tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post264082032773725182..comments2024-01-18T00:34:37.268-08:00Comments on Incorrect Pleasures: They should call this the Daniel Tammet packageLili Marlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-49278391970021992312011-11-24T01:51:12.163-08:002011-11-24T01:51:12.163-08:00It's bizarre that Tammet sells the idea that h...It's bizarre that Tammet sells the idea that he has a special ability to teach skills that he supposedly acquired effortlessly as the result of being a savant, and this self-contradictory idea has been left unchallenged by so many researchers, journos and readers. Even though both Tammet's courses and the Brainetics package have both attracted complaints that can be read on the internet, I'd favour the Brainetics mob for at least having more honesty in not claiming that there is anything mysterious or neurological about being able to learn the skills.Lili Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-40728360343375640792011-11-23T14:22:52.036-08:002011-11-23T14:22:52.036-08:00Daniel Tammet himself has claimed he can teach ama...Daniel Tammet himself has claimed he can teach amazing skills - the real Daniel Tammet package?<br /><br />"In a single week, Optimnem course participants can expect such things as a complete underlying grasp of a foreign language, or a mastery of numbers."<br />http://web.archive.org/web/20021019090034/http://www.optimnem.co.uk/<br /><br />So you too can learn a language in a week, if only you can get Daniel Tammet to teach you. Allegedly.<br /><br />Mr AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com