Man becomes savant after brutal beating by muggers

[NUance]

A beautiful mind: College dropout became genius after brutal street attack and now turns mathmatical formulae into stunning works of art

By ROB PREECE, mailonline, PUBLISHED: 04:56 EST, 28 April 2012 | UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 28 April 2012

Furniture store worker Jason Padgett suffered brain damage in assault by muggers

Head injury made him 'obsessed' with mathematical formulas and turning them into stunning diagrams

Researchers compare him to maths genius John Nash

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Heh. Glad it worked out for him. Last time I got kicked in teh head all I ended up with was eight stitches.

 

[huKSer]

Heh. Glad it worked out for him. Last time I got kicked in teh head all I ended up with was eight stitches.

If you ask nicely I will kick you in the head until "it takes"

 

[GSG]

Looks like he's been playing with his Spirograph

 

[MLB 51]

Knew a kid that was hit in the head with ball bat and he went from being a C student to straight A's.

 

[NUance]

^^ Hmmmm. Sounds legit. Maybe I should take huKSer up on his kind offer.