Possible Scientific Underpinning of This Malarky
Daniel Tammet is a high functioning Autistic man with Savant Syndrome who sees numbers as combinations of colors and shapes (the images and colors for each number are stable over time). In the movie I saw, it seemed like rather than doing math in the usual way, he observes how numbers act in combination and can do some amazing high speed computations in his head. He can also memorize things really fast and can learn very difficult languages quickly. I remembered him because he fascinated me. His descriptions of the process seemed very intuitive (here's where I don't bring up Joseph Campbell's theories of the connection between significant cultural numbers and the average human heart rate).
So,
Saul found antibiotics...wonder if they are like the ones Saul was given? Crossed fingers for them halting
Datu's change--allowing him to function as a translator for our heroes (and to not die so I won't be sad).
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