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[edit] Memorizing
I once read that Peek could remember only about 95% of things he's read. It might be nice to find the actual percentage if anyone has the time. -- Someone
If he can remember the content of the books he reads, why does he need to turn the books themselves upside down to remember which ones he has read, which is surely much easier to memorize? 130.234.170.84 17:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- It was not for him, but for others to know that he had read and memorized them, and did not want to be bothered with them.--Hypergeometric2F1(a,b,c,x) 05:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
I watched a documentary about Kim, and his father says he remembers 98% of what he reads, the documentary is on YouTube if you want to see it.
This is correct. His father says he remembres approximately 98% of what he reads using his speed reading style.
[edit] Permission
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Kim is a fascinating person and making more information about him more
available to viewers will be a worthwhile posting on your site indeed.
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[edit] Rain Man edit
I made a minor edit to identify Barry Morrow as the screenwriter for the movie Rain Man. He was incorrectly attributed as the director. Barry Levinson directed Rain Man.
I also made a minor change to his apperances in which i added that he was on the discovery channel for a short time.
[edit] Not autistic (AGAIN!)
Kim Peek is not autistic. We have had this discussion before - see Talk:Autism/History_as_of_2006_June_5#Kim_Peek_appropriateness.3F and Talk:Autism/History_as_of_2006_June_5#The_Kim_Peek_Photo for more information. this version is more correct on this issue. RN 05:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Kim Peek is speaking at my company's Annual appreciation dinner in two weeks. According to the information he has sent us he is "diagnosed as an autistic savant. However, he is not behaviorally autistic." I'm not sure where the idea that he is not a person with autism has come from but it definitely is not from Peek himself. Netherhereafter 18 October, 2006
- My guess is that the belief that Kim Peek is not autistic came from people who interpretted the claim that Kim Peek is not "behaviorally autistic" too literally. Q0 05:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
There has been a lot of confusion about this. As I understand it, the term "idiot savant" was abandoned in favor of autistic savant which sounds better, but it's confusing because not all so-called autistic savants have autism. The autistic savant article doesn't really clarify this. There used to be a link from Kim Peek to autistic savant, but someone changed it to simply savant which really isn't appropriate. Ntsimp 16:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Now it is linked to Savant Syndrome. This won't do at all. WizardOfTheCDrive 23:31, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- Anyone editing this page should also note that it is generally considered inappropriate to refer to people as "autistic." Rather, please refer to them as "people with autism" or something similar.
please explain to me that difference between "autistic" and "people with autism" and why you think it is inappriopirate ?
It may just be stigma. "Coloured" versus "people of colour" for instance. -Bordello 07:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
There is a lot of controversy about the "people with autism" vs. "autistic people" labels. Some people, including some autistic people, prefer "autistic people" to "people with autism". Some people, on the other hand, prefer "people with autism". Part of the reason for this controversy is that some people see autism as something which is separate from the person (and thus prefer "people with autism") and some people see autism as a part of the person's identity and as something that cannot be separated from the person (and thus prefer "autistic people"). Q0 10:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The birth date
Thanks for the subtle humor (or whatever you'd call it), giving the weekday for his birth date, and thereby deviating from the norm of listed dates on Wikipedia to tie in with his ability at telling weekdays quickly. I hope it's not removed but stays -- it gave me a smile, and there's nothing saying we can't have weekdays like this in the intro text. :-) -- Northgrove 03:10, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Except the fact that it's useless spam. I vote to remove the sunday. Jolb 02:11, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Yeah, those 10 bytes could be better spent elsewhere! Tsch, please... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.43.182.51 (talk) 21:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Health?
I saw a documentary recently that said he has heart problems because he never exercises and likes junk food. That should probably be added. Jack Daw 14:59, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Why? That doesn't seem notable to me. Dreamyshade 22:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Biography?
This page needs quite a substantial cleanup before I could imagine it gaining inclusion into the 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection. Citations need to be added, and the "autistic savant" vs. just "savant" issue needs to be resolved with citable evidence from reputable sources. Loose cannon claims; "we had this discussion already" retorts; and personal, unsubstantiated justifications will not do.
