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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，離開大學后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，此后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癡迷。
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.
此后，他被診斷為“后天學者癥候群”，現在全世界約有40個病例。患此癥的人大多原本平常無奇，但腦部受傷后來會對數學、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，隨后在那里遭受了行兇搶劫。
Two men attacked him from behind and punched him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.
有兩個盜賊在背后襲擊了他，用拳頭重擊他的后腦勺，帕吉特被打得失去了意識。
At the hospital, he was treated for a bruised kidney but released the same night.
在醫院醫生治療了他腎部的擦傷，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，帕吉特醒來后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。
He started the tap in his bathroom and noticed 'lines emanating out perpendicularly from the flow.'
打開水龍頭之后，他注意到“水流中有一條條直線垂直放射出來”。
'At first, I was startled and worried for myself, but it was so beautiful that I just stood in my slippers and stared,' Padgett told the New York Post.
帕吉特對《紐約時報》記者說道：“一開始我有些震驚，擔心自己出現不正常的癥狀。但當時的情景簡直太美了，我踩著拖鞋站在水中愣愣地盯著看。”
Padgett stopped going to work and spent all of his time studying math and physics, focusing on fractals, which are repeated geometric patterns.
帕吉特不再工作，而是潛心研究數學和物理，他看到的總是那些不規則碎片形，而且這些幾何圖形總是重復在他的眼前出現。
Even though he showed no talent for art before, he started drawing fractals in extreme detail - sometimes taking weeks to finish the work.
盡管他此前并沒有展現出藝術天賦，但是他開始繪制非常精細的圖形，甚至有時候一個圖形要畫個把星期。
Dr Darold Treffert, the leading expert on savantism, diagnosed him with 'acquired savant syndrome'. There are currently just 40 people in the world who have been diagnosed with the syndrome, becoming seemingly smarter after a brain injury.
達洛德·崔佛特醫生是癥候群研究的領頭人，他診斷帕吉特得了“后天學者癥候群”癥。目前世界上有大概40人被確診這一癥狀，他們都是在腦損傷后變得比之前更加聰明。
After his diagnosis, Padgett decided to apply his new-found mental capacity by enrolling in community college.
在診斷后，帕吉特決定利用好自己因禍得福的高智商大腦，他報名進入社區大學進行學習。
