Accidental Genius

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Savants are people with great abilities. George is the first example in the video because he is able to recall every day of the year and makes great calculations; he even knows the populations for the states in the US. Unfortunately for him he has a great advantage but also had a great disadvantage, he wasn't able to socialize with others. George's accident occurred when he was young and stared at the rows and columns of a calendar in which he could recall the days of the next month and it was just natural for him. The difference between savants and genius is that savants are handicap, having a disability but a very high intelligence, unlike the genius that they don't have this disability. Kim Peek is another great example of a savant because he is able to memorize a book completely just after reading it and as George he can also name days of the calendar. Another case they relate to us is the case of Tommy because he had an accident because two of his arteries burst in his brain, but he was saved in a hospital. This accident revealed a compulsion towards art, something he had never done before. The case of these people has given scientists enough information to know that savants can be created from a brain injury or if they come from childhood diseases.