While waiting on me to come in to the exam room, one of my 19 y/o patients, who is on the spectrum did something no human should be able to do.
While standing up, with a regular ball point pen, on printer paper drew a gorgeous, PERFECT lineup, in perfect detail of all the Peanuts characters…. From complete memory. From tallest to shortest, in vertical depth perception… ending with Snoopy sitting down playing his mini piano. His mom said that it took him about 5 minutes, and that he does this sort of stuff all the time.
Even thing down to what shoes and clothes they all wear, and how many laces you can see on Charle Brown’s shoes.
The power of the innate human brain is immense when channeled correctly.
Find me 1 person in 10 million that could even get that test half right.
Tallent is someone’s ability to do what you will never be able to do, regardless of the time and effort invested, regardless of the situation. There are 10 more gears you will just never reach, no matter what.
Gun to my head, I’ll give you a week to do… I’ll buy the ammo for you.