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16. Before clicking: "Please let this be another Terence Tao"

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 06:52 PM

Mar 2015

That is, a true prodigy that has delivered on his genius.

After clicking I was disappointed to find just some smart kid with demanding parents. Oh well. Good luck in banking, kid.

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10 Yr. Old Math genius enrolls in College [View all] packman Mar 2015 OP

That is awesome. nt bemildred Mar 2015 #1

Love this! peace13 Mar 2015 #2

Pretty amazing....my 10yo son tested on a 9th grade level in math ileus Mar 2015 #3

I am always in awe of such genius, SheilaT Mar 2015 #4

My first thought? Orrex Mar 2015 #5

My first thoughts? packman Mar 2015 #8

My first thought on reading this story was feeling a twinge of regret Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #6

She's ten years old ... surrealAmerican Mar 2015 #18

Mine too. hifiguy Mar 2015 #20

Cool that it's a black girl dissentient Mar 2015 #7

That was a component of my first thought... 2naSalit Mar 2015 #9

Norbert Wiener was a child prodigy who made good starroute Mar 2015 #10

Education in the UK is a bit different... HipChick Mar 2015 #17

This learning is available without what I would consider an isolating social atmosphere RadiationTherapy Mar 2015 #11

Sheldon was my first thought Telcontar Mar 2015 #12

That she's one beautiful and smart girl! woodsprite Mar 2015 #13

Career in banking too Omaha Steve Mar 2015 #14

Young children's minds are a sponge PowerToThePeople Mar 2015 #15

Before clicking: "Please let this be another Terence Tao" mathematic Mar 2015 #16

How many of us expected to click on this link and see an Asian boy? Codeine Mar 2015 #19

I will admit that I did. hifiguy Mar 2015 #21