I haven't read it yet, and like you I'm skeptical. I've seen quite a many documentry about child "geniuses" their always snot-nose brats who think their better than everyone else. With their parents enforcing this.
Genius and intelligence are relative! Just cos you are a master of math, dont mean you have more life experience, in many matters you will serve absolutley useless.
This one chinese kid comes to mind, hes like a proffesor at 11 or something. The most arrogent little shit youve ever heard.
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Yeah, nice. Hes talented.
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Genius means he's capable of doing something 99% of the world is not able to do.
I dont see that.
A talented artist, definitely, but a genius? No.
I could easily copy his landscapes (never been good with the human form), and Im not even that talented.
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