British boy who taught himself to read aged two joins Mensa

Post by ggm » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 9:52 PM UTC

Maursault wrote: post #20

ggm wrote: post #2

Gauss had a very early start in reading and maths. It isn't inherently harmful. That said. Myopia in children is concerning. He needs to be given sufficient time outdoors, focussing on things more distant to infinity. Aside from that, Mensa is just a club, but so is Skull and Bones, as Geraldo found out. Clubs can be good or bad, it depends. Other british child prodigies are on record that their parents fully impleme…

> Mensa is just a club Among geniuses, Mensa is for the morons, relatively speaking. It also has the highest annual fees.[1] It's all a machine, partner. Live free, don't join. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-IQ_society

No member of Mensa I have known has remained a friend for long. They all seem obsessed with numerical rank order of precedence and smirk.

I have never sought membership. I want nothing to do with them.

Post by BizarroLand » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 10:24 PM UTC

afpx wrote: post #13

sriram_malhar wrote: post #4

It isn't just that the 2 year old can read. He taught himself to read! In Mandarin!

My dad always claims he taught himself to read at age 3, living on some old farm in the middle of nowhere. For whatever reason, I didn't start talking until I was 3, though.

There is a thing called hyperlexia where young children will teach themselves to read. My dad had it and I did too.

It's not a big deal even if it is rare, and it doesn't seem to correlate to life success or intelligence. My dad was good with numbers and above average intelligence, I'm good with numbers and gifted intelligence, but big whoop, no one cares.

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