Prodigies

>>8501322
fuckk offf, probs smarter than evryone on here

>>8501322
No, because the majority of them amount to nothing. Often, for instance, child genius is fleeting and they end up 'normalising' against their equally brilliant classmates, or co-workers.

I feel like a failure when I read about the prodigies of the past, who actually did things. Modern prodigies tend to be just autistic savants, completely unable to generalise their talents.

Then again, the fact that the useful type of prodigy tends to disappear as soon as historical records become more reliable, makes me question whether they were ever a thing at all.

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D-DO YOU DREAM IN CODE, ANON-SAN?

>>8501388
>12 years old
>vocabulary of a 25 year old
>get to 26
>vocabulary of a 25 year old
As far as I can tell my experience is pretty typical. Child geniuses develop abnormally fast and then they run out of room to develop to. I'm pretty sure now there's a peak operating point in brain development, where your thoughts are as clear as they ever will be, and the only difference between most prodigies and everyone else is the precise age that kicks in.

And it's a fucking awful experience because it feels like you're getting dumber and thicker as everyone else around you is still looking forward to the best of their lives. If I couldn't do it at 12 I sure as fuck can't do it now.

>>8501433
'When' I was 14, I frequently did computer programming.
It's a hobby, and people shouldn't be getting this kind of praise for it.
You summed it up perfectly. Peers eventually catch up to them.

>>8501388
"Amounting to something" is measured by social standards and media. But that is a consequence of them not being mentally strong enough to stand up for themselves. It simply means less pain for them to just get back in line.

When you get out of college you'll realize that neither hard work nor talent is the determining factor for success in research. It's luck.

>>8501322
Prodigies on the news?
Not really.
Prodigies in history?
Fuck yes.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-KQb3Mx2WMw
Fuck

>>8501569
What

>>8501322
Good friend of mine was allowed to skip a year, twice.

He ended up as a photographer. He isn't complaining nor does he make little money.

But still far from the math prodigies people expected him to be.