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Michio Kaku on what makes a supergenius.
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MICHIO KAKU:
Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, as well as New York University (NYU).
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TRANSCRIPT:
Michio Kaku: If you watch the "Big Bang Theory" on CBS television you see these clueless nerds who are doormats when it comes to the opposite sex, right. And you realize is there any basis in reality? First of all none of my friends are like that and all my friends are physicists, right.
Well there is a kernel of truth and that is some of these individuals may suffer from something called Asperger’s Syndrome which is a mild form of autism. These people are clueless when it comes to social interactions. They don’t look you in the eye, for example. And yet they have fantastic mental and mathematical capabilities. We think, for example, that Isaac Newton had Asperger’s. The greatest scientist of all time was very strange. He had no friends to speak of. He could not carry a decent conversation and yet here he was spitting out some of the greatest theories in the history of science. Calculus. The Universal Law of Gravitation. The Theory of Optics. And we think he had Asperger’s Syndrome.
Now Asperger’s Syndrome is a mild form of autism and in autism we have what are called savants. That is people that have an IQ of maybe 80 but have incredible mathematical and musical abilities. In fact, some of these individuals can hear one symphony and just play it by memory on a piano. Other people could be in a helicopter, have a helicopter ride over Manhattan, see the entire New York harbor and then from memory sketch the entire harbor. In fact, if you want to see it go to JFK Airport in New York City and you will see it as you enter the international terminal. So what is it about these people? Well, first of all a lot of them had injuries to the left temporal lobe. One individual had a bullet as a child go right through the left temporal lobe. Another person dove into a swimming pool and injured very badly the left temporal lobe. And these people wound up with incredible mathematical abilities as a consequence. And so what is it about their brains?
Well Einstein’s brain has actually been preserved. Einstein when he died had an autopsy in which case the pathologist stole the brain without permission of the family. He just realized that he was sitting next to something historic, took the brain, took it home with him, and it was sitting in a jar in his home for decades. He even drove across the country with the jar inside his trunk. And there’s even a TV special where you can actually see the cut up brain of Albert Einstein. And you realize first of all the brain is a little bit different. You can’t tell by looking at it that it’s so remarkably different but you realize that the connections between the prefontal cortex and the parietal lobe - a connection that is accentuated in people that do abstract reasoning is thickened. So there definitely is a difference in the brain of Einstein. But the question is did it make Einstein or did Einstein make this change of the brain?
Are champions born or are they made? That still is not known because people who exercise mental abilities, mathematical abilities, they can thicken that part of the brain themselves. So we know that people who do well in mathematics, brain scans clearly show that their brains are slightly different from the average brain. So in conclusion, we’re still children with regards to understanding how this process takes place. Tonight don’t go home and bang yourself on the left temporal lobe. We don’t know how it works. We just know that in a tiny fraction of these cases people with injury to the left temporal lobe, some of the become super geniuses.
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You know who the supergenius is. It is the poor child whom is blessed by ALMIGHTY GOD YAHOVAH with knowledge and Truth. And is loved by said GOD. But is hated in a world of filth and lawlessness.
Stand still Junior. This is for your own good.
+YouFoolWarrenIsDead which side did you chose artist? analysist?
Uhhh, both, i guess?
YouFoolWarrenIsDead lol how xD injured both sides of brain of your son? then he became a moron
Don't you call my son a moron or i really make you a genius.
@@fehmit160 Says the guy who's parents named him after a Chinese electronic store.
Suck at math?
Can't learn?
Want to ace tests?
BREAK YOUR HEAD TODAY!
straight up narcisism
Brutal
😂😂😂 😂😂😂
On the left temporal lobe
😂😂😂
For 1000 dollars only
That was the BEST EDIT EVER!!! Did not expect to see the Tyson meme on Big Think, made my day!
Thanks! Here's the original if you want more... goo.gl/k5qCWP
Laughed so hard at that.
Big Think Neil made my day :)
***** Then it must have been reaaaaaally funny!
Apparently it didn't occur to any of you that there may have been a reason that he appeared at that point other than to humor you, and therefore, you failed to respect his purpose in appearing, thus diminishing his significance to that of a party favor.
Well, I do need to pass maths... I suppose I have no choice...
I would love to Study alot of things but i need to pass math first and make the matura . Thats why i hate math but hey math is also interesting at some point .
Use Thor's hammer to hit your head..
Tried it yesterday.. Works perfectly*.
*T&C applied..
***** It doesn*t get worse just complicated i think In my Opinion i always hated Math i was good in all other stuff but in Math i failed in School .
cotxe11 you know ironically Einstein hated math too. he used simple algerebra to the extent that he could to form his theories and later on in life when he needed a more refined skill set for some of his other problems and work re taught himself how to use calculus and etc. and rather tried to use the simplest math possible in his works and therums.
use a hammer for better result
"Don't go home and bang yourself on the temporal lobe"
**Slowly puts down paper weight** o-o
I was stupid... until I took an arrow to the left temporal lobe.... ;)
Lokim23 Skyrim!!
Lokim23 I was stupid until I accepted the great moon pie god of moon pie goodness and I'm still stupid
And you are Einstein. FrankEinstein.
How many people with injuries to the left temporal lobe become idiots?
Lokim23 omg this comment make me laugh so much. Thank you
The weirdest true story I ever heard was a woman who had a stroke and she woke up in hospital and she no longer spoke English but fluent French or Welsh, I think it was Welsh. There was another story of a man who got shot in the head and had literally a portion of his brain blown out. When he recovered he had incredible mathematical abilities, abilities he definitely didn't have before. We know so little about the brain.
“If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.”
-Lyall Watson
Great paradox, you have to be intelligent to understand how brain works but to do so, your brain can’t be simple
Asperger isnt a "mild" form of autism, and it is veeeeery important to note that by no means do all people with asperger have any "special" abilities. But some do
It's mild in comparison to other autism cases, not normal people.
I've even heard arguments that it shouldn't be considered an autism spectrum disorder because the brains of people with aspergers are vastly different from the brains of people with classic autism. Classic autism appears to be caused by deformed gray matter in the cortex. Aspergers appears to be caused by deformities in the white matter.
Ummm...yes it is
How many combinations of life could there be doing difficult tasks to stay alive
Huh? It definitely is @@giuseppeLizzi-rj3er
Let me be frank though, just because some people have asperger's don't neccessarily mean they are geniuses. Trust me, I was diagnosed with it and have spent some summers in a support camp. Some of the guys there were total idiots while others pretty smart.
One kid, only a year younger than me was obsessed with smurfs. He was autism defined, but without the smarts.
Are you sure it is asperger and not autism. If you are sure it is asperger do an IQ test you may not be a genius but at least above average or gifted because that is part of asperger. Having a high IQ also dosen't mean you're good at everything you just have to find your talent.
Forgot to say asperger and autism is not the exact same.
Jonas Kosinski
Well I am a member of mensa with an estimated iq level of 137
So I guess I'm just gifted
+The_Pyromancer That however doesnt nessisarly mean you have asperger
Jonas Kosinski
But I do have it
Thankyou Mr. Kaku for the cautionary warning at the end. I'd felt all my life that I was one good blow away from transcending my normal mediocre intellect, and midway through your talk I'd just about been convinced it was a good idea to try. Phew, close call
guess you'd need to try it the real way - exercising your brain in a way that changes it - as I mentioned becoming left handed (due to the opposite side operating it - the left side would be underused), but you can just do right-brained thinking more!
*repeatedly punches myself in the left temporal lobe*
+harry stone
Genius
rip
Joey28P hehehe lol
"some of them not all are supergenius"
😂
This guy has the charisma of making examples for average people to understand science,simply outstanding.
Mr. Kaku I first saw you in a seminar on RUclips the other day you are such a remarkable person and quite funny in my add. And I cannot imagine the thousands of children that will be trying to become a physicist just because of your efforts and your character you're a remarkable person and I'm humbled and grateful to see you in my life on. 🌎
He just dised the entire big bang cast..... Savage
The most brilliant minds are often the strangest, the price you have to pay for greatness I guess!
I had a bad injury to the left side of my head 15 yrs ago.Shortly after I developed an obsession with mathematics. I started teaching myself algebra and within a period of time I was up to multivariable calculus , vector analysis, partial differential equations , linear algebra, fourier analysis , even tensor analysis.So many areas and I'm still teaching myself more , I also draw,and play 3 musical instruments . I thank the Lord that my skills have become solid. I don't consider myself a super genius just and average intelligent person ,although people tend to see in me what I wish I really was.....
As an aspie here, i'm here to say not all aspies are genius. But i will say, i did learn the piano very quickly.
I excelled at drums.
Unfortunately Asperger's syndrome is used as a scapegoat to correlate low social skills with being intelligent. The majority of people suffering from a lack of friends simply need to work on making friends. It usually involves turning off the computer and going out in society. I had to learn this for myself. Being recluse didn't endow me with knowledge or processing skills. I had Asshole syndrome.
Goraka91 It kind of bothers me aswell, but I'm getting better at realizing that alot of what most people say is nonsense anyway :D
Goraka91 I get that same feeling... But well it doesn't surprise me in a way.... Who knows maybe we should start using "Neurotypical" as an insult?
+Wild Academy really dumb comment...
Dr. Tyson doesn't seem to be that impressed by the invention of calculus
I have a mild form of aspergers, the one categorized as "The Actor", in other words I know how to act around people, though I really don't understand emotions at all!
At this point, all I can relate to is the song dumb by Nirvana
I don’t want to analyze your comment so that I can make something out of nothing. I’m tired of seeking, I’m tired of curiosity. I guess they forgot I read the comments for knowledge too. is it ignorance or just carelessness to judge that fact about me...
Aspergers and autism are just the old natural forms of Masculine behavior. The autist could say something that would hurt someone else’s feelings and not know it, because they did not process the natural laws of social dynamics before speaking. They are good at math and or logical information. They do have feelings too, but it’s rare to see it unless they are indulging in gluttony or tiring their selves to death with physical work.
I identify myself as the Author and I'm an introvert if that means anything. Welcome to the sigma family.
It's categorised*
I have Aspergers and I don't consider myself to be a genius. I got good grades in school but I contribute it to dedication. It can be a curse having it. Sure I might be "smart" but I'm lonely too.
People with Asperger's are intelligent, but not necessarily smart- lots of brilliant mistfits did not get good grades in school. If you're both intelligent and smart, consider yourself to have won the lottery- most people are either one or the other, but to be both is rare.
Bro i hope everything is well now
Me too. I have Asperger's and also got good grades but they didn't come easily to me - I had to work hard for them.
what michio kaku left out was that in order to succeed in mathematics and physics you have to be a genius. i envy the autistic and asperger. i know it cant be pleasant having such a condition but just the pure math skills. since 2013 i worshiped mathematics wanting to learn. i want to be autistic i want those math skills. its all i ever wanted, and i want to speak like a robot. if only..if only i was a genius
everything has it's price....
mohammed khired it was random therefore its not
you don't want to be autistic or asperger or anything related to it. Let me tell you, as asperger I can barely have sleep more than 5 hours a day bacuse constant nightmare (you should look into it, it's quite common among asperger), second you will not have successful organizational career and now I am slammed by this particular hard fact knowing that 16 years old teeneger are more successful than me. Third I also have limited "oprerational time", studying in college more than 3 hours and things usually gets messy after that.
I really hope you think more carefully for the pray.
Muhammad Irfan how about those math abilities? i envy you
And I have seen people "look" smarter and have successful career in organization. The math ability is no big deal although I have "advantage" among "other". Yeah suire I can study differential mathematic and quantitative finance when I am 19 only using free lecture video and torrented pdf, but it's just a part of bigger picture to succeed in organization such as corporation or government.
What the kaku talk about is the savant, the genius that is born and if you look into his other video "the neuro science of genius" you will need to be in some upper class of society to succeed in physic.
Some asperger have super long term memory like temple grandin or even tesla maybe can picture a whole machine in their mind. Some have good short term memory, so good that studying math is ilke studying second language but somehow suck in physic cos they can't even picture dropping ball in mind.
I lost it when Neil popped up. I think this has to be the funniest big think video ever.
I met a 6 year old with asperger's, after i told him that pie equals 3.14. He then looked me dead in the eyes and continued to tell me every equation with pie.
Keep in mind he did not know what pie was or that it equaled 3.14 until after i told him.
Later on we were having some kind of mechanical problem with our pickup truck and he took one look at it and told us what the issue was and how to fix it.
So we did what he told us and sure enough he was right.
2 years later when this kid was 8 he had hacked into every computer in the city, which it was a very small town, and some how figured out a way to make all the computers play his favorite episode of barney.
This kid's name is kirsten and he is next level genius.
I have not seen him in about 10 years now so i can only imagine his level of intelligence now.
I've always liked Michio Kaku. His metaphors are always fun and he is a pretty fun physicist.
Indeed.
Him and Sagan are similar
I struggle with aspergers. The way school showed me the patriotic table, they taught me to use it as a reference. I learned a story that reminded the listener of each element based on object in the story. Through visual thinking, and visual learning, I was able to learn the entire table in two days.
Thanks Dr. Kaku, for creating awareness!
*puts left temporal lobe in the path of a bullet train*
"wait a minute..."
R.I.P
XD I lost my left lobe there...
Food for thought. It takes a unique mind to sift through the 'norm' and see what others can't. With that said, that person may have lost other traits we consider necessary, while actually, we're simply smothering them with priorities their advanced minds chose to leave behind.
Seeing Tyson around the one minute mark made my day. The Big Think does a lot of good simply by disseminating the information it does, but in that moment they couldn't have done any more good than that.
LMAO!! what is up with the neil degrasse tyson meme at 0:59
issac neuton was apparently a bad ass over here
bryan mcjerald it's Isaac newton. 😁
What you mean.. that meme made my day haha
Hey thank you Dr. Michio kaku! I actually a week ago was reading about savants and asperger's because my nephew has Autism but he likes numbers, loves numbers always counting down or up even watching boxing he likes the timer. Very Unique individuals in my view.
Was I hallucinating, or did a phantom Neil DeGrasse Tyson appear for a second there?
No there was no Neil Degrasse Tyson The whole video
When this man himself calls you a clueless nerd...there is something to be said
Dang, I've died about 76 times in my previous lifetimes trying to injure my left temporal lobe. Hopefully when I do it now I'll become a genius. If not, see you in my next life!
Hello baby Dban I'd like
stephen kost Maybe you shouldn't be such a pessimist and and just enjoy a joke once in awhile. I guess maybe I should remind you to do so. Maybe.
***** Wow really that must mean I haven't been watching anime
+ Dban1 Do it before you reach the age of 5
looks like you've successfully recognized yourself in all of those lives you've lived you're already not like the rest.
3:42
Haha made me laugh, the actual thought steps he already made.
What people will be doing after this info.
The term "supergenius" is completely superfluous, the only reason it exists is the dilution of the meaning of the word "genius" in contemporary American English: "Oh you ordered extra fries! Genius!"
Also, the characters on The Big Bang Theory were originally based on computer nerds such as myself, who are simply socially awkward. I know many people like that, in fact I am a lot like Sheldon Cooper when it comes to women. I don't have Asperger's, I just have plain social anxiety.
Sheldon does not seem to suffer from social anxiety. He can speak his mind completely without feeling awkward. He is more or less the exact opposite of someone socialy anxious. He has 0 social skills, he cant understand sarcasm,he doesnt get jokes, he cant understand awkwardness. feeling social anxiety actually means that the part of the brain that processes social behaviour is functioning very well. You are just overly aware of the people you talk to and what they think about you, making you tense up, overthink things and get nervous.. Atleast thats how i felt:p
You can train it away, im on my way out of years of feeling awkward..
Chocolate Wizard
"feeling social anxiety actually means that the part of the brain that processes social behaviour is functioning very well."
That's a pretty big generalization. Social anxiety is pretty common in autism. I think lack of social skills itself can contribute to anxiety a lot, not saying it's the case for everyone.
As someone who feels very much at home in social situations, and has a hard time with numbers, I guess I am lucky in that we don´t need numbers as much as we need to interact with others. But if you are a lot like Sheldon Cooper, then you are extremely likeable!
Beatriz Valdes Not on an individual scale but overall I would rather be on the genius side of the scale than the social one personally.
I am not too sure. I think a good average or slightly above average intelligence is the most comfortable way to navigate a human lifespan. Though we do need the geniuses!!!
Aight looks like I have to shoot my left temporal lobe to pass the Math final
the human brain is fascinating, it has so many paths it take, and if some of these paths are blocked due to some let's say an injury like Dr Michio Kaku said, the brain will have to find a new path, and that new path would have to pass through new regions that would unlocked a new abilities for that person....which begs the Question, if we managed to unlocked these paths or some of it, what would we become??!!
I listen to this man everyday going to and from work.
What a flawless way of talking big fan of him and Neil Degrasse
Once a student of history, I thought I was completely stupid until I met a professor of physics at my local Uni. We had a conversation about some of the things that interested him. We talked a lot. And apparently I wasn't a complete tool... "He must be insane", I thought... But although I didn't understand much of what he was saying, he kept encouraging me to keep being inquisitive and annoying. And I did. Very much so. Today I am giving lectures in theoretical physics and I absolutely love it. The moral of the story is: don't let preconceptions of your own abilities halter your progress. Some people may overestimate their abilities but a whole lot do the exact opposite. Cheers!
the guy who stole einstein's brian and drove around with it seems a bit weird to me.
Our sense of value can malfunction sometimes, like when someone buys Dr. Dre's filthy used napkins for large amounts of money.
Miranox Oh come on now, Beats aren't THAT bad..
Mageface LOL
Mageface
They are.
*****
I don't remember the details but it's ridiculous either way. It's certainly not useful for science.
I was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome when I was about 7 y/o. Funny thing that my cat tore my left lobe when I was about 4. I don't know if I should be greatful or not, because It's hard to put myself in a social situation or focus on school, but I love math. It has been more of a misery than a gift.
Go home and bang my head on the wall and damage my left temporal lobe to become a super genius you say? I'm on it, boss.
any luck?
Yo you alive?
This video changed my life. I had an injury to my left side and I was great at mathematics.
A note to my previous comment, I have been positive that my left temporal lobe was and is dark for a long time, only watching this video have I come to face the possibility that I may have actually developed the ability to map an accurate and perceptible mental image of my own cerebral activatity.
if you do - can you post it somewhere and share it with me?
I have aspergers and this gives me confidence that I will become a productive member of society.
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lol I busted out laughing like WTF?!1
That was my reaction. What the heck is he doing there floating in cyberspace.? My first reaction is that it's a prank. Exactly the sort of trick I'd pull on a friend. I'll bet Kaku was surprised when he saw this clip.
nikkitytom its because michio always pulls up issac newton because he looked up to him as well as einstein. And in most of what he mentions about gravity he pulls up newtons book "the mathematic principles of natural philosophy" and how he made his own calculation (which is calculus, thats why neil reacts right when he says calculus) in order to find calculations of the gravitational pull of the earth, the moon, and the comets that shoot across the heavens, in which humans have looked up and made stories about in order to explain said phenominon.
Skull Breaker Works for me. Still I would have loved a good prank!
Thanks Dr Kaku, as a neurologist diagnosed me with this as a young child and I did further studies on my own brain. I love self education, but get me into a social situation and whoa! Yay to brain damage! It's not that simple though, but he explains it for the masses to understand the power of the brain and that we're not monsters, or are we hehe;) I'm a humanist, but a complete independent minded individual who just focuses on complex issues we all face. Judgment will get us nowhere and everywhere if one can understand where I'm coming from. Even social media is a problem for people like me, but adaptation is a survival tool. Good day to all us weirdos!
I had a small head trauma left frontal lope has taken a small amount of dmg, and I lost my ability to do math. so yeah don't bang your head in.
This is actually such a relief for me. When I was 15 I sucked at math, later that year I fainted and hit my head, specifically the left side, on a metal bar, this was the summer holidays, the next year i suddenly excelled at maths and physics and now I’m at university with a scholarship to study physics, and I have a near perfect recollection of a lot of events, and more usefully all the physics equations and constants I’ve ever used even if I’ve only seen them a couple time.
stop encouraging people to smash their heads, those are rarely cases
Where's a hammer? I need to do good on my math test
Thank you Michio. I have been hitting my head with a rock for years and have been making steady progress.
Any improvement in 5 years
@@sumit-qz7gj the progress has been steady.
i was banging my left lobe until he said to stop.. ;"""""(
Dick Carlisle That's not the way, work hard and you will achieve.
Nepz pro Aspies might be geniuses, but it also comes with great burden, in social aspects
I have the Aspergers Syndrome as well but I have always wondered that if I am so highly intelligent then why was I put in special ed classes in my middle and high school days ? I have been trying to figure that one out.
XDD I loved that random "NeilDeGasse's Badass" moment XD 1:00
That made alot of sence to me. Explain why i think soo damn much about everything to the smallest detail. And that started after a headinjury when i was about ten, cracked my skull open. Soo thanks for giving me some type of ansaw for it.
Can someone explain the random NDT appearance?
goo.gl/k5qCWP
It's how "watchout, we've got a badass here" meme was born
Examples of two "super geniuses" that were not socially awkward were Richard Feynman and Mozart. Very charming with the Ladies, and were two of the smartest men that lived. Also John Von Neumann...loved the ladies, and driving fast, arguably one of the greatest mathematicians do the 20th century.
why do geniuses always have to be MATH geniuses?? Everyone always goes to math, immediately. Why not any other subject? Can a person be considered a genius at poetry, songwriting, music, history, and subjects like these? I am so tired of math being the total measuring device for intelligence. This is making the left side of my head hurt.
well for the artsy parts like poetry the "geniusousness" alot of people would consider a matter of opinion.. and history... is really knowing/remebering-what-youve- learned alot of history?? Any one can remeber alot of things that doesnt make them a geninus.. but if you were to make corilations between history, but you'd have to PROVE it.. because otherwise you can really say ANYTHING to corrilate them.. Numbers dont lie. Math is in everything.. literally look at anything! Math makes you out ur brain to WORK. Im not saying that other arts and history and such don't make you work because even poetry in some cases have rythms and such in them that can take work (which and still be math in some way or anyother im sure..)
takkkkeee-- okay, take martial arts for example, you really need to put the mind and body to work... but you strive for percision, which in retro spect is math: reacting in the time, ensuring the correct angles and deciplcines. Think about it like this,.. Math is like a universal language for anything but art.. to understanding the world; how and why it works. (which we obviously havent figured it all out yet) so finding something new in this new "language" that hardly anyone knows about [in depth, of course].. is pretty genius.
+Michael Craig Well, The truth isle created music songwriting. Math is the most important thing in the universe because we discovered it. Everything in the universe follows math. Thats why people that are extremely good at math are called genius.
When he says "We just know in a tiny fraction of these cases people with injury to the left temporal lobe some of them become super geniuses" it seems like when sometimes you go through injury and everything grows back stronger. A lot of times it doesn't lol, but sometimes it does. The human eye is really complex and it heals really fast, the human brain is complex and it seems to heal in its own way. The way he is explaining it, the muscles in the brain are pretty much like any other muscle in the body. Here soon we will have an "information diet" and have to make sure we have "healthy information" to consume for our brains lol. The internet and the information age is changing the game all around the world.
That is interesting, over time Einstein could have been super stubborn and persistent, intelligent enough to condition himself a super brain. Makes sense to me.
3:43
You got me Michio.. that was exactly what i was thinking of doing
Savants have a huge potential,imagine a world where we are able to make everyone savants but without the negetive part,everyone will be geniuses in this world and the technology there will be much more advanced then ours,savants have the potential to be the next step of human evolution(when we will learn to fix the negtive parts of it ofcourse).
While I agree that at face value that sounds great, but we have to look at the other side of it. You make the entire world "genius" and now you still have the same people emotionally, but now smarter right? So what happens when you have a smarter hitler, stalin, manson (arguable), Castro etc etc? I dont think that would be advisable even in the short term, and greater intelligence or higher capacity for learning does not make people have morals or more ethical or even have the social skills to be a successful and benefit to the world. Not surprisingly, most of those that I listed were already above average intelligence and yet were complete psychopaths.
The real question in my mind is: Are the risks worth the benefits?
***** If we will use AI then we will most likely program them to listen to us and only act in favor of humans,if they will break this code we will mass produce EMP just for caution that will be activated as a failsafe,trust me,humainty won't blindly throw itself in the hands of machines.
***** Indeed,after all the human brain is the most complex object in the universe(that we currently know of).
No, savant isn't the most preferred mental condition. Especially a savant with no EQ. In today's world you are at a massive disadvantage if you have aspergers.
Name the first A. I. Will not be asking humans for permission to do dick, and anyone thinking such a thing is fooling themselves. You ever asked a bacterium what you can or can't do? That settles the argument.
I was diagnosed with Asperger's at age 6, as well as ADHD (and C-PTSD). At age 26, I'm extremely well-socialized (but my awkwardness comes out in impromptu lectures on topics which either keep people in attention or cause them to tune out); that, and my phraseology is considered unique.
Presently I'm going for my Master's in mathematics, which I've always been extremely gifted at. I've always likened my ability to reason, speak, and write as a typewriter that won't turn off in my head, but it writes in only English or abstractions.
I hope to accomplish great things in this world, but if I had to choose between intellectual greatness and having loved ones in my life, I'd commit to being stupid. Thankfully I don't have to.
haha that addition of degrasse tyson doe!
I enjoyed this video overall and was glad to hear Mr. Kaku bringing up this topic . That said, I'm sure Mr. Kaku knows that some of the statements he made about savants and people with Asperger's Syndrome were gross generalizations. They probably came across the way they did due to the time constraints of this video, but I would really like to clear up a few things so these ideas don't continue to be perpetuated as being true of *everyone* on the autism spectrum. 1. All people with Asperger's do not have genius intelligence, or even above average intelligence and the ones that do are not all advanced in maths or music. Some are, some are not. 2. The vast majority of people with Asperger's (or on the autism spectrum at all) are NOT savants. This condition is very rare. 3. I don't think most would get confused about this, and Mr. Kaku did not say this, but just to be clear- no one becomes autistic or has Asperger's Syndrome because they suffered a head injury or trauma. People who gained savant abilities due to physical trauma are a completely separate group. 3. We now know that Asperger's Syndrome is not actually a "mild form of autism". People with Asperger's sometimes have trouble getting services, therapies and even compassion and understanding because they "look normal" compared to some others on the autism spectrum, when in reality, some of them can be dealing with a whole host of things less physically apparent that are for all intents and purposes make it just as difficult to navigate our world as people with other disabilities. Especially when you factor in that some people still expect people with Asperger's to behave and cope and succeed and "fit in", and overall just be okay because they "look just fine" or people don't understand what they're coping with, or sometimes don't even believe that Asperger's or PDD-NOS IS a real thing. Asperger's is a condition that can and does bring great things to a person's life, sometimes this means advanced intelligence or focused knowledge in a particular field or topic, sometimes it doesn't. Many times it means having the ability to view the world in wonderfully unique and beautiful ways. Every person on the autism spectrum, just like every person who is *not* on the spectrum, is different, has different strengths and struggles and wants and needs and passions. Sorry this is so long, I just wanted to get this across the best way I could. Thanks.
My life now makes sence....
sence... sence......
Urr now I forget how to spell sense, wait what?!? it looks weird now! URRRRRR
nedErlands je spreekt beter engels dan onze premier
nedErlands Really? What ..rest..? The real genious hard at work at their labs, and far away from these blogs?
Beatriz Valdes I think you just called not only me but also yourself stupid. Well played.
I'm HFA (high functioning autistic). Autism has a spectrum. Low functioning -- middle functioning -- high functioning. I often feel very bored and unchallenged in life. HFA is more of a descriptor of personality rather than an adverse health issue.
i have aspergers and i've composed over 250 original songs but i don't think i'm a supergenius... i also have no memory of injuring my left temporal lobe but maybe i'll ask my mom and dad if they know anything
okay so i asked my mom and she can't think of a time i could've injured my temporal lobe but reminded me that i DO have a dent in the middle front of my forehead from walking into a glass table as a baby so, maybe that was when i got aspergers i dunno... i always thought aspergers was more hereditary than anything else but i don't know maybe Michio's right, maybe it IS from an injury
UncleBibby47
Well, I have Asperger's too but I can't really call myself a genious in any area. I suck when it comes to music but I do have a talent for most things scientific. I have an IQ of about 140 but I don't think that's so amazing. The only real "super skill" I have is the ability to remember perfectly anything that greatly interests me, but that doesn't help me much since it just means that I now can accound for about 4000 quests in World of Warcraft, and maybe some 1000 volumes of manga (from which I remember even individual conversations and such).
Do you have any sort of things that you remember far better than most? I think I read somewhere that such abilities (having special skills only connected to your interests) are quite common among those who have asperger
Anju Maaka well, if i hear the melody of a song i can usually figure it out on the piano (as long as the song isn't too hard for me) and i've also made "covers" of famous songs simply by listening to them and transcribing the notes by ear... but in terms of memory, i memorized a some stuff pertaining to the videogame series Street Fighter (such as movelists, plotlines and character histories) and i also know a bit about cartoons like Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Regular Show as well as some anime like One Piece... I also try to keep up with most science news stories because i hope that one day i can become a cyborg or something like that... i also remember random things from my past that other people cannot recall (making them think i made it up) and just like the stereotype i have a very rudimentary social life... One thing about that stereotype that DOESN'T fit me is i actually love humor and comedy, and i make puns a lot... so, i dunno... thank you for reading all this. Your Warcraft and Manga memorization is very impressive and i wish i could memorize stuff like that but I actually have a pretty bad memory sometimes... it depends...
UncleBibby47
Hehe, yes my memory depends too. If it's interesting I can remeber it pretty easily (perfectly if it's very interesting) but I can hardly ever remember stuff that bores me like how to turn on the washingmachine (though, granted it takes like 20 seconds to figure it out, the only problem is figuring out how much of the laundry soup you're gonna use)
I didn't know there was a stereotype about asperger and comedy. Personally I do indeed dislike comedy (at least the humiliation type, I don't hate all sorts of comedy) and I have practically no humor, not being able to understand when people are joking is pretty annoying because it causes a lot of misunderstandings
Anju Maaka yeah... it can feel unfair and embarrassing when you misunderstand a joke... sometimes someone i know says jokes that i don't get and when he explains them it just makes me more confused... but i've heard from other NON-aspergers people that this person's jokes aren't the greatest example of comedy so that might not be my fault. i sort of agree about humiliating people for comedy being not good... someone else i know watches this show called The Pete Holmes Show and i've never been able to appreciate it much because his sketch comedy is always really really cruel and mean to his fictional characters in the sketches and i have trouble watching those... but sometimes i can watch Pete Holmes at other times and it's not so bad... maybe someday scientists can understand comedy better and why it sometimes works and it sometimes doesn't... the fact that so many autistic people or aspergers people have trouble with humor might be the key to finding out how the brain comprehends comedy and its value.
I always wondered, if a injury can strengthen neurons in other areas of the brain. Does this still apply to other species as well? For example a lion. If it damaged its brain from a elephant. Would it become a smarter hunter?
--Leaving to buy a bat and hit myself in the head.--
lmaooo
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Could it be that certain injuries to the "left temporal lobe" induced swelling, and maybe increased bloodflow
to the region described to deal with abstract reasoning?
who else paused the video @ 2:05 and started bashing the left side of their skull in with a hammer?
Jeremy R Hansen 😂😂😂
As a nerd, I can attest to being completely inept when it comes to dealing with the opposite sex. So the generalization holds for me.
I accidentally demaged my right temporal lobe...damn
Very interesting. I feel we ( some of us) are born with that different brain. BUT, we have to nurture it, and explore its ability. That connective tissue is there, but we have to exercise it, by means of abstract reasoning. It's a combination of having the brain, and using its abilities. One can have the brain and not use it, making weird, antisocial people. Another could, then, use the brain's ability, and become a supergenious. That might explain what's happening to me.
Michio Kaku is so awesome.
Quote: "... we are still children..." An outstanding observation and one that I am unsure how many people have come to understand and accept. I primarily say this within the context framed by Michio Kaku.
if steven hocking is so smart y he cant walk
jesus
sean martin
so basicly hes gay?
MahaVakyas
careful, you might contract als if you keep losing them
*****
the closet is real
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My question is, are there any correlations with damage to the right temporal lobe?
I liked the video as soon as I saw Tyson LOL
Same, That was a great Tyson pop in.
I was in a car accident when I was four years old, but landed on the right side of my head. All I got out of it was the occasional migrane and a fucked up right eye.
I have no social skills so why am I not a savant?
Because you're human, and we're not quite that simple I'm afraid XD
***** Sorry, Fred.
bigthink i love you.
i request you get a dr. kaku and dr. tyson discussion of the universe
all of us would love it, and it would be the first conversation on video with both of them.
the only time i've seen it is on a documentary but their talks were separate .
and a cell phone video of neil introducing kaku to an audience
PLEASE - TYSON & KAKU
Did he just said Neil has no friends??
No he don't no just said neil no friends has...... Hit your self in the head a few times
Yah my bad I didn't hear the video properly as the house was noisy..!
I suggest next time you point out someone's mistake you talk to them properly..!
You are in no way superior to me and asking me to hit myself in the head doesn't make you seem smarter..!
Writing the last part of the comment just showed your immaturity ..!
bamdad19996 Lol, Thats funny im telling you 10 easy tips to get smarter
It worked for you well but I don't think it works on humans..!
Mighio Kaku is jealous
Omg I can't believe I didn't notice there are 1,374,258 subscribers! How could I say Nein to that!? I'm subscribing!
I love you michio kaku!! not in a sexual way tho..
My woman intuition says he's good in bed
No homo.
Jiangsu intuition is a feminine attribute.
"Are they born, or are they made?" That's a good question. I'd like to believe they can be made, because I'd love to be in control of who I become.
ASSBURGER SYNDROME?!
+OverLordGoldDragon XD lol "Asperger syndrom". I know I shouldn't take this seriously but I just couldn't help myself.
Shut up with insults
connection between prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe - that connection is accentuated in people who do abstract reasoning is thickened
Shake your kids, they will get better at math and science.
Love how michio kaku explained it
So every boxer is smart?
"Jonnie, why did you hit little Tommie's head with a baseball bat?"
"I was just making him smarter, I was following Dr. Kaku's scientific advice"
Asperger's Syndrome --- none of the big bang characters have it - Michio Kaku should stick to his area of expertise -this is an irresponsible clip and "think big" needs to do better or it will lose credibility.
Also the proof he demonstrated with respect to Einstein has never been substantiated ...
I don't think he was implying that all intelligent Scientists have asperger's.. the Big Bang characters are fictional remember?
thanks for the reminder YES they are fictional lol it was more a matter that he was modelling these fictional characters against those who have asperger's and he was incorrect on his modelling ...
***** He just said there is some truth to the portrayal of Scientists as socially awkward..
He's simply making an assumption (smart characters who are socially awkward may have Aspergers) in order to connect his discussion topic to a popular television show. Either he's doing it to make his topic more relatable, or he doesn't fully understand the psychology behind 'geek culture' and/or social outliers.
God damn it shelly! Michio is the best , go away now please
I feel like a big dink. I’ve been on u-stooge since the beginning and look who finds a new channel worth watching regularly. Der . . Der!