Now here is a human being who I find nothing short of fascinating.

For those who are not aware, Stephen is an artist who was diagnosed with autism when he was three years of age. He has become fairly well known for his ability to draw detail perfect images of real landscapes from a mere glance, including aerial images of several major cities after as much as one helicopter ride.



It's out of respect for his art that I post his thread in this subsection, but what really interests me about this individual is the speed at which he can process reality, earning him the name "The human camera".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiltshire

http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/

I think I read about this guy in a book. It's hard to believe that someone can do that..but not really that hard. The brain has such potential.

Indeed obviously its very possible. Take skim-reading for example.

It's quite common for a developed human being, should they seek to do so, to be able to learn to skim-read. The mechanism on a basic level is the same, but only requires recognition of a predetermined set of characters.

Compare to that the shades and arrangement of the vast fabric of this planet... It fascinates me.

Was the book "Left in the dark" BTW?

Yeah I've definitely read about this in left in the dark before. Wiltshire is pretty amazing! Whats more mind blowing is that if that theory is correct this sort of thing is only the tip of the ice berg

You guys will probably find this interesting, i found it on some random site and its a bunch of interesting people: link

I also read this little thing on cracked.com a few days ago that has more on Wiltshire and others with really mind blowing abilities

^^ impressive.

I will be reading Left in the Dark soon. But don't forget the books by Oliver Sacks. The first (and arguably best) accounts of incredible savants abilities were his.