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- Dictionaryidiot savant/ˌiːdɪəʊ saˈvɒ̃/
noun
- 1. a person who has an exceptional aptitude in one particular field, such as music or mathematics, despite having significant impairment in other areas of intellectual or social functioning.
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Sep 22, 2024 · Terms that were once common, like “hysteria” or “idiot savant,” have been retired to the linguistic nursing home. New terms emerge as our understanding of mental health grows and changes. Destigmatizing mental health terminology is crucial.
Sep 13, 2024 · Savant syndrome, rare condition wherein a person of less than normal intelligence or severely limited emotional range has prodigious intellectual gifts in a specific area. Mathematical, musical, artistic, and mechanical abilities have been among the talents demonstrated by savants.
Sep 9, 2024 · From groundbreaking scientists like Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla to modern prodigies like Christopher Hirata and Marilyn vos Savant, these 11 geniuses are among the smartest people in world history. Countless geniuses have made their mark on history, but who was the smartest person in the world? It’s a difficult thing to measure.
2 days ago · A person who seems like an idiot or simpleton, who may speak inarticulate nonsense in one moment, only to later show wisdom later on. The fool's mocking humour shows his ability to understand events or speak blunt truths to a leader.
5 days ago · There were a lot of coloured chords in there - major 7ths and 6ths. Imagine music theory is a towering black monolith and I’m a monkey sitting in its shadow at a toy piano. Poking the keys with a banana. I was pretty much a hillbilly punk, an idiot savant, hold the savant, and most of this was beyond me.
Sep 11, 2024 · Today, he is often casually described as autistic, probably partly because of his inclusion in Darold Treffert’s Extraordinary People (1989), which discusses savant syndrome (sometimes also called autistic savant syndrome). 21 However, the early nineteenth-century accounts agree only that he had a “weak constitution of body” and was ...
21 hours ago · The history of autism spans over a century; [ 1 ] autism has been subject to varying treatments, being pathologized or being viewed as a beneficial part of human neurodiversity. [ 2 ] The understanding of autism has been shaped by cultural, scientific, and societal factors, and its perception and treatment change over time as scientific ...
