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1、LEARNTOTHINKBETTER:TIPSFROMASAVANTYOUMAYNEVERHAVETHEMEMORYOFRAINMAN,BUTYOUCANSTILLGETTIPSFORIMPROVINGYOURCOGNITIVEPERFORMANCEFROMTHISEXTRAORDINARYTHINKERByJonahLehrerDanielTammet,whocanrecitethefirst22,514digitsofthemathematicalconstantpi.JeromeTabetMOREFROMTHISISSUEOFMINDThisauthorhastwobooks
2、,BornonaBlueDayandEmbracingtheWideSky,thelatterofwhichcameoutinJanuary.HeisalsoalinguistandholdstheEuropeanrecordforrecitingthefirst22,514digitsofthemathematicalconstantpi.ScientificAmericanMindcontributingeditorJonahLehrerchatswithTammetaboutthewayhismemoryworks,whytheIQtestisoverrated,andapo
3、ssibleexplanationforextraordinaryfeatsofcreativity.ScientificAmericanMind:Yourrecentmemoir,BornonaBlueDay,documentedyourlifeasanautisticsavant.Youdescribe,forexample,howyouareabletoquicklylearnnewlanguagesandrememberscenesfromyearsearlierincinematicdetail.Areyoueversurprisedbyyourownabilities?
4、DanielTammet:Ihavealwaysthoughtofabstractinformation—numbers,forexample—invisual,dynamicform.Numbersassumecomplex,multidimensionalshapesinmyheadthatImanipulatetoformthesolutiontosumsorcomparewhendeterminingwhethertheyareprimeornot.Forlanguages,Idosomethingsimilarintermsofthinkingofwordsasbelon
5、gingtoclustersofmeaningsothateachpieceofvocabularymakessenseaccordingtoitsplaceinmymentalarchitectureforthatlanguage.Inthisway,Icaneasilydiscernrelationsbetweenwords,whichhelpsmetorememberthem.Inmymind,numbersandwordsarefarmorethansquigglesofinkonapage.Theyhaveform,color,texture,andsoon.Theyco
6、mealivetome,whichiswhyasayoungchildIthoughtofthemasmy“friends.”Ithinkthisiswhymymemoryisverydeep,becausetheinformationisnotstatic.IsayinmybookthatIdonotcrunchnumbers(likeacomputer).RatherIdancewiththem.Noneofthisisparticularlysurprisingforme.Ihavealwaysthoughtinthiswaysoitseemsentirelynatural.
7、WhatIdofindsurprisingisthatotherpeopledonotthinkinthesameway.IfindithardtoimagineaworldwherenumbersandwordsarenothowIexperiencethem!Mind:InEmbracingtheWideSky,youcriticizetheIQtestasavastoversimplificationofintelligence.Youwrite:“Therei
