Eight-year-old physics genius enters university

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: jonessoda
I'd far rather have a mind-numbing job from when I'm 20 to when I die than a mind-numbing job from when I'm 12 to when I die.

QFT.

Also, every year you hear stories like this, I'd like to see some follow-up about how they turned out.

Word,
I am yet to see "Child prodigy cures cacner at the age of 30" or something of equal importance.

 

[Agnostos Insania]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
dont those kids usually end up all f'ed up mentally?

Yep. Genius is almost always coupled with insanity and other mental issues. I've heard that the brain will sacrifice some parts of itself to increase the effectiveness of other parts, hence why there are genuises that cannot socialize well or do basic things that are easy for others.

Anyway, I think it's hard for any logical, smart person to view reality in much of a positive light. Insanity is a coping mechanism.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
I wonder would he gets infiniitiely smart as he ages? he will eventually hit a plateau.

pretty much, people just seem to think tehy go on ahead forever. somehow i doubt most nobel prize winners were child prodigys. its like on 60 minutes where every couple of months they have something on a child genius(usually in music). course they tend to be trained monkeys more than anything else and never create any new music worth listening to

 

[Chrono]

I agree. Overly smart people are looney!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chaotic42]

That's pretty cool. I wish him lots of luck.

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
I wonder would he gets infiniitiely smart as he ages? he will eventually hit a plateau.

"Once we took Yoo-geun to a zoo. There he was looking at animals for four and a half hours straight. It was when he was three or four years old. We thought then that he was either a prodigy or the opposite,"

it's cruel and humourous for a parent to say this

I think the father is right for saying that because both extremes of the spectrum (smart & dumb) share similar qualities...