Ah, Prodigies!

[3113]

This one is a 12 year old astrophysicist who might be able to rival Einstein....

Note that, yes, he's Aspergers. I swear, if us Aspies could socialize, we'd rule the world. Good thing we've that little Achilles heel there to keep the rest of the world safe from our not-so-benevolent dictatorship

 

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[3113]

Meeting eyes, hugging near-strangers, making small talk - ...being in a room full of echoing chatter

Good grief, Sarahh, now I've got to go hide in a corner for an hour. Will you give us a heads up before you start telling scary stories?

 

[Stella_Omega]

My theory is that Asberger's is a life saver. It allows someone to be brilliant without being crushed. I've known a few people who had IQ's nearing this young man's. The ones that were not Asbergers were drinking themselves to death, or on heavy anti-depressants. One man I know comes from a family of geniuses, and he's the only one who isn't Asbergers-- things are very difficult for him. We had to bring the police to break into his door at one point. We found him sitting on his bed, unreactive despite the noise of busting wood and tromping boots and walkie-talkies. He was so deeply depressed that he was nearly comatose.

but damn-- just look at him, questioning Einstein Go, kid! Go!

 

[stephen55]

http://photos.indystar.com/photos/2011/3/18/462620/inline.jpg


Does this look like the face of someone who can challenge Einstein?

For Jake, that meant astronomy. As a 3-year-old, he loved looking at a book about stars, over and over again.

So off they went on a tour of the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium at Butler University.

Kristine Barnett will never forget the day.

"We were in the crowd, just sitting, listening to this guy ask the crowd if anyone knew why the moons going around Mars were potato-shaped and not round," she recalls. "Jacob raised his hand and said, 'Excuse me, but what are the sizes of the moons around Mars?' "

The lecturer answered, and "Jacob looked at him and said the gravity of the planet . . . is so large that (the moon's) gravity would not be able to pull it into a round shape."

Silence.

"That entire building . . . everyone was just looking at him, like, 'Who is this 3-year-old?' "

Apparently it is...

 

[3113]

http://photos.indystar.com/photos/2011/3/18/462620/inline.jpg


Does this look like the face of someone who can challenge Einstein?

Well, he is missing the hair. I'm not sure I can see anyone challenging Einstein without comparable hair.....

http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/einstein.jpg

And I think we should wait till Jake hits puberty to see if he's really Einstein. That rush of hormones when he starts to notice girls might put all this silly math and science stuff right out of his head

 

[stephen55]

http://jegans.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/albert-einstein.jpg

Albert Einstein was a reasonably good looking guy in his early days. Then he went on and became a Nobel winning physicist...

http://z.about.com/d/physics/1/0/C/0/-/-/Einstein_tongue.jpg

...and look what happened....

 

[Stella_Omega]

Well, he is missing the hair. I'm not sure I can see anyone challenging Einstein without comparable hair.....

http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/einstein.jpg

And I think we should wait till Jake hits puberty to see if he's really Einstein. That rush of hormones when he starts to notice girls might put all this silly math and science stuff right out of his head

I.Q tends to push teenaged hormones mostly right out of the ring, from what I've seen.

Sentience is no fun!

 

[3113]

Sentience is no fun!

*Sigh* I know. My genius is such a trial to me....

 

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[stephen55]

My favorite Einstein cartoon...


http://www.ourscreendoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/farside-12.jpg

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Genius evidently bother Albert's hormones from what we've been told about his private life. And he was musical . . . sigh.

 

[rgraham666]

We found him sitting on his bed, unreactive despite the noise of busting wood and tromping boots and walkie-talkies. He was so deeply depressed that he was nearly comatose.

I've been there.