EPT11 y.o college graduate says gaming is a waste of time - P…
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Muirhead
United States557 Posts
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Frits
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On June 09 2009 12:28 Reason wrote: You are making as many baseless assumptions as the people you are refuting. lol @ the irony of that statement I'm actually looking and checking most of the things I mention here up in a textbook on child psychology which I read 2 months ago (Siegel, Deloache, Eisenberg, 2006). Feel free to point out the baseless assumptions though. | ||
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MK
United States496 Posts
On June 09 2009 12:45 Muirhead wrote: Lol there is a difference between understanding community college math and being able to solve real math problems at Olympiad or research level. :D | ||
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wurm
Philippines2296 Posts
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iPF[Div]
Spain572 Posts
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GeneralStan
United States4789 Posts
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
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Frits
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On June 09 2009 12:26 Last Romantic wrote: This kid is honestly nothing special. The academic rigour of community college classes is barely more than junior high - he's gifted, sure, but no genius. I'm sure if people were to set aside all social interaction to pursue one or two things they could largely achieve similar degrees of success. Sidis, on the other hand, is a true prodigy - one that actually bears examination, unlike this poor soul. Like I mentioned before, this is not true at all. This kid is special by all norms in developmental psychology. Define the difference between gifted and genius. You're simply relativating something by picking an even more extreme example. If someone differs 5 standard deviations from the norm, the statistical significance of that does not simply fade by the existence of someone who differs 10 sd's from the norm. If you were to set aside all social interaction you would still get nowhere close to what this kid achieved because the mind of a normal child would simply not be able to comprehend the problems with it's underdeveloped brain. It's not a matter of investing time, that's not how intelligence develops. | ||
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Clasic
Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
On June 09 2009 13:06 GeneralStan wrote: Martial Arts is a more valuable activity than Gaming. It encourages healthy living, teaches mental balance and focus, and creates strength, dexterity, and endurance. Gaming contributes to a sedentary lifestyle Wii anyone? | ||
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sith
United States2474 Posts
On June 09 2009 13:04 iPF[Div] wrote: If he's such a genius why the fuck did he go to community college. Ahaha QFT. Seriously though, he started college at age 8....I mean i'm sure the course material was pretty advanced and I don't doubt he is gifted, but honestly you could shove a lot of people into similar situations and they would come out ok. If I went to community college at age 14 or whatever and had things specifically laid out for me (as I'm sure this kid had), I doubt I would do too bad. | ||
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
On June 09 2009 02:45 yrag89 wrote: ![[image loading]](http://images.morris.com/images/lubbock/mdControlled/cms/2008/07/20/306798454.jpg) HUMANITY OK W....T....F..... I have that same tiger wall scroll 2 feet to my right hanging on my wall. THAT IS SO CREEPY D: D: D: D: | ||
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On June 09 2009 13:06 GeneralStan wrote: Unless you're teaching martial arts and encouraging all of those principles to people (which doesn't seem to be the case for him), then I don't see how it could be considered beneficial to humanity while games aren't.Martial Arts is a more valuable activity than Gaming. It encourages healthy living, teaches mental balance and focus, and creates strength, dexterity, and endurance. Gaming contributes to a sedentary lifestyle His argument isn't that martial arts are more valuable than games, it's that games are a waste of time because it doesn't benefit humanity...which could be said about a lot of things he does. | ||
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jodogohoo
Canada2533 Posts
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
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Xela
Canada203 Posts
I think he maybe right. The younger you are, the more things you are able to learn fast because your brain is not fully developped. If you began school at 3-4 years old and continued every year for 300/365 days (instead of like 180/365 like it is now) you would probably finish college at 15-16. Yes you basically sacrifice your childhood, but in theory it would be possible for almost everyone if they are able to endure that schedule for 12 years. | ||
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MK
United States496 Posts
On June 09 2009 13:36 tomatriedes wrote: Mix of Jewish and Asian genes and upbringing? Too easy. It would be difficult not to be a genius. god, if he was a girl and Swedish+Asian+Jewish I'l totally change my comments... actually, to be Swedish girl is enough for me to change my comments :p | ||
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prOxi.swAMi
Australia3091 Posts
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LuckyOne
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On June 09 2009 13:14 Frits wrote: Like I mentioned before, this is not true at all. This kid is special by all norms in developmental psychology. Define the difference between gifted and genius. You're simply relativating something by picking an even more extreme example. If someone differs 5 standard deviations from the norm, the statistical significance of that does not simply fade by the existence of someone who differs 10 sd's from the norm. If you were to set aside all social interaction you would still get nowhere close to what this kid achieved because the mind of a normal child would simply not be able to comprehend the problems with it's underdeveloped brain. It's not a matter of investing time, that's not how intelligence develops. well i guess he didnt go to a normal school before college, so whats special is the environment his parents crafted , plus his ability to be a tool. | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
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