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A condition in which people with developmental delays (notably autism spectrum) or brain injury demonstrate some profound abilities far in excess of typical individuals.

A condition in which people with developmental delays (notably autism spectrum) or brain injury, demonstrate some profound abilities far in excess of typical individuals.

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Can autistic savants beat computers in known computationally hard problems?

I'm always amazed when the exceptional mathematical skills of some autistic-savant people hit the news. My question is: can they outperform a computer in problems which we believe too hard for even a computer to solve? Of course I haven't heard that…
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Why are autistic people more likely to be savants than nonautistic people?

I read that 10% of autistic people and 1% of nonautistic people are savants. It seems like lacking an ability is what defines somebody to be autistic.
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