I turned on Letterman the other night to find the camera showing the back of his guest’s head with Dave in the background. My heart leapt to my throat as I wondered if what I was seeing really was…really was…No, it couldn’t be! Is that Chris?!
Turns out the closely shorn pate was not Chris’s, but Daniel Tammet, pukka savant. Tammet is autistic, and apparently memorized Pi, in only a few weeks, to an INCREDIBLE twenty-two thousand, five-hundred decimal places. He said it took him something like five hours to recite, which means in those few weeks he couldn’t have gone over the number that many times in order to memorize it.
While I know Chris doesn’t have those skills to that degree, I think his friends and family ought to cut him some slack. What with blogging and memorizing Pi in his spare time, it’s a wonder he’s as far as he is with his dissertation. And thus we hope he’s relaxing and dancing with wolves up north.
Chris | 29-Apr-05 at 2:51 pm | Permalink
I’m not dancing with wolves, but I did eat bison for lunch. Seriously.
That picture is creepy. But I want to believe I’m better looking than that guy.
Paul | 29-Apr-05 at 6:04 pm | Permalink
Aw, yeah, you are. But as I told the story, I wondered if it was you when the camera was showing the back of the guy’s head. Thus, I took him, from behind, to be you.
Chris | 29-Apr-05 at 6:12 pm | Permalink
Kegri, I know what you’re thinking; it’s not funny; shut up.
Admiral Ackbar | 30-Apr-05 at 4:20 pm | Permalink
It’s a trap!!!!!!
Spaz | 05-May-05 at 3:17 pm | Permalink
Perhaps, but you will get another chance like this.