The way he describes math and language is exactly the way I have described it to friends. My spelling is atrocious because I don't see the word a-t-r-o-c-i-o-u-s I see a gun black metal ball morphing into the head of a mace (slightly covered in slime) and moving towards me in a parabolic trajectory, which would make absolutely no sense to anyone else, but each of those attributes (gun black, ball, spikes, slime, parabolic movement) are like tags, or keys to a database that relate that word to other words. Movement = adjective, parabolic = quick decision, gun black = considered cold if said to others, slime = bad, spikes ~ ugly/pity, ball = others may disagree/personal opinion.
The hardest part for me is remembering people's names. I have to make unique picture for every single first name AND link it to a last name with another key, not as an active effort, but I know when it has happened. Learning to type was hard, until I started associating sequences of letters to their own "shapes" (more like micro movies).
When I'm thinking/working/talking/typing a minimum of 6 videos will play in my head (really fast) per thought. It goes waaaaayyyy up if I have an internal disagreement about something. Say somebody asked me whether I liked Starbucks or Tim Hortons more. Since I love both Starbucks and Tim Hortons my brain kind of does a tree of videos that face off against each other. First node would be
03"Speed Better?" -> "tilt Tim Hortons, except rush hour"
I could actually extend that example to about 60 or 70 lines, and for each line AT LEAST 2 videos would play in my minds eye. All 60 lines would take less than a second to calculate. I've developed the habit to look away (at the ground, say) from the person talking to me when this happens so that the conversation flows naturally.
Unlike the guy in the article, I have never really had a problem with reading body language.
The hardest part for me is remembering people's names. I have to make unique picture for every single first name AND link it to a last name with another key, not as an active effort, but I know when it has happened. Learning to type was hard, until I started associating sequences of letters to their own "shapes" (more like micro movies).
When I'm thinking/working/talking/typing a minimum of 6 videos will play in my head (really fast) per thought. It goes waaaaayyyy up if I have an internal disagreement about something. Say somebody asked me whether I liked Starbucks or Tim Hortons more. Since I love both Starbucks and Tim Hortons my brain kind of does a tree of videos that face off against each other. First node would be
01"Better?" -> "impossible"
02"Branch: Define better?" -> "Speed, Cost, Service, Quality"
03"Speed Better?" -> "tilt Tim Hortons, except rush hour"
I could actually extend that example to about 60 or 70 lines, and for each line AT LEAST 2 videos would play in my minds eye. All 60 lines would take less than a second to calculate. I've developed the habit to look away (at the ground, say) from the person talking to me when this happens so that the conversation flows naturally.
Unlike the guy in the article, I have never really had a problem with reading body language.