Savants, Geniuses, and ‘Mutants’ By Courtney Robinson and Dalton Pittis

What is a Savant and What Defines It? A person of profound or extensive learning A very learned scholar Mainly learned in a specialized field Can be anything from music to math to art Definition from:

Examples of A Savant Matt Savage—Played Jazz professionally at the age of 13 Daniel Tammet—Can recite pi up to 22,500 digits and can “see” visual images of numbers Kim Peek—Remembers 98.7% of anything he reads Stephen Wiltshire— “the human camera” has amazing photographic memory

Facts About Savants Only about 50% of savants have autism but only 10% of autistic people have savant syndrome Cause thought to be the right-brain making up for a left-brain injury

What Defines a Genius? A person having an extra-extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140 An exceptional natural capacity of intellect Definition from:

Examples of Geniuses Leonardo Da Vinci—Painted Mona Lisa and Last Supper (most famous) Albert Einstein—Theory of Relativity, Unique field theory Galileo Galilei—Astronomical observations and studies of uniform accelerated motion Charles Darwin—Discovered that evolution occurs

Facts About Geniuses They tend to be extreme perfectionists and very productive (Genius) ‘whatever you do, there’s always a better way of doing it’ perspective (Genius) In ancient Rome, geniuses were the guiding spirit or tutoring deity for families, places, or people. (Genius)

What Defines a Mutant? An animal, organism, or gene that has undergone mutations -A mutation is a change or alteration -A sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or chromosome. Definition from:

Examples of Mutants Ron White—trained 6 hours a day to become a “human computer” Tim Cridland—Meditated and claims he can “switch off his pain nerves” Scott Flansburg—The fastest man on earth to do calculations in his head Kenny Muhammad—can “simultaneously produce and overlay multiple instruments” Examples from:

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