check this out

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=634679

describes how this savant dude calculates:

Tammet is calculating 377 multiplied by 795. Actually, he isn't
"calculating": there is nothing conscious about what he is doing. He arrives
at the answer instantly. Since his epileptic fit, he has been able to see
numbers as shapes, colours and textures. The number two, for instance, is a
motion, and five is a clap of thunder. "When I multiply numbers together, I
see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape
emerges. That's the answer. It's mental imagery. It's like maths without
having to think."

oops wrong link (that link is interesting too though):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html

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>Subject: [metatuning] check this out
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>http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=634679
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>describes how this savant dude calculates:
>
>Tammet is calculating 377 multiplied by 795. Actually, he isn't
>"calculating": there is nothing conscious about what he is doing.
>He arrives
>at the answer instantly. Since his epileptic fit, he has been able to see
>numbers as shapes, colours and textures. The number two, for instance, is a
>motion, and five is a clap of thunder. "When I multiply numbers together, I
>see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape
>emerges. That's the answer. It's mental imagery. It's like maths without
>having to think."
>
>
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http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-05-22-n83.html