died in 1999, I believe, from a heart attack. His dad who cared for him.full time also died later, from what I can recall it was 5 years later in 2004.
@@wingsofsteel8666 He actually died on December 19, 2009 of a heart attack in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father died 4 years later on April 15, 2014.
This man was amazing!
He would have failed on Jeopardy, he wouldn't be able to answer in the form of a question.
JettaGeorge Interesting, I never considered that.
If he went on Jeopardy he would be a trillionaire since the winner goes on to the next show
Can anyone identify the piano song that is used in the background throughout this video? Thanks!
wow the piano stuff is spectacular :O
Excatly. We always use a good portion of our brain, it's just how all the sections are connected and working together that allow people like Kim Peek to happen.
You're absolutely right!!!!!1
wow, this is fascinating, thank you very much, any good reliable interwebby sources to start reading up on this stuff? i know pure maths, neural networks from a computer science perspective, and other weird shit, but would love to read more about this
There is a clip somewhere where Kin and his Dad are travelling and talking about politics. Kim starts talking off-consensus, and starts mentioning war and how they are all contrived. His Dad switches topics pretty fast. I would love to see a video of Kim talking about Real History- after reading it all and shaving out the BS.
yeh i've heard that can be the case, good that he's wired up differently, and that he has such an understanding father
Man, I wish I had insane memory... Help me out a lot in school :(
I saw this guy at my school today.
It's sad how he looks as old or older than his father.
But that is incredible.
WOW....speechless
People with lack of awareness harness the ability to put ALL their concentration power into simple things.
Most people have so much going on in their lives, over analyzing many things that which is what forms the barrier for memory limitations.
Sign him up for who wants to be a millionaire
It took the piano teacher 1 minute to know that he knew a lot. It took Kim Peek 1 seconds to know her whole life
R.I.P Kim, i heard about you a few years, but i admired you already!
RIP Kim! You were awesome... one of lifes wonders!
In the sense of being 'wise', Kim Peek may fall short. As you noted above, exceptional reasoning is a significant trait found in 'wise' individuals. Kim Peek has the ability to return information already received; however, he lacks creativity--Kim Peek is disabled from being able to create information (in a sense).
Kim Peek was able to play the piano without prior training. In an accord such as that, I would classify Kim Peek as wise and creative; however, he played prerecorded music.
Brilliant :D
RIP... you will be missed... and if these is a god out there, I am sure you will have a long and interesting conversation. Good luck wherever is your soul.
yay the rain man. he's awesome.
I wish i was a dual core, had my brain and an extra one like the one on that guy, to store information :)
Yup magic man in the sky gotcha. Flawless logic.
Rest In Peace... Rain Man!
that is really cool
@Prestonboy13
Perfect pitch, photographic memory, able to calculate the day on a specified date - yep, I say he's a genius. A genius comes in many forms, Kim Peek is one, no doubt.
this guy is such a bro i wish he didn't die :(
If there are thousands of lectures why is there only 2 that last a total of 3 minutes on here?
one in a million
RIP
@TheSupersojer I learned about this in my Motor Development class at the University of Windsor, I have no precise dissertations, I'm sure the internet has relevant studies.
Yeah. Their was an experiment where half the brain was removed and the subject was able to function normally, but the brain's plasticity caused him to make connections like in Kim Peek's case.
He remembers everything but what about problem sloving and understanding.
hes more of a recall center if anything else. anything that would involve playing a instrument or doing complex math is beyond him but he can recall face value information like a text book. hes smart in the sense that he can hold a vast amount of info not be constructive with it.
RIP KIM, what a beatiful mind.
to bad he died on 19-12-2009
R.I.P
Kim.
You won't be forgotten
@luffaren91 He scored 87 because he could not understand the way the questions were asked in the test. A special test was made for him and he scored 190+
R.I.P
Kim Peek is awesome. His intelligence is unimaginable and limitless. It's crazy how deep his memorization and recall skills are. I'm sure he would be able to know all the answers to the questions on Jeopardy effortlessly. However, he won't be able to become the Jeopardy champ. Jeopardy also requires the quickness to press a button, which Kim lacks.
i dont think they will let him in its practicly giving him the money
i wouldn't doubt. the guy is so fucking smart he could pull it off.
Rest in Peace
Why does he have to blame the mistake on the trombone!? I play trombone >=O
Wow..this question really got to me.. What is your answer to it, elrynx?
RIP!
thankyou, i'll accept pre-confirmation that most of the brain is active, now i have to think how much of it is required, though i guess it's best to have as much as possible, even if it can compensate in various ways when parts of it is damaged
How did anyone downvote this?
That is the problem though he is not interacting in a normal way. Therefore people have a hard time understanding what he means, and that leads to communication problems. He tries to interact and does, but he does it in a way that is nearly impossible for people to truly understand. It's not to say that his interaction is inferior or anything, but more like done in another language.
That's what his father said in a documentary.
This guy is a testament to the fact doctors don't know jack.
i love this man
i just met him in kansas city
I'm a neuroscience/psychology student at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and I can attest to the fact that the 10% number is a myth. Indeed all of the brain is used for one purpose or another, and most of the brain has (at least in general terms such as motor functioning, or auditory processing etc) had its various modular components discovered and described.
Does anyone know what doc. this is from
I agree, he can just memorize everything. He is like a computer.
Would love to see him playing Armis
Interestingly, brain cells don't often die all that much, they are greatly long lived. Brain cells are modestly adaptive; they will branch new connections to other cells, but not create new cells (with notable exceptions). The assumption is then that any compensation would be at the local level, at least in adults.
A child's brain is much more plastic, neurons develop, proliferate, even migrate around the brain. Since Kim's condition was present at birth, this may be why he adapted so well!
Haha always the trombones..>!!
I'd love to hear your explanation of what the word "smart" means....
@oyvindmacody No, the second guy said what took Kim 53 seconds to read, it took him 23 minutes - which was 8 pages....
R.I.P. Kim Peek
We don't use our full brain power, and there's a lot untold about Kim Peek, such as; how does he dream? We can recall anything of which had occurred to our conscious mind during a 12+ hour period, but cannot recall unconscious (Or subconscious) data - we cannot remember flashes of information. The information that slips unconscious; below conscious awareness, is the construct for our dreams - we do experience all consciously (During physical and metaphysical realities), but are still limited.
god blessed him with that type of knowledge, thats serious!
he is way too cool
Shows the untapped potential power of the human brain
He has what's called savant synfrome. Even though he does poorly on intelligence tests, he is brilliant.
Kim has 100% access to his memory which allows him not to really read but remember exactly what he saw as if looking through a picture or screen to see what he saw. His gift is complete recall; some are picture perfect artist with the mental capacity of a 7 year old.
The only true seemingly unaffected savant is Daniel Paul Tammet, which shows signs of slight autism, while being able to do any complex mathematical equation or problem in his head further than most calculators' decimal wise.
Yes, very nice, True.
Though the misconception itself is a misconception.
While we use all of our brain to all its area, in similar way you might throw all your belongings across an entire room to make use of the space, people actually only use varying degrees of fractions of their available brain processes at one time, like you may only want to actively care about one part or area of your room at a time.
Hence people like this or in synesthesia w/ merging and simultaneous use of greater areas
"literally, within one minute, I realized he.... knew............... a lot"
LITERALLY
Interesting! If he had learned piano as a child maybe he would have been like Derek Paravicini.
damn, I stan this man
Are you kidding me? This guy has perfect pitch too!!! He could be like a virtuoso of unknown proportions, why didn't he play more?
i just would not under estimate him. this guy can out smart and out think any woman out there.
16 people are jealous of his superpower