Jason Padgett was the victim of a vicious beating outside a karaoke bar in 2002. The next day, he woke up and was a math genius. This is a short piece about Acquired Savant Syndrome, a condition in which dormant savant skills emerge after a brain injury or disease [13:41]

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That's really interesting, the brain being able to optimize itself and replace functionality in edge cases rather than just running all half assed due to the damage. It'd be a shame to lose that circuitry.

Hhahaa yeah designer babies due to the resurgence of lobotomy. Junk science no more!