Kim Peek

memories by Joshua Foer. The reader gets to learn about all of these cases where events or environment has caused someone to increase their memory or decrease their memory. I learned about all of these cases of incredible memory like Daniel or Kim Peek who inspired the 1988 academy award winning movie Rain Man. He was a savant who could not use logic or reasoning but any trivia fact or math problem he would be able to do. “Members of the audience had been invited to try to stump him with…

Can Parents Do?” by Holly Peek, Peek mentions multiple reality shows that teens pick up bad habits from such as excessive partying, bullying, gossiping, and changing personalities, looks, and beliefs to fit in with their peers. Peek accurately portrays the negative effects of reality tv and I agree that girls’ mentality and physicality are altered due to reality television. In the article, “The Impact of reality TV on our Teens: What Can Parents Do?” by Holly Peek, Peek states that most…

Kim Peek is a man who has an impeccable memory with books and music; yet, he has difficulty with normal daily tasks, and is the savant-like character depicted in the film Rain Man. The director, Barry Levinson depicts Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) quite differently than the actual Kim Peek. Raymond has the ability to count cards and his bother Charlie (Tom Cruise) decides to exploit his brother who…

What is Consciousness? “It is not necessary for someone to tell me that I am alive because I know that I am alive, I know what is happening around me. I can hear the chirping sounds out of my window. I know there are birds out there. I can smell the ghee in the pongal that my mom is making. I can hear the cycle bell sound and I know its 8.30 am and my friend is waiting for me outside for school .I can sense the fear in me that I didn’t complete my homework. I will be a dead person when my…

What does one see? What can be said that any person interprets when they observe an entity? The problem of visual perception is a very largely debated topic in philosophy. How is it that you can see an object, can it truly be called sight? Such questions are answered through a myriad of theories such as the argument from hallucination, but namely, the idea of sense-datum is prevalent in the discussion. Sense-datum is a theory that visual perception is based on having a relation to an object or…

around are starting to acknowledge these forms of disorders and are striving to portray them correctly. Perhaps the most famous example of this acknowledgment is Raymond Babbitt from the 1988 hit movie Rain Man. Raymond Babbitt was characterized after Kim Peek, a walking…

The world will not ever totally understand the autistic mind due to every case being different. However, most people do not understand the workings of their minds. Kim Peek said this perfectly, “You don’t have to be disabled to be different because everybody’s different (Tammet 201).” People need to realize everyone comes to understand things differently and this also goes for putting faith in God. Daniel shared how he came to know God and that many people are surprised to hear that he is a…

2016 is Kim Kardashian versus Taylor Swift: Snapchat Gate. Snapchat Gate gave a worldwide audience an answer to the infamous question- did Taylor Swift give Kanye West permission to use the two lines referencing her in his song “Famous”? The answer to the question is an inconclusive “sort of,” however the repercussions of these snapchat videos provide an interesting peek into the social culture of the United States and how social media is used as a new rhetorical device. The feud between Kim…

moment even though that is the whole purpose of breastfeeding- for the children. The nipple should be seen as innocuous as a knee. Puritans. Victorians. It is easy to place such a prudent view of a body part on our most conservative ancestors. Even a peek at a bare ankle or wrist was cause for scandal at the time, but the relaxation of fashion and added civil rights for has allowed millions of women to expose those tantalizing parts without being seen as immodest. They are only allowed in…

When someone mentions having good morals it usually means that they are focusing on the aspect of sex. During the rise of Christianity sex was an important view of morality due to the emphasis that was put towards it. Marital conditions played a enormous factor in sex with relationships but it may not be the case today and standards may have changed. Today sex is becoming a more acceptable topic in the world. It is becoming more suitable of a topic because the advertisement that is push towards…