@ddfinnegan: After a traumatic brain injury, @Jason Padgett began seeing the world as geometric patterns and mathematical structures. Scientists call this Acquired Savant Syndrome. It’s a rare condition where extraordinary abilities appear after brain trauma. Cases like this make researchers wonder whether hidden abilities already exist in the human brain. Part of my Real Science Stranger Than Fiction series exploring the mysteries of the mind. #JasonPadgett #AcquiredSavantSyndrome #BrainScience #Neuroscience #ScienceTok

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roddy_raw_dawg
🇺🇸🫷roddy_raw_dawg🫸🇺🇸 :
Season 2 of the telepathy tapes interviews multiple people with acquired savant syndrome, it’s super fascinating
2026-03-13 03:27:22
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jlreel
jlreel :
My weird little theory is that consciousness does not come from the brain, rather, the brain is an organ allowing us to pick up on consciousness- like an antenna. Knocking it around might mess up the signal - or it can allow it to pick up on something else entirely.
2026-03-13 09:26:35
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meg.han.solos
meghan :
this happened to me on mushrooms 😭
2026-03-13 01:56:51
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makaylapk
makayla :
so my brain is just holding me back
2026-03-13 04:11:05
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crimson9749
crimson :
Interestingly, Nikola Tesla thought our consciousness doesn't create knowledge, but derives it from some sort of "core" that underlies reality.
2026-03-17 09:52:50
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vickvinnegar
Vick Vinegar 🥛 :
This is so cool and interesting. We still don’t know so much about our own brains.
2026-03-11 21:50:35
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ixcheltlatelpa
Ixchel Tlatelpa :
This happened to me on shrooms and now I slightly see it Everytime I close my eyes.
2026-04-24 23:47:32
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permanentreverie11
🪬AJS🪬 :
Fact, I have a non-cancerous brain tumor and see things a bit different than others, but mostly I think differently, surprisingly in my benefit
2026-03-11 23:19:17
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ben_thriller
user410153734085 :
I see that stuff when I close my eyes at night. It’s nut
2026-03-11 22:05:26
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arya.welgrove
Arya Welgrove | AspiringAuthor :
Reminds me of Limitless
2026-03-11 17:44:27
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imxor
x o r :
i mean, geometry *is* everywhere
2026-03-14 22:10:14
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teenie_lars
'tine-'tine :
I stopped salivating randomly one day. I had to take the medicine they give people with Sjogren's, which happens to be a cholinergic agonist (so increases acetylcholine). I was on it for 8 months, and during that time, I lost all my usual creativity, but became very logical/business oriented/and really into data and Excel lolol. Brains are crazy.
2026-04-05 03:37:47
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thechilli0
Chilli :
I’m sure you’ve seen other TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) experiments and data. Some very cool stuff! I just wish some of those effects were more than transient
2026-03-11 19:25:27
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soulsperspective
ǝʌᴉʇɔǝdsɹǝԀ s,lnoS :
Thoughts are not created by the brain. Only received, translated and then perceived as 'thoughts in the brain'.
2026-03-18 09:14:18
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skyl3rm0
sky :
tell me why i see this stuff when i close my eyes
2026-04-23 22:11:41
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smilewhilewl
Smile While WL - 35lbs :
I see geometry when I have ocular migraines 😂
2026-05-01 19:33:59
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julioisbased
Julio :
Mushrooms.
2026-03-13 04:51:48
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rim.0o0o0
▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• 0:10 :
that's evidence math isn't smth that we invented but smth we discovered
2026-04-06 06:24:24
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djaywise5
djayremedy :
I think the real mystery isn’t hidden ability, it’s that reality is mediated through perception. Maybe altering the lens causes the world to reorganize itself.
2026-03-31 22:52:13
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flynnyrider21
Flynny :
I need this 😭
2026-03-12 14:49:07
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notsointresting
bekah :
Rather than producing consciousness, the brain may function more like a receiver or interface that filters a much larger reality into a manageable human experience. In this view, the brain organizes incoming information into the sensory categories we experience as touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste. This idea suggests that human perception may not represent reality in its entirety, but instead a limited interface that allows us to navigate the environment efficiently. At the same time, research in vision science shows that human sensory systems detect only a small portion of the physical signals present in the environment. For example, human vision responds only to electromagnetic radiation within the visible spectrum, approximately between 400 and 750 nanometers. According to Polishchuk and Tykhanova (2022), the human visual system is adapted to perceive only this narrow portion of electromagnetic radiation, meaning that most electromagnetic signals exist outside of human perception. For example, some animals can perceive forms of light that humans cannot. Bees can detect ultraviolet patterns on flowers that guide them to nectar, while snakes can sense infrared radiation to detect body heat from prey. These examples show that different organisms experience different versions of the same environment depending on their sensory systems. Because our sensory systems detect only a limited range of information, our experience of reality may be both constrained and constructed. The brain receives filtered sensory input and must interpret and organize these signals before they become conscious perception.
2026-03-28 14:08:37
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choosing95
✨Choosing Peace Everytime :
As someone that has dyscalculia & gps challenged, it must be nice 😅
2026-03-12 13:37:20
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niicolenancy
nicole :p :
does anyone else see fun shapes and colours when they close their eyez
2026-03-23 18:13:48
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jessicaarlette
Jessica Arlette :
I see these perfectly connected images too when Im waking up
2026-03-13 01:16:55
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m47821
user757 :
sometimes, I see it, raining purple geometric patterns in thin air .... but I stay quiet… 😅 … because, … who’ going to believe me
2026-03-17 09:51:30
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