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Probably the world’s most famous savant, Kim Peek, a confounding mixture of brilliance and disability, has sadly passed away at age 58. Most of us have either heard about him with respect to the hit movie Rain Man or in one of his exhibitions of jaw-dropping knowledge retention and recall (as shown below). His story, along with the handful of others with “savant syndrome”, was one of the factors motivating me to study the brain. It’s remarkable how much three pounds of biology can accomplish. Rest in peace, Kim Peek.

With all due respect to his family, I wonder if/how Kim’s brain will be studied post-mortem. It would be an incredible contribution to science indeed.

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