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Terry B
18-11-2011, 09:14 PM
How to take the mentals we learnt at school to an extreme.:thumbsup:
http://www.wimp.com/excitingmath/

stopusinmyid
18-11-2011, 09:38 PM
That is just unbelievable. If only I had 1/15 of his knowledge.

Stardrifter_WA
18-11-2011, 10:00 PM
That is totally amazing. :eyepop: The man must have a microchip in his brain.

deejayvee
19-11-2011, 10:00 AM
Very impressive :)

mishku
19-11-2011, 11:11 AM
Just brilliant! :thumbsup:

mswhin63
19-11-2011, 05:58 PM
It is great, I have been learning mental mathematics for only a short while and am surprised by it ease. Although a lot of practice is required.

http://www.screencast.com/users/nerfherder/folders/Mental%20Math%20Secrets%20-%20Your%20Secret%20Weapon%20for%20S uccess

It is also an iPhone app.

TrevorW
20-11-2011, 08:56 AM
That seems to all add up !!!

gary
20-11-2011, 11:22 AM
Thanks Terry,

I have seen this chap before but the performance continues to dazzle and astound.

Where he admits to at times using mnemonics to act as proxies for large numbers
seems to be a common technique used by people that perform these type of
mental feats, such as those who can memorize the order of a deck of shuffled
cards. It probably gives some clue into how our brains organize and store
information.

I would not be surprised if gram for gram, the weight of these people's brains
is probably no different to the rest of us and it makes one wonder if the
difference between what we regard as average and what we regard as genius turns
out to be just a very small difference in some of the wiring. Perhaps one day
we will know.

Thanks again for the link.