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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，贾森·帕吉特辍学了，离开大学后他在父亲的家具店工作。然而在华盛顿K歌吧发生的一起行凶抢劫案彻底改变了他的人生。 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. 帕吉特在行凶抢劫事故中头部遭受重击，此后他眼中的世界完全变样了，他整个人也变得对数学和物理异常痴迷。 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，他被诊断为“后天学者症候群”，现在全世界约有40个病例。患此症的人大多原本平常无奇，但脑部受伤后来会对数学、艺术或音乐十分擅长。 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，随后在那里遭受了行凶抢劫。 Two men attacked him from behind and punched him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious. 有两个盗贼在背后袭击了他，用拳头重击他的后脑勺，帕吉特被打得失去了意识。 | 
