Struck By Genius Quotes

“I walk around in a near-constant state of inspiration with a great hunger of knowledge, and I read everything I can about math and physics, often developing my own theories along the way.”
― Jason Padgett, Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel

“When I met with Dr. Treffet in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, he told me that these innate skills are, in his words, "factory-installed software", or "genetic" memory.
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Why the brain suppresses these remarkable abilities is still a mystery, but sometimes, when the brain is diseased or damaged, it relents and unleashes the inner genius.”
― jason padgett, Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel

“Doctors tell me that nothing in my brain was newly created or added when I was injured. Rather, innate but dormant skills were released.”
― Jason Padgett, Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel