Rainman dies

[WeedChuck]

The man who was the inspiration for the movie passed. A true savant. the man could read a novel once and have it memorised from beginning to end. I think life might suck if EVERYTHING you ever experienced was always crystal clear in memory.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34522229



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

 

[OjoRojo420]

Poor tormented soul...

I constantly smoke the good herb to help forget shit.

And this cat... Wow... no thanks...

 

[WeedChuck]

wow! now read just how .........man no words. R.I.P.

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

 

[whiterabbit9]

RIP

first time I hear of a guy named Kim

never saw the movie, but I guess this is a good occasion to see it

 

[iGro4Me]

His reading technique consisted of reading the left page with his left eye and the right page with his right eye and in this way he could read two pages at time with a rate of about 8-10 seconds per page.

Wow...

I've seen documentaries on this guy,I think it went beyond memorization, I think he was actually learning everything he read.

Which makes his gifts all that more amazing.

RIP brother twisted soul.

 

[Hold Your Fire]

RIP, Mr. Peek. A true inspiration.

 

[Dank99]

rip

 

[CaptainTrips]

I thought this was going to be about Dustin Hoffman lol....

 

[severian]

Wow...

I've seen documentaries on this guy,I think it went beyond memorization, I think he was actually learning everything he read.

Which makes his gifts all that more amazing.

RIP brother twisted soul.

Well, as a savant I don't think he truly learned it. He had the ability of total recall and memorizing everything he read, but if you were to ask him to make logical conclusions with the data he memorized he could or would have difficulties.

This doesn't mean that he was anything less than amazing.

 

[buckeye-leaf]

he was certainly amazing as i recall you could ask him a zipcode of any place in america and he knew it, WOW!

rip kim

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^I dont even know my zipcode

 

[quahog]

its real sad to see this. i've watched a few documentaries about this man before, and he was a fucking human computer.

what troubles me is that this probably wont receive nearly as much coverage as brittany murphy, or the next hollywood scumbag that dies.

rest in peace kim.

 

[iGro4Me]

Well, as a savant I don't think he truly learned it. He had the ability of total recall and memorizing everything he read, but if you were to ask him to make logical conclusions with the data he memorized he could or would have difficulties.

This doesn't mean that he was anything less than amazing.

I'm by no means an expert on the subject matter, but I did/do suffer from a mild form of autism.

I too have much better than average memory recall,and with that was able to learn more easily than most.Granted, the level of his disability was much higher of course, but in my case it was a distinct advantage while learning new subjects.

Yes, he had all that information and no way to actually utilize or extrapolate....shame.

Peace,

Gro

 

[Kola Radical]

Thank you rainman... Kmart does suck.

 

[Sportster]

A glimpse of Mr Peeks---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2T45r5G3kA&feature=related

 

[bird]

damn thats sad to hear right at christmas

 

[bs0]

I never knew the movie had real inspiration. That man sounds incredible.

 

[kmk420kali]

RIP

first time I hear of a guy named Kim

never saw the movie, but I guess this is a good occasion to see it

You will not regret it!! It is a truly great movie--
RIP to Kim Peek--