Perfection

No matter how good you get you can always get better and that’s the exciting part. - Tiger Woods

Yeah, we can agree on that. But wouldn’t that be qualified as aiming for perfection? And anyone would agree also that "nobody’s perfect."

It’s just another quote from one of the "elites". For us mortal people, we’re just familiar with a lot of things, but never the best at anything. We just make do with what we have, and try to improve on what we lack.

Ok, now you may see me as a very lax person. I can’t do anything if I don’t have an ounce of mathematics in my blood, ayt? But I know I’m good at English, so that’s why I’m making use of my talent (loko, talentado talaga…) and making a profit out of it.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we finally discover that we’re "excellent" at something? Like Tiger Woods equals golf, Michael Jordan equals basketball (hey, I’ve got a bit of math in me after all!), Mariah Carey equals unnaturally high, quavery notes, Robin Williams equals superior acting skills (from childish, to doctor, to psychotic, to romantic; versatile, for short), etc…

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were born savants without the disability?

Don’t know what a savant is, don’t you? Alright, heres a (bit lengthy) explanation…

What is a savant? A savant is someone with a mental/cognitive disability who, at the same time, demonstrates special skills, intelligence, or aptitudes. The correct medical term for this phenomenon is Savant Syndrome.

At their most spectacular level, savants possess abilities that surpass non-disabled prodigies and geniuses. Savants may demonstrate, for example, an ability to recite pages of text on a single hearing, to multiply six-digit numbers in their head, or to memorize and perform any song played for them just once. The 1988 film “Rain Man” introduced the concept of an autistic savant to a wider audience. Such prodigious savants are extremely rare. Fewer than fifty such individuals are thought to be alive in the world today, and fewer than one hundred such people have been noted in more than a century of literature on the subject.

There are many different kinds of savants, and many levels of savant ability. Savant Syndrome should be regarded as a ‘spectrum’ diagnosis, encompassing many levels of competence. No one has done more for the field than Darold Treffert M.D., author of Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome (New York: Harper & Row, 1989) and a clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Treffert has spent three decades researching savants. His very readable Savant Syndrome website offers the most comprehensive body of knowledge currently available on the subject.

Despite many advances in recent years, medical science has not yet offered a comprehensive or convincing explanation for why savant abilities exist. “No model of brain function, including memory, will be complete until it can account for, and fully incorporate, the rare but spectacular condition of Savant Syndrome,” writes Dr. Treffert. There is no academic faculty or facility anywhere dedicated to the support and understanding of real-life savants. It is hoped that the Savant Academy will go some way toward remedying this situation.

Specialized teaching techniques unlock hidden savant skills. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that when savant abilities exist, secondary (and seemingly unrelated) developmental advantages occur when the savant talent itself is encouraged and trained. We owe it to these extraordinary people to give them the education they need.

source: http://www.savantacademy.org/

So, I guess it’s just "balance in everything". We have no major defects (you don’t include your ego in this!) so we’re just the "average" kind. Those with Savant Syndrome have a disability in one form or another.

So in conclusion, "the famous ones" must have major defects on them! Hahahahaha! ^_^