TIL Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. Congrats, kid, you definitely have a few more eggs in the basket than I do.

Yeah, I feel that. I'm not a genius whatsoever, so don't assume that's what I'm getting at. But, like, I feel most content as a software engineer when I'm teaching people how to program vs actually programming.

I guess once I get good enough, I can become a mentor to co-workers.

Good for him, learning at his own pace and also pursuing martial arts and other activites where he can have friends his own age. He looks like someone on a good path!

Had a teacher who was a savant, went to college for physics at 12. He teaches for fun at a local college because all his research and patents are his paycheck.

Boredom from the student themselves in classes. As well as difficulty fitting in with classmates that can't keep up with them even in conversation. Most of the times they don't even know that the other person doesn't understand what they understand so quickly. They definitely will lack social skills without exposure in other places though.

In addition, it doesn't always feel like an external pressure that they need to perform highly. Its more internalized that they want to learn the next thing and master it.

Source: I was rushed through school, but everyone's situation will be different.

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$49 bucks? That sounds like a pretty good deal for airfare.

It’s definitely how we got the Principia.

THATS HOW WE GOT FUSION BABY! Or like something like that... idk.

I hope his parents are taking good care of him, and not pushing him too much to the point of burnout.

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So happy for all of them. Hope they find the other child and that they are healthy.

To be fair that’s probably what a lot of them want. Savant level geniuses tend not to love attention.

But why? It’s awesome he is smart but what will he do post college? Get a full time career at 13? He needs to play with kids his own age. He needs to have fun. Not uplifting to me. I worry for him.

Wife taught I. So Oregon. They have historically gains because of historical low standards.

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I see what you did there… “uplifting” news indeed.

Good for him, but why is this uplifting

Putting the air in Delaware

Why do kids like this get rushed through school? Surely they miss out on so much social learning and also have all the added pressure of feeling like they have to perform highly all the time? Why not just let them go through school at a normal pace? I don't get it.

I have been seeing news like this for years and never once have I ever heard of these geniuses again. It seems they roll through academia, get some hole-in-the-wall research gig and then fade into obscurity.

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That guy looks good for 58

This isn’t uplifting AT ALL! Sure it’s really nice that he’s being helped, but it shouldn’t take a teacher adapting him for him to get the help that he needs.