Autistic man draws near-perfect panormic view of Rome

PhoenixFire · 06-05-2007, 10:28 AM

A British man with Autism flies over Rome once in a helicopter and is able to recreate a huge, near-perfect panorama of the city. It takes him three days to complete his drawing.

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shortpitched713 · 06-05-2007, 02:26 PM

Holy ****, that man is gifted!

andyc · 06-05-2007, 03:03 PM

Haha, that's crazy.

nightprowler10 · 06-05-2007, 03:54 PM

Whoa.

PY · 06-05-2007, 04:25 PM

That's utterly insane. What a talent.

Craig · 06-05-2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PY

That's utterly insane. What a talent.

Agreed, I could never do that in a million lifetimes.

It would be hard enough to do with one photographs of the place, let alone just by doing a fly over and doing by memory. That is amazing.

Adamc · 06-05-2007, 07:41 PM

Autistic savants tend to be able to do pretty incredible things. I suggest you read Oliver Sacks' An Anthropologist on Mars or The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat if it's something that interests you. Edit: in fact the guy in that video was one of his patients and there is an essay about him in An Anthropologist on Mars.

pasag · 06-05-2007, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Adamc

Autistic savants tend to be able to do pretty incredible things. I suggest you read Oliver Sacks' An Anthropologist on Mars or The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat if it's something that interests you. Edit: in fact the guy in that video was one of his patients and there is an essay about him in An Anthropologist on Mars.

Have that on my bookshelf, will give it a go.

vic_orthdox · 06-05-2007, 10:10 PM

Would love to see the reaction when someone points out the tiny mistake that makes it only "near-perfect".

SJS · 06-05-2007, 11:11 PM

I am stunned !!

andmark · 07-05-2007, 01:52 AM

Well I can't do that.

Neil Pickup · 07-05-2007, 01:55 AM

Autism can be incredible sometimes.

jot1 · 07-05-2007, 02:21 AM

Geez, wonder how his arm and hand felt when he was finished?

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Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

Would love to see the reaction when someone points out the tiny mistake that makes it only "near-perfect".

Some of you guys are so sharp.

andyc · 07-05-2007, 02:51 AM

There's a whole bunch of videos involving him with different cities on youtube, as a quick search reveals. According to wiki, this one of Tokyo is the biggest, at 10 metres long.

Perm · 07-05-2007, 02:58 AM

What the ****

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Adamc Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: in the wind, so to speak Posts: 9,128	Autistic savants tend to be able to do pretty incredible things. I suggest you read Oliver Sacks' An Anthropologist on Mars or The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat if it's something that interests you. Edit: in fact the guy in that video was one of his patients and there is an essay about him in An Anthropologist on Mars.

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vic_orthdox Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 24,363	Would love to see the reaction when someone points out the tiny mistake that makes it only "near-perfect".

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SJS Hall of Fame Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mumbai India Posts: 19,170	I am stunned !!

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andyc Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 23,218	There's a whole bunch of videos involving him with different cities on youtube, as a quick search reveals. According to wiki, this one of Tokyo is the biggest, at 10 metres long.

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