Kim Peek Passes on,, NASA listen up please. (Rain Man)
Although he was the inspiration for "Rain Man" and Hoffman actually studied him before starting the movie, Kim Peek was not autistic. He was born with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum.
While the movie made many more people aware of autism, it had the downside that people thought ALL people with autism had an major outstanding savant talent.
I wrote a handout for an autism rally about 10 years ago entitled "AUTISTIC", No Not Like in Rain Man".
If I can find it, I will pass it along.
"Rain Man" Muse Dies of Heart Attack
Kim Peek, 58, Inspired Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-Winning Role in 1988 Film, Classified as "Mega-Savant"
(AP) The man who inspired the title character in the Oscar-winning movie "Rain Man" has died.
Kim Peek was 58. His father, Fran, says Peek had a major heart attack Saturday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray.
Peek was a savant with a remarkable memory and inspired writer Barry Morrow when he wrote "Rain Man," the 1988 movie that won four Academy Awards.
Fran Peek said his son met Morrow at a convention in the early 1980s and the writer was taken with Peek's knack for retaining everything he heard. Morrow wrote the script, and the movie went on to win Oscars for best film and best actor for Dustin Hoffman, whose repetitive rants about being an excellent driver and the "People's Court" about to start were a hit with moviegoers.
Although the character was technically fictional, Fran Peek said his son was every bit as amazing as Hoffman's portrayal of him. And Kim's true character showed when he toured the world, helping dispel misconceptions about mental disabilities.
"It was just unbelievable, all the things that he knew," Fran Peek said Monday. "He traveled 5,500 miles short 3 million air miles and talked to nearly 60 million people - half have been students."
In his later years, Peek was classified as a "mega-savant" who was a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates. But his motor skills were limited; he couldn't perform some simple tasks like dressing himself.
NASA scientists had been studying Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain would help explain his mental capabilities.
Fran Peek says the funeral will be next Tuesday in Taylorsville. Details were pending.
In his later years, Peek was classified as a "mega-savant" who was a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates. But his motor skills were limited; he couldn't perform some simple tasks like dressing himself.
NASA scientists had been studying Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain would help explain his mental capabilities.
The Above was a post from the Yahoo Group ASN
From Rich Shull, host of the blog Pre Rain Man Autism
My Condolences to the Peek family.
As for NASA and others types of GURU's trying to figure out our obvious,, They have their heart in the right spot but until they have seen the sub level thought process in motion and learned like we have to use those daydream type thoughts they are simply on the wrong planet to figure out our obvious. As I say the even the best and brightest regular minds think in short cut thoughts (AKA NORMAL THOUGHTS) so that means the normal thoughts you use are the short cut thoughts that we learn when people autistic like me, finally over come autism. I suspect If NASA had a clue to our deep picture thoughts that happen during our lack of eye contact thoughts , they would see why Mr Peek had so much knowledge. If you can imagine one of your vivid dreams or daydreams and multiply that 20 fold and make that your everyday thought process you would know why Mr Peek was so smart.
At the same time Mr. Peek like autistic people in general was using his very limited human brain power in non traditional ways. EVERY human has the savant ability in their 'code' its just never tapped. If NASA or others could hook monitors to our brains and watch the thoughts form, our day dream picture thoughts form they would be shocked to see Mr Peek's thoughts were all laid out in picture form in a version of your day dreams. NASA would also learn the human mind is not limit-less or all that smart actually and Mr Peek's brain power was used for knowledge and there was not enough of it left for simple "things" like dressing or being really social.
The great fooler of Autism or Genius and the underlying thought system that makes us "so smart" and also such social idiots at times lies in the autism thought process that takes place during the lack of eye contact when we really should be thinking with our default sub level daydream based thoughts. These have never been in a text book before and Temple Grandin's Thinking in Pictures is the closest thing in print I have seen that explains them. Since most traditional people don't have a clue to the sub level thoughts she is describing her book and its knowledge fell on deaf ears. No amount of peer review, or even the late Dr. Rimland, had a clue. This thought process while totally natrual for us ,and is the base for your thoughts has never been discovered as of yet. High functioning autistic build on her work and Savants even take our picture thoughts (your daydream thoughts) much further to the point where humans don't even have enough brain power left to be social.
The shocker of the mind figured out is humans will not be impressed with their mind. It is so primative so evolutionary and so lackluster that no one will admit to it when man does figure it out, like we have. Indeed, there are the next 1000 chapters in psychology waiting in the wings of figured out autism, all figured out but unless the experts experience our kind of thoughts first hand they don't have a clue they are clueless and looking up the wrong tree for the wrong thing. Experience is the only teacher.
Here are some fun facts and the reason why the experts and the Savants themselves remain "hidden in plain sight".
)))) Our thought process is invisible to you and takes place during our lack of eye contact. Ideally autism people should be able to be thinking in Picutre thoughts, Once we learn those; nomral thoughts like you use result.
)))If you don't think you think in Picutres -you do- Have you ever been forced to say "I can picutre "it" but can't place the name? If so you just looked into the sublevel picutre thoughts that your mind tapps into all the time. Your OPTIC vision was OFF and you were looking at a minds eye picutre of something? That same Minds Eye picture makes (you see its stunning detail) is what fosters our Einstein ,Rain Man , Savant thoughts, as we are simply "reading to you" ,our picture thought. We think by default with those mids eye picutres all the time and need to learn to short cut those and then normal thoughts work as you know them.
)))) Few Autistic people realize their OPTIC and Brain generated vison is Interchanged. Many autistic never figure this out and just learn a weak version of normal thoughts on their own by happenstance and eventually function.
)))) Optic vision (eyes) and Brain generated vision (daydream thoughts for lack of better words) we think with interchange and we 'don't know ' our eyes are off and we are looking at our brain generated thoughts we are supposed to think with. There is NO divide or break point between those thoughts so the autistic person usually doesn't have a clue we our eyes are off and the optic vision has been replaced with a very similar Picture thought.
)))) Picture thoughts only last typically for a few milliseconds (unless they are developed into genius things),we display the lack of eye contact when this happens. Again they interchange freely with optic vision. This is the Essance of Autism and Genuis- our minds are working in a different mode- one never in a text book before.
)))) Those Picture thoughts expanded and figured out result in Savant, Genuis type things. (as well as trouble, like serial skillers etc)
))))Picture thoughts use so much brain power , there is none left for social things.
)))) Since our OPTIC vision is OFF (we don't know it) we never learn the ins and outs of catching a ball, body language, until we discover it for our selves after we discover our OPTIC And Brain generated vision are separate and then, how to use one or the other. Our eyes remain open (fooling you) but our OPTIC vision is OFF. (perhaps our optic nerve serves a dual purpose?)
)))) Autism People (savants too) are often Deaf and Blind for a few milli seconds as we think. You admire the deaf and blind for their insight, we have the same thing going.
))))These Autism Thoughts figured out are simply the sub level thoughts of the mind, the building blocks of the mind.
)))) Autism (and the ultimate Psychology 101) could be taught in a school. Autism could be taught in a grade 1-6 pre school.
)))) These Autism Genuis and savant thoughts are the best link to Evolution and will prove to be the living missing link.
)))) SO much Brain power is used , there is none left to feel pain. (Autism Pain tolerance) Only when something is seriously wrong, do we 'feel' it, even then we walk on broken bones and run marathons with out walls. (DID Mr Peek feel any signs of the impending Heart Attack?)
)))Normal people think in Shortcut thoughts and primarily use emotions and body language as their primary shortcut thoughts. Once we learn Autism :we to use, your shortcut thoughts , become Social, play ball and drive etc.
)))None of this has been in a text book before. (go figure)
))) Knowledge like this coming up from the bottom of the gene pool is just too little too late or is it?
Rich Shull on the Blog Pre Rain Man Autism , Rich is author of the book Autism Pre Rain Man Autism, built on Temple's Thinking in Pictures and Inventor of the Turing Motor a Green triple Hybird car motor that features one central spinning cylinder and runs on Compressed Air, Gas and Electric. Good Green MPG and Earth Shattering acceleration.
While the movie made many more people aware of autism, it had the downside that people thought ALL people with autism had an major outstanding savant talent.
I wrote a handout for an autism rally about 10 years ago entitled "AUTISTIC", No Not Like in Rain Man".
If I can find it, I will pass it along.
"Rain Man" Muse Dies of Heart Attack
Kim Peek, 58, Inspired Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-Winning Role in 1988 Film, Classified as "Mega-Savant"
(AP) The man who inspired the title character in the Oscar-winning movie "Rain Man" has died.
Kim Peek was 58. His father, Fran, says Peek had a major heart attack Saturday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray.
Peek was a savant with a remarkable memory and inspired writer Barry Morrow when he wrote "Rain Man," the 1988 movie that won four Academy Awards.
Fran Peek said his son met Morrow at a convention in the early 1980s and the writer was taken with Peek's knack for retaining everything he heard. Morrow wrote the script, and the movie went on to win Oscars for best film and best actor for Dustin Hoffman, whose repetitive rants about being an excellent driver and the "People's Court" about to start were a hit with moviegoers.
Although the character was technically fictional, Fran Peek said his son was every bit as amazing as Hoffman's portrayal of him. And Kim's true character showed when he toured the world, helping dispel misconceptions about mental disabilities.
"It was just unbelievable, all the things that he knew," Fran Peek said Monday. "He traveled 5,500 miles short 3 million air miles and talked to nearly 60 million people - half have been students."
In his later years, Peek was classified as a "mega-savant" who was a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates. But his motor skills were limited; he couldn't perform some simple tasks like dressing himself.
NASA scientists had been studying Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain would help explain his mental capabilities.
Fran Peek says the funeral will be next Tuesday in Taylorsville. Details were pending.
In his later years, Peek was classified as a "mega-savant" who was a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates. But his motor skills were limited; he couldn't perform some simple tasks like dressing himself.
NASA scientists had been studying Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain would help explain his mental capabilities.
The Above was a post from the Yahoo Group ASN
From Rich Shull, host of the blog Pre Rain Man Autism
My Condolences to the Peek family.
As for NASA and others types of GURU's trying to figure out our obvious,, They have their heart in the right spot but until they have seen the sub level thought process in motion and learned like we have to use those daydream type thoughts they are simply on the wrong planet to figure out our obvious. As I say the even the best and brightest regular minds think in short cut thoughts (AKA NORMAL THOUGHTS) so that means the normal thoughts you use are the short cut thoughts that we learn when people autistic like me, finally over come autism. I suspect If NASA had a clue to our deep picture thoughts that happen during our lack of eye contact thoughts , they would see why Mr Peek had so much knowledge. If you can imagine one of your vivid dreams or daydreams and multiply that 20 fold and make that your everyday thought process you would know why Mr Peek was so smart.
At the same time Mr. Peek like autistic people in general was using his very limited human brain power in non traditional ways. EVERY human has the savant ability in their 'code' its just never tapped. If NASA or others could hook monitors to our brains and watch the thoughts form, our day dream picture thoughts form they would be shocked to see Mr Peek's thoughts were all laid out in picture form in a version of your day dreams. NASA would also learn the human mind is not limit-less or all that smart actually and Mr Peek's brain power was used for knowledge and there was not enough of it left for simple "things" like dressing or being really social.
The great fooler of Autism or Genius and the underlying thought system that makes us "so smart" and also such social idiots at times lies in the autism thought process that takes place during the lack of eye contact when we really should be thinking with our default sub level daydream based thoughts. These have never been in a text book before and Temple Grandin's Thinking in Pictures is the closest thing in print I have seen that explains them. Since most traditional people don't have a clue to the sub level thoughts she is describing her book and its knowledge fell on deaf ears. No amount of peer review, or even the late Dr. Rimland, had a clue. This thought process while totally natrual for us ,and is the base for your thoughts has never been discovered as of yet. High functioning autistic build on her work and Savants even take our picture thoughts (your daydream thoughts) much further to the point where humans don't even have enough brain power left to be social.
The shocker of the mind figured out is humans will not be impressed with their mind. It is so primative so evolutionary and so lackluster that no one will admit to it when man does figure it out, like we have. Indeed, there are the next 1000 chapters in psychology waiting in the wings of figured out autism, all figured out but unless the experts experience our kind of thoughts first hand they don't have a clue they are clueless and looking up the wrong tree for the wrong thing. Experience is the only teacher.
Here are some fun facts and the reason why the experts and the Savants themselves remain "hidden in plain sight".
)))) Our thought process is invisible to you and takes place during our lack of eye contact. Ideally autism people should be able to be thinking in Picutre thoughts, Once we learn those; nomral thoughts like you use result.
)))If you don't think you think in Picutres -you do- Have you ever been forced to say "I can picutre "it" but can't place the name? If so you just looked into the sublevel picutre thoughts that your mind tapps into all the time. Your OPTIC vision was OFF and you were looking at a minds eye picutre of something? That same Minds Eye picture makes (you see its stunning detail) is what fosters our Einstein ,Rain Man , Savant thoughts, as we are simply "reading to you" ,our picture thought. We think by default with those mids eye picutres all the time and need to learn to short cut those and then normal thoughts work as you know them.
)))) Few Autistic people realize their OPTIC and Brain generated vison is Interchanged. Many autistic never figure this out and just learn a weak version of normal thoughts on their own by happenstance and eventually function.
)))) Optic vision (eyes) and Brain generated vision (daydream thoughts for lack of better words) we think with interchange and we 'don't know ' our eyes are off and we are looking at our brain generated thoughts we are supposed to think with. There is NO divide or break point between those thoughts so the autistic person usually doesn't have a clue we our eyes are off and the optic vision has been replaced with a very similar Picture thought.
)))) Picture thoughts only last typically for a few milliseconds (unless they are developed into genius things),we display the lack of eye contact when this happens. Again they interchange freely with optic vision. This is the Essance of Autism and Genuis- our minds are working in a different mode- one never in a text book before.
)))) Those Picture thoughts expanded and figured out result in Savant, Genuis type things. (as well as trouble, like serial skillers etc)
))))Picture thoughts use so much brain power , there is none left for social things.
)))) Since our OPTIC vision is OFF (we don't know it) we never learn the ins and outs of catching a ball, body language, until we discover it for our selves after we discover our OPTIC And Brain generated vision are separate and then, how to use one or the other. Our eyes remain open (fooling you) but our OPTIC vision is OFF. (perhaps our optic nerve serves a dual purpose?)
)))) Autism People (savants too) are often Deaf and Blind for a few milli seconds as we think. You admire the deaf and blind for their insight, we have the same thing going.
))))These Autism Thoughts figured out are simply the sub level thoughts of the mind, the building blocks of the mind.
)))) Autism (and the ultimate Psychology 101) could be taught in a school. Autism could be taught in a grade 1-6 pre school.
)))) These Autism Genuis and savant thoughts are the best link to Evolution and will prove to be the living missing link.
)))) SO much Brain power is used , there is none left to feel pain. (Autism Pain tolerance) Only when something is seriously wrong, do we 'feel' it, even then we walk on broken bones and run marathons with out walls. (DID Mr Peek feel any signs of the impending Heart Attack?)
)))Normal people think in Shortcut thoughts and primarily use emotions and body language as their primary shortcut thoughts. Once we learn Autism :we to use, your shortcut thoughts , become Social, play ball and drive etc.
)))None of this has been in a text book before. (go figure)
))) Knowledge like this coming up from the bottom of the gene pool is just too little too late or is it?
Rich Shull on the Blog Pre Rain Man Autism , Rich is author of the book Autism Pre Rain Man Autism, built on Temple's Thinking in Pictures and Inventor of the Turing Motor a Green triple Hybird car motor that features one central spinning cylinder and runs on Compressed Air, Gas and Electric. Good Green MPG and Earth Shattering acceleration.
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