Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Lili's question for the day


Has a skeptical paper or letter or other form of document about Daniel Tammet ever been published in a peer-reviewed journal? 

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:18 PM

    There's another paper discussing Tammet recently published:

    "Veridical mapping in savant abilities, absolute pitch, and synesthesia: An autism case study"

    Tammet's case is again discussed without the slightest hint of skepticism or critical thinking. So the answer to your question of the day remains: "Not yet".

    Tomas

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  2. Thanks for the tip, Tomas.

    We know that as early as July 2005 the was skepticism expressed online about Tammet, as noted by Jon Sutton in a review of "The Boy with the Amazing Brain" (sic) in The Psychologist, and we know that some of that was written by Ben Pridmore. Those scientists certainly take a while to catch on.

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