Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett was a college drop-out working at his dad's furniture store when a mugging at a Tacoma, Washington karaoke bar changed his life forever.
12年前,賈森·帕吉特輟學了,離開大學後他在父親的家具店工作。然而在華盛頓K歌吧發生的一起行兇搶劫案徹底改變了他的人生。
After suffering a profound brain injury, Padgett started to see the world in a whole new light - literally - and became obsessed with math and physics.
帕吉特在行兇搶劫事故中頭部遭受重擊,此後他眼中的世界完全變樣了,他整個人也變得對數學和物理異常痴迷。
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He has since been diagnosed as one of only 40 with acquired savant syndrome, in which once-normal people become skilled in math, art or music after a brain injury.
此後,他被診斷為「後天學者症候群」,現在全世界約有40個病例。患此症的人大多原本平常無奇,但腦部受傷後來會對數學、藝術或音樂十分擅長。
It all started the night of September 13, 2002 when Padgett went out to a karaoke bar near his home and was mugged.
2002年9月13日夜晚,帕吉特前往家附近的K歌吧唱歌,隨後在那裡遭受了行兇搶劫。
Two men attacked him from behind and punched him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.At the hospital, he was treated for a bruised kidney but released the same night.
有兩個盜賊在背後襲擊了他,用拳頭重擊他的後腦勺,帕吉特被打得失去了意識。在醫院醫生治療了腎部挫傷,當晚他就出院了。
The next morning, Padgett woke up and found that his vision had changed to include details he never noticed before.
第二天早上,帕吉特醒來後發現自己眼中的周圍世界完全不同了,他會看到許多以前沒有注意到的細節。
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