[HN Gopher] What happens when 'child geniuses' grow up
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       What happens when 'child geniuses' grow up
        
       Author : lostConnection
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-01-29 21:12 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | rrewdf44 wrote:
       | You obviously hack the planet, 'cause is a mess, and few are
       | actually trying to help.
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       | You may end up going the Oppenheimmer way and taking an U turn,
       | away from existential boredom (fascism), or something
        
       | SQueeeeeL wrote:
       | The idea of "child geniuses" just makes me kinda sick. I feel
       | like an important aspect of genius is aggregating lots of
       | information and being able to share your information with others.
       | Children with high IQs just aren't able to do that, they don't
       | have the life experience. Separating them from "common" people
       | and telling them they're "exceptional" just sounds like a recipe
       | for disaster for a 4 year old with no life context...
        
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