From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 09:48:08 MDT
On the one hand he's reputed to have an unquantifiable IQ:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134859999_boygenius31.html
On the other hand he says:
"[arrogantly] I believe I was given a special gift from God, and [humbly] I
don't know why" ... and [as Miss America candidates are inclined to say] "I
want to use this gift to help all mankind and bring lasting world peace."
[my italics]
Being that I am constantly naive on this subject, it is astouding to me when
people say they were given a special gift from god (female singers are
especially likely to say this). But what I don't understand is how a brain
(as in the boy genius story) that makes mathematical and scientific
connections doesn't make the observation that we just crawled out of the
ocean not all that long ago ... and that there is no Monkey King.
Olga
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