• 5in1k@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    We need to put kid geniuses on an island to stop them from making the world worse for us.

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    1 year ago

    Literally, how does one accomplish something like this? There’s requirements, a certain number of credits, that take time to earn, and it seems simply impossible. Maybe it’s 5 undergraduate degrees, including AAs and other 2 year degrees? Did he start at 8?

    Questions questions.

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      1 year ago

      went to look for the article, he started at 9, and went to CC (Fullerton College)

      his degrees are:

      five Associate of Arts degrees: History, Social Sciences, Social Behavior and Self-Development, Arts and Human Expression, and Science and Mathematics. His GPA was 3.92

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      1 year ago

      There’s a really long tail on the distribution of intelligence. The smartest people in the world are to intellect what pro athletes are to physical ability.

      You think Lionel Messi wasn’t already super good at futbol at a young age?

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      1 year ago

      either way, it’s kind of awesome because he still has plenty of time left for a childhood! honestly I look back at elementary school and high school and college and it is such a long drawn-out ordeal that could really be condensed into just a few years instead of like 20 years, ugh. This kid did something right, clearly. He even looks genuinely happy in the first picture 🤷🏻‍♀️