We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.
Daniel TammetI have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy.
Daniel TammetLogic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.
Daniel TammetAesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know.
Daniel TammetIt was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world.
Daniel TammetWhen I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye or deciphering a person's body language, and only acquired these skills with much effort over time.
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