Savants are amazing. We’re still, just recently, only beginning to understand how and why they are the way they are. On top of that, some of the most important research and discoveries about alzheimer’s disease are directly linked to savant syndrome.
Below are a couple videos of a fascinating example of savant syndrome. Steven Wiltshire can draw an entire city after just one good look. And I don’t mean a skyline like every other artist, I mean the entire city.
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