Anyone consider themselves a savvant of sorts?

Dawned on me this evening that perhaps my ability to know songs that I've only half heard once before. So I was curious about the rest of us?

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My wife tells me I have the idiot part down pat. The savant part may be lacking...

Quote from: sfem on February 07, 2011, 08:04:24 AM
My wife tells me I have the idiot part down pat. The savant part may be lacking...

I hear the same from my wife.....

I asked your wife not to talk about me like that...  ))

Quote from: sfem on February 07, 2011, 08:33:04 AM
I asked your wife not to talk about me like that...  ))

LOL.... let me rephrase - "I hear the same from my wife about ME" 

I can remember tiny details about things that aren't important, and random irrelevant facts, but I almost always forget peoples names within a minute or 2.  I'm also horrible at remembering street names and driving directions.

my ability to know songs that I've only half heard once before

Eh, most songs are the same songs over and over, so it's not that hard.  I sing along with stuff and finish it and people go "wow did you know that" and I just think, no it's the only place that song can go (just like it's the place that song went the other 35,973 times someone wrote it.)

A really good friend of mine in the industry says "Good bands have one good song, great bands have two."  And he's right about that far more often than he is wrong.

I can remember most of what I hear and nothing of what I read...not terribly useful for a grad student studying English. 

Quote from: Jaimey on February 08, 2011, 01:22:31 AM
I can remember most of what I hear and nothing of what I read...not terribly useful for a grad student studying English. 

Read your texts out loud.

Problem solved

Quote from: VeryGnawty on February 09, 2011, 06:16:34 AM
Read your texts out loud.

Problem solved

I wish! 

Some people have said it of me, but I think it's just because I bother listening to people when they speak instead of rehearsing what I'll say next.

Quote from: Pica Pica on February 19, 2011, 06:09:55 PM
Some people have said it of me, but I think it's just because I bother listening to people when they speak instead of rehearsing what I'll say next.

I suspect that listening stuff makes you a better writer.

S

Quote from: Simone Louise on February 19, 2011, 09:26:21 PM
I suspect that listening stuff makes you a better writer.

S

I would agree with that statement.  I also think that it gives you a better understanding of the people you're listening to.  I hate talking to someone who clearly isn't listening.

Some people have said it of me, but I think it's just because I bother listening to people when they speak instead of rehearsing what I'll say next.

I suspect that listening stuff makes you a better writer.

Yeah, but it kills any sort of academic career.

Quote from: Jaimey on February 09, 2011, 11:06:49 PM
I wish! 

try recording what you say then playing it back

My main thing is recalling song titles and artists, even after just one time of hearing the song.  And don't get me started on movie lines. -.-;  I can quote back a movie to you even if I've seen it just once (it seems to amaze my mom, who doesn't have that ability xD).

I actually have a mild form of autism, but I wouldn't consider myself a savant.
I am good with calculations but not with math. I usually store information without really being conscious of it a.k.a. I know answers to questions without knowing how I know the answer... But a savant, no - just someone who doesn't have a hard time holding up a conversation about various topics.

Quote from: tekla on February 21, 2011, 10:07:45 AM
Some people have said it of me, but I think it's just because I bother listening to people when they speak instead of rehearsing what I'll say next.

I suspect that listening stuff makes you a better writer.

Yeah, but it kills any sort of academic career.

Can't see anything about that to worry my sleep about.