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Today we're exploring the difference between geniuses by birth like Kim Peek, the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's Rain Man, and savants who have acquired their skills.

I wonder if there’s a way for all of us to tap into that genius – I can barely remember where I left my coffee right after I’ve made it.

Sources:

[Genius by birth?]
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/27peek.html
https://youtu.be/eKC03VHl29c
https://youtu.be/36K1HQvUdWg
https://youtu.be/TBMCCqso8ag
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7btPCcdNniyf0ArS/giphy.mp4

[Autistic Savants]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2677584/
https://youtu.be/5oyZJDBUzWc
https://youtu.be/KFzyKNfoNtc
https://youtu.be/7zDmlkn1gbQ
https://youtu.be/TvRhfaouBHs
https://youtu.be/D_nTi4auLZE
https://youtu.be/G4Hwsz1sQmc
http://focusproductions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Kim-Peek-meets-Dustin-Hoffman-who-plays-him-in-the-film-Rainman.jpg
https://media.giphy.com/media/3gtbfq9iNgaKA/giphy.mp4
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CNnZvI2yR48/TZnRDt-oaEI/AAAAAAAAHTE/VA4NvWfRMi4/s1600/esclave_Alexis_de_Tocqueville.jpg
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e9c76406e2cc255455f8a784eb318461f02bba3b/c=0-50-1500-2050/local/-/media/2016/02/16/WIGroup/FondduLac/635912420970131909-Treffert-Dr-Darold-5x7-Color.jpg
https://youtu.be/gvuz0BVy5TM
https://www.videvo.net/video/baby-in-pushchair-03/6189/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kim_Peek_on_Jan_16,_2007.png
https://youtu.be/-O2eH0UzyHI
https://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/sites/default/files/styles/free_w768_-_esm_2018/public/documentimages/20328424.jpg
https://youtu.be/q9r0XgTfnpQ

[Acquired Savants]
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25048/amazing-stories-6-sudden-savants
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/feeling-too-much/201408/islands-genius-how-savants-do-what-they-do
https://youtu.be/y0q4QFSH6DE
https://youtu.be/clCFozAoBKY
https://youtu.be/9VhEniT-wSA