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Also even if he IS ridiculously intelligent and not just a gifted hard worker who is pushed by his parents, who is more likely to change the world:
1 guy in the top .0001%
or
Any 1 of THREE MILLION guys in the top 1%
Diminishing returns, guys... contrary to what you might be led to believe by reading Ender's Game, a little bit of extra intelligence doesn't help you naturally float to the top of society. Look at anyone who has a great reputation for success... Rockefeller, Einstein, Bill Gates, Alexander Graham Bell, Stravinsky, Edison, Frank Sinatra, I don't care, They all put tens of thousands of hours into their chosen profession before anyone even heard of them.
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I can beat him up, and I have no "formal training."
I'm just not a faggot.
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Taiwanese mother and an Israeli father.
Fuck those half asian half jews are SMART
Swear to god, my friend is half asian half jew and he goes to harvard lol
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On June 10 2009 12:44 Biochemist wrote:
Also even if he IS ridiculously intelligent and not just a gifted hard worker who is pushed by his parents, who is more likely to change the world:
1 guy in the top .0001%
or
Any 1 of THREE MILLION guys in the top 1%
Diminishing returns, guys... contrary to what you might be led to believe by reading Ender's Game, a little bit of extra intelligence doesn't help you naturally float to the top of society. Look at anyone who has a great reputation for success... Rockefeller, Einstein, Bill Gates, Alexander Graham Bell, Stravinsky, Edison, Frank Sinatra, I don't care, They all put tens of thousands of hours into their chosen profession before anyone even heard of them.
Ender was more of a leader than an intellectual...
But I obviously agree with what you said.
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What if he turns to a life of evil? God help us.
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Ender was more of a leader than an intellectual...
And Ender plays game.
The real outsmarting one is bean.
Definitely the best.
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The kid is right. If you're all about helping humanity, gaming is a waste of time. But if you're in it for personal enjoyment, gaming is a lot of fun.
That little bugger is mighty ambitious. But if he thinks that people don't need diversions, then he needs to be beaten by reality. At this level of civilization where food and shelter are easily satisfied entertainment is highest priority.
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On June 09 2009 02:56 MYM.Testie wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2009 01:23 MarklarMarklar wrote:
gaming sucks ass, i got bored at 17, only kept playing cause i had time to burn
i have real interests and ambitions
oh, and now i get stoned when i burn time instead. much more fun. This is the opinion of someone who completely sucks at every video game he touches.
what do you base this on douchebag, i'm pro at everything
quakeworld, q3, cs1.6, dota, bw (in 03-04 when i played actively last) street fita third strike
baby i crush you at everything, but wait, i don't give a shit if i get a headshot in a game or destroy my opponents base.
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On June 10 2009 14:32 evanthebouncy! wrote:
Taiwanese mother and an Israeli father.
Fuck those half asian half jews are SMART
Swear to god, my friend is half asian half jew and he goes to harvard lol
I just can't wait for Moltke to comment on this 
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On June 10 2009 11:27 Mykill wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2009 04:17 King K. Rool wrote:On June 10 2009 03:33 Empyrean wrote:Ok, so I've been browsing around the ELAC website...even though this kid is technically a college graduate, if he really wants to have a successful career in astrophysics, I certainly hope he considers a degree at another university. Browsing through their math department shows that ODE's are the fourth highest level of math you can take. Some high schoolers are taking classes in ODE's :/...Independent study in any subject is cirtually guaranteed to be more useful at, say, a California state school. Let's compare some course descriptions: Math 105 at East Los Angeles College: Source: http://www.elac.edu/academic/doc/CourseDescriptions/Mathematics - CourseDescriptions.pdfThis course is designed to give students understanding and competency in the basic operations of elementary arithmetic. Topics include the standard operations with applications on whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio, proportion, and percent. Additional topics may be chosen from geometric figures and introduction to algebra. And Math 105 at, say, Duke: Source: http://www.aas.duke.edu/reg/synopsis/view.cgi?term=1270&s=01&action=display&subj=MATH&course=105Mathematics 105 is a course in vector calculus that uses linear algebra. Topics to be covered include: iterated integrals and partial derivatives, optimization (constrained and unconstrained) in multiple dimensions, the Implicit Function Theorem, cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems, vector fields, divergence and curl, parameterized curves and surfaces, arc length and surface area, and Green's, Stokes's, and Gauss's Theorems.  Hahahaha. I freaking lol'd. I don't know what else the kid's taken (and I'm sure he's smart), but that course is a joke at the very least. My parents (Chinese) taught me that shit while I was still in elementary school. He probably would've been better off going through highschool and going to a good university instead of speeding through some third-rate college (assuming it's third-rate by that math 105 description). Criticism is fine. most likely not a very high grade course. but you cant say you learnt "optimization (constrained and unconstrained) in multiple dimensions" in elementary school. (1-5 assuming 6-8 is middle school). in Grade 6 you would NOT have known how to parameterized. stop blowing shit out of proportion.
Uh, he goes to ELAC?
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On June 10 2009 04:58 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2009 04:46 4iner wrote:
BTW, I doubt there are many people in the world who have a 100% self-formed opinion. Essentially the only way that would be possible would be if someone had never been in contact with another human being. Again, most of those people though don't end up on television telling people what's right and wrong, and how they're going to change the world. Or writing a book about it.
Most people also don't graduate from college at fucking 11 years old you idiot. When you're able to do something that most of your peers aren't doing for another decade, then you get to have your time in the spotlight too, ok?
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he might be more knowledgable than most people, but he certainly isn't wiser than an 11 year old.
Poor kid has a messed up life:/
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All these comments here about "having no life" and cries of "nerd" or "virgin" make my blood boil. Firstly, what does having a "life" even mean? Is there some scale whereby only those who go to a certain amount of parties per week should be valued in society? Secondly, why does the act of fornification bear such weight? Is this really the metric by which an individual should be judged, whether or not he/she has screwed someone else?
If you reject all of the above and insist that these are the correct standards to be applied to society, then you do all realize you're posting on the forum of a website dedicated to coverage of a professionally played, decade old game, right? Pot, kettle, etc.
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On June 11 2009 00:52 Draconizard wrote:
All these comments here about "having no life" and cries of "nerd" or "virgin" make my blood boil. Firstly, what does having a "life" even mean? Is there some scale whereby only those who go to a certain amount of parties per week should be valued in society? Secondly, why does the act of fornification bear such weight? Is this really the metric by which an individual should be judged, whether or not he/she has screwed someone else?
If you reject all of the above and insist that these are the correct standards to be applied to society, then you do all realize you're posting on the forum of a website dedicated to coverage of a professionally played, decade old game, right? Pot, kettle, etc.
nerd, get laid.
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For real people are retarded calling him a nerd virgin. Should he be fucking 11 year old girls cause he's a graduate? Soooo many people on the internet are just fucking stupid. Also, he is planning to go to a better university for another 4 year program.
I love everyone cutting him down. You realize your bad mouthing an 11 year old over the internet. Wake up losers.
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On June 11 2009 02:58 MiniRomanian wrote:
For real people are retarded calling him a nerd virgin. Should he be fucking 11 year old girls cause he's a graduate? Soooo many people on the internet are just fucking stupid. Also, he is planning to go to a better university for another 4 year program.
I love everyone cutting him down. You realize your bad mouthing an 11 year old over the internet. Wake up losers.
Hey, that's actually the small part of this thread that's funny!
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? This kid is totaly right in every way. Games are a waste of time and no it's not really helping hummanity in anyway...
lol wtf is your point though? Bush was a waste of time and did nothing to help humanity, so... :/
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ender was more of a pathological, mentally disturbed, ill-fated brainchild fed by cold anger and hatred for others through isoliation.
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I think it's kind of funny that so many video game sites have such large posts about this. I don't get why people care. Yeah, video games don't contribute to society. That's pretty obvious. They're fun though and life sucks. Considering he's 11 the kid probably didn't word what he wanted to say correctly and probably meant that they don't really benefit him as a person. If the wants to have everything better himself as a person that he does that's cool. Don't see why that many people care.
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Helping humanity cannot be the sole driving factor in life. It is illogical. If it were so, then the purpose of life would be to help other people whose purpose would be to help others. It is circular, just helping to help helpers help.
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