He is likely an Autist who will self destruct and become another poor Chris Chan.
@previous (B)
I guess that's another wild card. Here's another one, he's somehow able to use his intelligence and bring in a global golden age.
I don't see what the problem is. If he knows as much as a 22 year old at 9, that just means he'll know as much as a 35 year old when he's 22 ?
Norbert Wiener – 17
Although Norbert Wiener earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Tufts College (now Tufts University) when he was 14 years old in 1909, he didn't immediately pursue a doctorate in the same subject area. Instead, he studied philosophy and zoology before returning to math. In 1912, Wiener was 17 when he was awarded his PhD in Mathematical Logic from Harvard University. He held a job as a journalist for a brief stint, and also worked on the automation of anti-aircraft guns during World War II, but he is best remembered for his pioneering work in the field of cybernetics.
Cybernetics is concerned with the idea of feedback and has consequences for societal organization, philosophy, engineering, biology and other fields. In Wiener's own words, "To live effectively is to live with adequate information. Thus, communication and control belong to the essence of man's inner life, even as they belong to his life in society."
Ruth Lawrence – 17
In 1985, at the tender age of 13, Ruth Lawrence graduated from Oxford University with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. The next year, she got a second degree, this time in Physics, which was followed by a PhD in Mathematics in 1989 when she was just 17. After spending some time at Harvard as a junior fellow and working at the University of Michigan as an associate professor, Lawrence moved to Israel. There, she became an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Although Lawrence has gained recognition for her work in algebraic topology and knot theory, she has hinted at a sense of regret over the childhood years that were lost to academia and has said that she will not put her child through the same rigorous studies. "I was not in their shoes," says Lawrence of her parents. "I very much appreciate the effort my father put in. I am enormously grateful for what he did for me. I can see now that being a parent is very difficult." Fortunately, most graduate students won't face the same challenges, pressures and media attention Lawrence did.
Kim Ung-Yong – 15
Imagine being a guest student at a university when you're three years old and being invited to do research for NASA when you're eight. It's pretty hard to wrap your mind around. Yet South Korean former child prodigy Kim Ung-Yong doesn't have to imagine; for him, it was a reality. Still, Kim's 10 years at NASA weren't exactly happy ones. He says, "I led my life like a machine – I woke up, solved the daily assigned equation, ate, slept, and so forth. I really didn't know what I was doing, and I was lonely and had no friends." He also missed his mother.
Although Kim, born in 1963, earned his PhD at the astoundingly young age of 15 and appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the "Highest IQ," he is quick to point out that academic success is not always the measure of a person. "Society should not judge anyone with unilateral standards – everyone has different learning levels, hopes, talents, and dreams and we should respect that."
Kim, who currently works at Chungbuk National University, says he's doing what he really wants to do. He's happy, and in the end, that's what really counts.
Karl Witte – 13
Born in 1800, Karl Witte was the son of an educational author who is said to have put his hypotheses to work on his son. His father's methods appear to have been successful, though. When he was nine, Witte could speak five languages; and incredibly, this prodigy was awarded his doctorate degree in Philosophy from the University of Giessen when he was all of 13 years old – another Guinness World Record, and one that still stands today.
Witte might have ultimately become a lawyer, and he apparently traveled to Italy in 1818 to further this goal, but his love of books pulled him in a different direction. Witte became especially enamored with Dante's poems and eventually became a recognized Dante scholar.
If nothing else, these 10 inspiring intellectuals prove that hard work and focus can lead the way to a successful – and hopefully happy – academic life.
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@1,063,559 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Except it didn't take him his whole life to learn that stuff, i think it was more like two years or something. Yeah, we apply your formula now and it's a different story.
@previous (A)
For reasons I see no need to explain currently. When I was 10 years old I needed to learn and pass a test outside of school and the math required was basic algebra and trig and just very basic Differential Calculus. So I went from my school after classes where over, to a high school and located a math teacher willing to teach for a few days at days end. Was not difficult. Betting just about any 10 year old could.
@1,063,559 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
> If he knows as much as a 22 year old at 9, that just means he'll know as much as a 35 year old when he's 22 ?
If only he could have known as much as a 35 year old at 9. Then he could have a mid-life crisis at 19 or so when buying a shiny sports car and trying to bang teen girls is acceptable behavior.
@1,063,563 (D)
That's being modest about it and you as well as i know it me thinks ?
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
I never learned the correct way to use chopsticks. My method works perfectly so correct not correct works for me.
My method of using chopsticks is based on science and 100% effective.
kids like that confirm that the idea that anyone could be a mathematician or anything else is unrealistic
some people have a hell of a lot easier time to get through material it seems
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
I would have thought it would mean the opposite, that even a kid can potentially become a mathematician.
@1,064,053 (Sheila LaBoof)
Come on, even a cactus can change the subject.
@1,063,570 (E)
That would actually work!!! They probably are more receptive when it's a 19 year old and not a balding guy with a beer gut and a C5 Corvette. Though because he's a genius he's still gonna get called a fag and stuffed in his locker by the football players.