The speaker in the video associates numbers and alphabets with colours and sounds which raises the common question: "Do humans "know" things through associating them with colours, sounds and other senses?" In essence, I believe that this depends on the background of the individual since the upbringing of many individuals are extremely different, hence many people are influenced in various ways. Our learning is one of the most highly influential aspect of our lives since it shapes the way we identify objects in our environment as well as the way in which our brain processes the information from interactions in our environment.
Tammet discusses how different ways of perceiving, affects our ways of gaining knoeledge. Tammet uses his knowledge of colours, words and numbers in such away, that he conjoins them with one another. For example. the colour blue, may in his mind, correlate to the number 5. This could be the result of a prior moment in his life where the first time he ever saw the number 5, it was written in blue. All this results in a much more eidetic way of thinking.
In the video, Tammet discusses how he sees and writes numbers and words. He shows how for him, everyone word has an emotion, creating the question "how do you choose what emotion goes with what word?". He has his own methods of finding things. Doing math, analysing texts. What I would like to ask him is, what number do I look like?, that would be interesting to see what I am percieved as instead of body.
In this video, the speaker discusses the different ways in which he perceives the world, and how things like words some inherent meaning that can be perceived from the sound made by that word, or that numbers can have a colour, shape or personality associated with them, possibly due to experiences in early childhood. He demonstrates that there are certain things in language that we would perceive as 'complete' or 'right', like the extract he showed in the video. In general, I believe that his message was that one should not be confined to a single way of thinking, rather, thinking in more creative ways can often be better.
In the video, the speaker, Daniel Tammet, discusses how his condition of synesthesia affects the way he perceives and associates numbers, words and alphabets as different colors and shapes. He discusses the idea that different ways of perceiving will create different ways of knowing. I found the video interesting as it shows a different way of perceiving, breaking down and understanding things in parts through associations with emotions and memory, which was a very interesting concept to me.
Daniel Tammet offers us his understanding of the world through his perception. His speech works to broaden our horizons and inspires us to think outside our conventional thoughts. For example; how he associates numbers and colors with different shapes and visions. He makes us question our ways of knowing. It seems that he himself has different ways of knowing and appreciating common terms within our society. Perhaps he is encouraging the audience to see simple things or texts in a different light. And to attempt to find a greater meaning and association with what we are trying to address. Overall I believe his main messege is to encourage people to live openly and not restrict ourselves from different ways of perceiving daily tasks and symbols.
Daniel Taummet, a man diagnosed with Autism, gives a powerful speech on what he describes as his own "self-awareness and a mastery of language". Given that this is rare within autism, he discusses the different ways of knowing. He gives us a detailed insight through his eyes; how he writes both numbers and words, views colour, shapes and how everything relates together. Whereas we see them for their inherent meaning, Tammet sees a correlation between random words, for example, purple can be processed as being related to a car. He displays reasoning as to why there is not one "right" way of knowledge, but rather, that there are many creative outlets available to us and how it shapes who we are as an individual.
Daniel Taummet uses his synaesthea to show us how there are many ways to perceive our world. Where we see numbers, he sees collections of colours-both are perfectly valid ways of interpreting mathematics, and as he shows with his example of easily working out 64x75 , it is perfectly possible to perform mathematical calculations using purely visual methods. Changing your perception can be very useful and more efficient than traditional methods-I think that his message here is to not be bound to a single learned way of perceiving things. This is particularly important because perception leads to preconceptions and connotations. By freeing one's mind from immediately judging something, they can be more creative and perhaps see new things in the seemingly mundane.
In this video, the speaker, Daniel Taummet discusses how he knows things in his own perception. He shows us how he sees numbers by linking them with colours, shapes and characters. For example, he describes the number 6 with a drawing of a small black dot as a very tiny black hole. Not just numbers, but Taummet also sees words with colours, emotions and textures. Moreover, he explains how he solves a mathematical problem by using a very creative and effective solution that he has come up with himself.
In my opinion, Taummet reason of giving this speech is because he wanted to think outside the box. Everyone can have their own way of thinking and knowing things.
In the video, Daniel Tammet talks about his condition and how it affects his perception of things and thus his knowledge. He has what is called synaesthea which means the way he perceives words is accompanied by its each own individual colour, emotion and personality. He talks about how different kids of perceiving create different kinds of knowing and understanding. He can feel the answer to questions and sense the meaning of words because of the way he perceives things. He also says how personal perceptions are at the heart of how we acquire knowledge and that aesthetic judgements rather tan abstract reasoning guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know. He also explains how there are different types of knowledge and how they intertwine with each other for example he talks about how language evolves in such a way that the sounds of the language correspond with the subjective intuitive experience of the listener.
In the video, writer Daniel Tammet talks about his condition of a high functioning autistic survivor. He talks about perception and brings out how writer Anton Chekhov kept a note book which shined light on little details that other people miss. He than brings out about what he writes. In his books he explores the nature of perception brand how different kinds of perceiving creates different kinds of knowledge. For example he sees the numbers in colors and shapes and words in colors and emotions. He discuses how language and words can be perceived differently but also similarly between a large population of people.
Daniel Tammet gave a powerful and moving speech about living with autism and being synaesthetic. He discusses his own special way of perceiving the world, and the way he acquires knowledge by seeing the world in different colors and shapes. He shows us that there are many ways of knowing, and there are no "right" ways of knowing. The speech was very interesting and showed me how to think in a more creative and alternative way.
Author of,” Born on a Blue Day", Daniel Tammet talks about his savant condition allowing him to have increased perception awareness as well as an uncanny ability to recall given numbers and or sequences. He also mentions famous Russian author, “Anton Chekhov," who like Daniel suffered from the same syndrome. He reflects on Anton's notebook and the fact how Anton had the ability to notice things that many others wouldn't have. Perception then becomes the main topic of Daniel's talk and how he pairs colours to words and uses the colour to describe characteristics of the word. He also can remember sequences of numbers and uses shapes to depict numbers. Overall I found the talk very interesting and I'm intrigued as to what ordinary objects look like from his perspective.
In the video, Daniel Tammet talked about “synthaesthsia” which adds colors, shapes and emotions to numbers and words, and I was little surprised since I have never heard such a perception. In the speech, it was stressed that the different perception creates the different knowledge since the way of acquiring knowledge is unique, and I totally agree with the idea. In the speech, Daniel Tammet used squares to solve 64 x 75 and also explained how he used them to solve it; however, the that was totally garbled for me since I did not even think of that in multiplying two numbers. I then realized each person has different knowledge in consequence of different perception.
He talks about his different ways of viewing the world and how he likes to work with pictures and graphics in his work. I haven't heard of people interpreting numbers as pictures and colors, that was a unique way of knowing. It showed me how to think in a more open minded way instead of always thinking in the box
Daniel Tammet gave an insight on how autistic people see the world. He displays how he see's what we call "normal", differently. He shows his own perception of numbers and art. These all seem weird to us whereas numbers look normal to us but to him it looks completely different. It goes to show that there isn't really a way of knowing whats right or to be more exact what is right can change depending on the person. Like the color red to me may be completely different to a colorblind person but this doesn't make either of us wrong.
Bryan, I found your analysis on Tammet's synaesthetic perception incredibly intriguing. I agree with you somewhat on your description of Tammet's ways of perceiving as 'weird'. Incredibly well thought out response
Well. My overall opinion on the speech is neutral. The problem is I haven't learnt anything nor have the speech actually said anything. To conclude with such a boring point "The world is richer and vaster than it often seems to be" is similar to saying "Theres things you wont notice" which is common sense.
The speaker in the video associates numbers and alphabets with colours and sounds which raises the common question: "Do humans "know" things through associating them with colours, sounds and other senses?" In essence, I believe that this depends on the background of the individual since the upbringing of many individuals are extremely different, hence many people are influenced in various ways. Our learning is one of the most highly influential aspect of our lives since it shapes the way we identify objects in our environment as well as the way in which our brain processes the information from interactions in our environment.
ReplyDeleteTammet discusses how different ways of perceiving, affects our ways of gaining knoeledge. Tammet uses his knowledge of colours, words and numbers in such away, that he conjoins them with one another. For example. the colour blue, may in his mind, correlate to the number 5. This could be the result of a prior moment in his life where the first time he ever saw the number 5, it was written in blue. All this results in a much more eidetic way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteIn the video, Tammet discusses how he sees and writes numbers and words. He shows how for him, everyone word has an emotion, creating the question "how do you choose what emotion goes with what word?". He has his own methods of finding things. Doing math, analysing texts. What I would like to ask him is, what number do I look like?, that would be interesting to see what I am percieved as instead of body.
ReplyDeleteIn this video, the speaker discusses the different ways in which he perceives the world, and how things like words some inherent meaning that can be perceived from the sound made by that word, or that numbers can have a colour, shape or personality associated with them, possibly due to experiences in early childhood. He demonstrates that there are certain things in language that we would perceive as 'complete' or 'right', like the extract he showed in the video. In general, I believe that his message was that one should not be confined to a single way of thinking, rather, thinking in more creative ways can often be better.
ReplyDeleteIn the video, the speaker, Daniel Tammet, discusses how his condition of synesthesia affects the way he perceives and associates numbers, words and alphabets as different colors and shapes. He discusses the idea that different ways of perceiving will create different ways of knowing. I found the video interesting as it shows a different way of perceiving, breaking down and understanding things in parts through associations with emotions and memory, which was a very interesting concept to me.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Tammet offers us his understanding of the world through his perception. His speech works to broaden our horizons and inspires us to think outside our conventional thoughts. For example; how he associates numbers and colors with different shapes and visions. He makes us question our ways of knowing. It seems that he himself has different ways of knowing and appreciating common terms within our society. Perhaps he is encouraging the audience to see simple things or texts in a different light. And to attempt to find a greater meaning and association with what we are trying to address.
ReplyDeleteOverall I believe his main messege is to encourage people to live openly and not restrict ourselves from different ways of perceiving daily tasks and symbols.
Daniel Taummet, a man diagnosed with Autism, gives a powerful speech on what he describes as his own "self-awareness and a mastery of language". Given that this is rare within autism, he discusses the different ways of knowing. He gives us a detailed insight through his eyes; how he writes both numbers and words, views colour, shapes and how everything relates together. Whereas we see them for their inherent meaning, Tammet sees a correlation between random words, for example, purple can be processed as being related to a car. He displays reasoning as to why there is not one "right" way of knowledge, but rather, that there are many creative outlets available to us and how it shapes who we are as an individual.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Taummet uses his synaesthea to show us how there are many ways to perceive our world. Where we see numbers, he sees collections of colours-both are perfectly valid ways of interpreting mathematics, and as he shows with his example of easily working out 64x75 , it is perfectly possible to perform mathematical calculations using purely visual methods. Changing your perception can be very useful and more efficient than traditional methods-I think that his message here is to not be bound to a single learned way of perceiving things. This is particularly important because perception leads to preconceptions and connotations. By freeing one's mind from immediately judging something, they can be more creative and perhaps see new things in the seemingly mundane.
ReplyDeleteIn this video, the speaker, Daniel Taummet discusses how he knows things in his own perception. He shows us how he sees numbers by linking them with colours, shapes and characters. For example, he describes the number 6 with a drawing of a small black dot as a very tiny black hole. Not just numbers, but Taummet also sees words with colours, emotions and textures. Moreover, he explains how he solves a mathematical problem by using a very creative and effective solution that he has come up with himself.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Taummet reason of giving this speech is because he wanted to think outside the box. Everyone can have their own way of thinking and knowing things.
In the video, Daniel Tammet talks about his condition and how it affects his perception of things and thus his knowledge. He has what is called synaesthea which means the way he perceives words is accompanied by its each own individual colour, emotion and personality. He talks about how different kids of perceiving create different kinds of knowing and understanding. He can feel the answer to questions and sense the meaning of words because of the way he perceives things. He also says how personal perceptions are at the heart of how we acquire knowledge and that aesthetic judgements rather tan abstract reasoning guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know. He also explains how there are different types of knowledge and how they intertwine with each other for example he talks about how language evolves in such a way that the sounds of the language correspond with the subjective intuitive experience of the listener.
ReplyDeleteIn the video, writer Daniel Tammet talks about his condition of a high functioning autistic survivor. He talks about perception and brings out how writer Anton Chekhov kept a note book which shined light on little details that other people miss.
ReplyDeleteHe than brings out about what he writes. In his books he explores the nature of perception brand how different kinds of perceiving creates different kinds of knowledge. For example he sees the numbers in colors and shapes and words in colors and emotions. He discuses how language and words can be perceived differently but also similarly between a large population of people.
Daniel Tammet gave a powerful and moving speech about living with autism and being synaesthetic. He discusses his own special way of perceiving the world, and the way he acquires knowledge by seeing the world in different colors and shapes. He shows us that there are many ways of knowing, and there are no "right" ways of knowing. The speech was very interesting and showed me how to think in a more creative and alternative way.
ReplyDeleteAuthor of,” Born on a Blue Day", Daniel Tammet talks about his savant condition allowing him to have increased perception awareness as well as an uncanny ability to recall given numbers and or sequences. He also mentions famous Russian author, “Anton Chekhov," who like Daniel suffered from the same syndrome. He reflects on Anton's notebook and the fact how Anton had the ability to notice things that many others wouldn't have. Perception then becomes the main topic of Daniel's talk and how he pairs colours to words and uses the colour to describe characteristics of the word. He also can remember sequences of numbers and uses shapes to depict numbers. Overall I found the talk very interesting and I'm intrigued as to what ordinary objects look like from his perspective.
ReplyDeleteIn the video, Daniel Tammet talked about “synthaesthsia” which adds colors, shapes and emotions to numbers and words, and I was little surprised since I have never heard such a perception. In the speech, it was stressed that the different perception creates the different knowledge since the way of acquiring knowledge is unique, and I totally agree with the idea. In the speech, Daniel Tammet used squares to solve 64 x 75 and also explained how he used them to solve it; however, the that was totally garbled for me since I did not even think of that in multiplying two numbers. I then realized each person has different knowledge in consequence of different perception.
ReplyDeleteHe talks about his different ways of viewing the world and how he likes to work with pictures and graphics in his work. I haven't heard of people interpreting numbers as pictures and colors, that was a unique way of knowing. It showed me how to think in a more open minded way instead of always thinking in the box
ReplyDeleteDaniel Tammet gave an insight on how autistic people see the world. He displays how he see's what we call "normal", differently. He shows his own perception of numbers and art. These all seem weird to us whereas numbers look normal to us but to him it looks completely different. It goes to show that there isn't really a way of knowing whats right or to be more exact what is right can change depending on the person. Like the color red to me may be completely different to a colorblind person but this doesn't make either of us wrong.
ReplyDeleteBryan, I found your analysis on Tammet's synaesthetic perception incredibly intriguing. I agree with you somewhat on your description of Tammet's ways of perceiving as 'weird'. Incredibly well thought out response
DeleteWell. My overall opinion on the speech is neutral. The problem is I haven't learnt anything nor have the speech actually said anything. To conclude with such a boring point "The world is richer and vaster than it often seems to be" is similar to saying "Theres things you wont notice" which is common sense.
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