This is insanely cool! This reminds me of some show I saw on the Discovery Channel special about savants. It was called Medical Incredible and it followed Daniel Tammet, a savant, and at some point he meets Kim Peek (the Real Rain Man). I found it extremely interesting that Kim Peek can associate all the information he has in his brain to solve problems. For example, I think Tammet asked Peek how old Benjamin Franklin would be if he was still alive, and Peek was able to tell him within a matter of seconds exactly how old he would be, down to the minute I think. I'm also willing to bet that he would be able to instantly produce a list of songs whose title does not appear in its chorus, by associating his memories and picking out songs. This Wikipedia "nonsense" that you guys are finding might actually be very useful to future generations that want to study human history--that is, assuming that the wikipedia is still around.
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[He] is adept at guessing the composers of new music by comparing the music to the many thousands of music samples in his memory.
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That is insanely f*cking cool. Seriously.