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Amazing mathematical feat
This just baffles me. A guy can calculate, in his head, the 13th root of a 200-digit number in 72 seconds.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_root
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That is pretty nuts...man, I wish I could do that! I used to practice multiplying largeish numbers in my head, but those guys are on a completely different level:-P
A real mathematical feat-- check out Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, which was thought to be unsolveable. He worked on it for 7 straight years, without telling anyone else what he was up to, which is highly unusual.
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I have an uncle with Autism that can do stuff like that (and much more). Its pretty amazing.
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Are these people idiot savants?
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They're smarter than me. I'm jealous of anyone who can understand and manipulate mathematics. Is "manipulate" even the correct word?
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Stories like this make me feel like Ralph:
 Ralph: Lisa, what's the answer to number seven? Lisa: Sorry, Ralph. That would defeat the purpose of testing as a means of student evaluation. Ralph: My cat's name is Mittens
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There's a big difference between "arithmetic" and "mathematics".
Still a pretty cool feat though.
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I'll believe it when I see it...
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Not as useful as an amazing foot.
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+1 A lot of my non nerd friends think that I must be an idiot at my job since I obviously can't do arithmetic.
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Was this the same individual challenged to learn Icelandic in a week? According to a documentary he did exactly that and went on an Icelandic talk show to be interviewed (in Icelandic)
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I'm not sure, but from what I gather, he's trying to learn 40-100 languages. Now *that* is impressive....
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Hilarious!
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Try this:
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