I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ just ….

Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of information i….

The human brain is like a memory system that records every thing that happens to us and makes intelligent predictions based on those experiences..

37 is a lumpy number, a bit like porridge. Six is very small and dark and cold, and whenever I was little trying to understand what sadness is I woul….

I know from my own experience that there is much more to 'intelligence' than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any system could reall….

There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectatio….

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important bec….

You don't have to be disabled to be different, because everybody's different..

My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger's syndrome, sp….

I would play with numbers in a way that other kids would play with their friends..

I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn’t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged ….

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 ….

Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone..

We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known to us was….

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent..

Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. ….

Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'.

I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumer….

When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I co….

It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world..

I have tried to be more flexible, but I always end up feeling more uncomfortable. Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do thin….