Thanks Rolf. Unfortunately that link doesn't lead to audio or transscript. I did find a webpage of an archived one page book review on the internet for the First Tuesday Book Club ABC TV series using the wonderfully useful Internet Archive Wayback Machine. As an Australian taxpayer whose tax dollars fund the Australian Broadcasting Corporation I was very disappointed to see that the book review for that ABC program of Tammet's first book was completely lacking in critical thinking or skepticism. It was an awestruck regurgitation of the story peddled by Tammet and his PR people. Here is the link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070127015828/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s1751397.htm
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Thanks Rolf. Unfortunately that link doesn't lead to audio or transscript. I did find a webpage of an archived one page book review on the internet for the First Tuesday Book Club ABC TV series using the wonderfully useful Internet Archive Wayback Machine. As an Australian taxpayer whose tax dollars fund the Australian Broadcasting Corporation I was very disappointed to see that the book review for that ABC program of Tammet's first book was completely lacking in critical thinking or skepticism. It was an awestruck regurgitation of the story peddled by Tammet and his PR people. Here is the link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070127015828/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s1751397.htm
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