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My 12 year old taught himself Calculus and Linear Algebra since June. Autistic?

? Decent but not great grades in school.
Excitant Yarmulke
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Snowy Clown
  01/01/22
Started with YouTube videos and then switched to Khan Academ...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
It all started when we watched this video randomly. Or at le...
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Snowy Clown
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aquamarine trump supporter
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Obviously made up story but if it had happened he would prob...
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Snowy Clown
  01/01/22
does he really understand it? anyone can learn the derivativ...
Big-titted vigorous stead
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Medicated purple cumskin mood
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Snowy Clown
  01/01/22
right, so they don't really understand linear algebra.
Big-titted vigorous stead
  01/01/22
yeah, I made an A in lin alg...never really understood...jus...
Medicated purple cumskin mood
  01/01/22
I think math at most schools today is kind of a joke. Look a...
Big-titted vigorous stead
  01/01/22
I got the highest grade in my differential equations class, ...
concupiscible indirect expression
  01/01/22
Cr, I use calculus in law constantly
Domesticated Theatre Jew
  01/01/22
don't get fresh with me!
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no one really understands math, but for a few
doobsian lake theater
  01/01/22
I have no clue. I took trig sophomore year HS and havnt take...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
I have no clue. I took trig sophomore year HS and havnt take...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
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soul-stirring shitlib
  01/01/22
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Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
A lot of fake "geniuses" touted by the media (esp ...
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  01/01/22
Yeah it's lulzy how they trot out this same copypaste story ...
beta really tough guy potus
  01/01/22
Actually, just found out from my wife he has straight A's. I...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
Lol. I skipped a third of senior year and found out like 10 ...
crystalline indian lodge
  01/01/22
Get him 'How to Prove It' and Spivak's Calculus. See how he ...
beta really tough guy potus
  01/01/22
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Big-titted vigorous stead
  01/01/22
No. It's hockey season and I want him to focus on that.
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
depends what you want. not giving parenting advice. if you w...
Big-titted vigorous stead
  01/01/22
Much prefer him being an athlete who's also smart rather tha...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/01/22
ya, then nothing needs to be done here. seems like he's smar...
Big-titted vigorous stead
  01/01/22
Hockey and math are rum and Coke, my friend.
beta really tough guy potus
  01/01/22
state his IQ
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No clue. I did mid 170s in LSAT. Wife is probably 13...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/02/22
Can he code, bro?
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He learned some Java in a summer program but never showed an...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/02/22
Autistic? no Asian? yes
exciting son of senegal
  01/02/22
here is my advice for your son: get him into community co...
Unholy library
  01/02/22
No way. Community colleges near me are like 98% non-White. ...
Excitant Yarmulke
  01/02/22
you can take all those math courses online. he wouldn't even...
Unholy library
  01/02/22
why does this matter? btw, turbokike's advice is cr.
offensive azn water buffalo
  01/03/22
he's going to become a tranny
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  01/03/22
if he used tiktok instead of youtube he'd been done in 90 se...
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  01/03/22
what moniker does he poast under
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  01/03/22


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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:04 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

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Decent but not great grades in school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713424)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:08 PM
Author: Snowy Clown



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:18 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

Started with YouTube videos and then switched to Khan Academy and a few others like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713520)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:24 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

It all started when we watched this video randomly. Or at least I'm 80% certain it was this video. If not this one, something very similar

https://youtu.be/WUvTyaaNkzM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713556)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 10:34 PM
Author: Snowy Clown



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Date: January 2nd, 2022 2:04 AM
Author: aquamarine trump supporter



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:09 PM
Author: pea-brained people who are hurt public bath

Obviously made up story but if it had happened he would probably be a genius or autistic savant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713449)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:10 PM
Author: Snowy Clown



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:14 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous stead

does he really understand it? anyone can learn the derivative of x^3 is 3x^2, or row reduce a matrix. But does he understand what the derivative measures, or what a linear transformation actually is.

if he's not getting good grades at school, i'm guessing he's either bored with assignments and isn't trying. but if he's also not doing well on the basic exams (which emphasize some basic computations), then he probably doesn't get what's going on, and has only tricked himself into thinking he gets calculus and linear algebra.

i wouldn't be too surprised if he understands bits and pieces of calculus, but linear algebra is a bit more abstract, and i would be pleasantly surprised if he grasps the concept of a vector space, isomorphism, kernel, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713475)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:15 PM
Author: Medicated purple cumskin mood



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:16 PM
Author: Snowy Clown



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:18 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous stead

right, so they don't really understand linear algebra.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713511)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:41 PM
Author: Medicated purple cumskin mood

yeah, I made an A in lin alg...never really understood...just rote stuff...same for diff eqtns...made a B...completely clueless...now calculus? I understood that completely...and the concepts i learned there are still useful to me

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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:48 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous stead

I think math at most schools today is kind of a joke. Look at calculus textbooks from even 30 years ago, and you'll see how much things have been dumbed down.



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Date: January 1st, 2022 10:07 PM
Author: concupiscible indirect expression

I got the highest grade in my differential equations class, bit I worked my ass off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713798)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 10:29 PM
Author: Domesticated Theatre Jew

Cr, I use calculus in law constantly

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Date: January 2nd, 2022 3:12 AM
Author: Medicated purple cumskin mood

don't get fresh with me!

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Date: January 2nd, 2022 2:24 PM
Author: offensive azn water buffalo



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Date: January 2nd, 2022 11:22 PM
Author: ungodly smoky step-uncle's house



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:16 PM
Author: Internet-worthy nudist stage doctorate

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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:17 PM
Author: doobsian lake theater

no one really understands math, but for a few

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713502)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:20 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

I have no clue. I took trig sophomore year HS and havnt taken any math since. All I know is that he's able to do a bunch of tests and answer the questions correctly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713527)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:20 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

I have no clue. I took trig sophomore year HS and havnt taken any math since. All I know is that he's able to do a bunch of tests and answer the questions correctly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713529)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:16 PM
Author: soul-stirring shitlib

gook

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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:23 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

Goy white

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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:30 PM
Author: chrome arousing casino circlehead

A lot of fake "geniuses" touted by the media (esp if the quote "genius" is URM) can parrot a bit about calculus, etc., but none have a real understanding. Media usually describes them as having a "higher IQ than Einstein."

Date: July 20th, 2020 9:25 PM

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Adhara Perez

https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/adhara-perez-mexican-child-genius-higher-iq-einstein

Nishi Uggalle

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2019/mar/04/does-having-a-higher-iq-than-einstein-guarantee-success

Freya Mangotra

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2019-12-17/10-year-old-has-higher-iq-then-einstein-and-stephen-hawking/

Ramarni Wilfred

http://upriser.com/posts/11-year-old-boy-with-higher-iq-than-einstein

Nicole Barr

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-12-year-old-has-a-higher-iq-than-einstein-and-stephen-hawking

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4588767&forum_id=2

Date: December 6th, 2020 5:42 PM

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https://van-us.atavist.com/child-prodigies

“At the London recital there was much amazement at Deutscher’s poise and skill,” Wroe writes. He doesn’t mention what the exact markers for these traits are. Do they come across through her well-bred appearance, or the satisfying incongruity of a child confidently entering the realm of the adult? In an interview with VAN, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff says, “I can understand why people are amazed by a 10-year-old juggler at the circus. But in music, it’s not about ability.”

The music critic Janice Nimura sees our fascination with child prodigies yet more cynically. She tells Solomon, “The child prodigy is the polite version of the carny freak. Gawking at the dog-faced boy in the sideshow is exploitative, but gawking at the six-year-old pianist on the ‘Today’ show is somehow okay, even inspiring, demonstrating just how high human potential can soar.”

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4706159&forum_id=2

College student called "genius" for doing basic trig. Guess race.

You know when you zone out in math class and wonder, when will I ever actually use this in real life? Well, one genius college student actually found a pretty sick way to make trigonometry cool again: she calculated the angle of her dab.

It all started on Friday afternoon, when Anicca Harriot, a 20-year-old student at Regent University in Virginia, took a walk through a park near campus with her friends between classes. They took this picture:

http://www.seventeen.com/life/school/news/a42653/this-genius-college-student-actually-calculated-the-angle-of-her-dab/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354743&forum_id=2#31430082)

Tags: Anicca Harriot, UVa, trig

Date: July 27th, 2018 10:21 AM

Author: Indrid Cold

check out this young mensan with a hyphenated last name

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/07/27/hes-just-a-4-year-old-who-loves-his-scooter-hes-also-the-youngest-member-of-mesna.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4036150&forum_id=2

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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:41 PM
Author: beta really tough guy potus

Yeah it's lulzy how they trot out this same copypaste story every couple months.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713654)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:32 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

Actually, just found out from my wife he has straight A's. I assumed his grades weren't that good cuz he tends to get in trouble a lot and his teachers say he's lazy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713600)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:51 PM
Author: crystalline indian lodge

Lol. I skipped a third of senior year and found out like 10 years later that my dad assumed I barely graduated - I actually had a 4.4 which is why all my teachers let me off the hook each time

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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:43 PM
Author: beta really tough guy potus

Get him 'How to Prove It' and Spivak's Calculus. See how he likes that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713663)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:43 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous stead



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:47 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

No. It's hockey season and I want him to focus on that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713694)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:49 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous stead

depends what you want. not giving parenting advice. if you want him to be a mathmo, then poaster above is giving good advice. if not, then nothing needs to be done. just continue letting him do well in school and learn whatever he wants on the side.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713708)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:50 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

Much prefer him being an athlete who's also smart rather than a nerd who plays sports.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713717)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 10:04 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous stead

ya, then nothing needs to be done here. seems like he's smart enough already. just encourage him to do well in hockey.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43713791)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 9:50 PM
Author: beta really tough guy potus

Hockey and math are rum and Coke, my friend.

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Date: January 1st, 2022 11:36 PM
Author: abusive anal stag film

state his IQ

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Date: January 2nd, 2022 1:39 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

No clue.

I did mid 170s in LSAT.

Wife is probably 130 IQ.

3 parents with doctorates between the 2 of us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43716063)



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Date: January 1st, 2022 11:43 PM
Author: cobalt swashbuckling resort

Can he code, bro?

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Date: January 2nd, 2022 1:40 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

He learned some Java in a summer program but never showed any continued interest.

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Date: January 2nd, 2022 2:27 PM
Author: exciting son of senegal

Autistic? no

Asian? yes

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Date: January 2nd, 2022 8:06 PM
Author: Unholy library

here is my advice for your son:

get him into community college classes ASAP. if he can get As in Calc I-III and Linear Algebra before he turns 15, he may be on track to take grad school math classes by senior yr of HS. don't let him skip a grade or miss out on sports. the only aspect of his life that should differentiate himself from his peers are the math classes he's enrolled in. taking grad school classes in hs at your local BIG STATE U would put him ahead of 95% of freshmen at HYPS. if he comes through this with As and has a near perfect SAT, he should get a free ride to most state schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43718317)



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Date: January 2nd, 2022 9:54 PM
Author: Excitant Yarmulke

No way. Community colleges near me are like 98% non-White.



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Date: January 2nd, 2022 10:00 PM
Author: Unholy library

you can take all those math courses online. he wouldn't even have to set foot in a classroom.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43719060)



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Date: January 3rd, 2022 12:40 PM
Author: offensive azn water buffalo

why does this matter? btw, turbokike's advice is cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43721150)



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Date: January 3rd, 2022 12:40 PM
Author: Nubile pocket flask juggernaut

he's going to become a tranny

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Date: January 3rd, 2022 12:42 PM
Author: Talented bbw

if he used tiktok instead of youtube he'd been done in 90 seconds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4998626&forum_id=2#43721160)



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Date: January 3rd, 2022 12:42 PM
Author: bistre famous landscape painting

what moniker does he poast under

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