Eight-year-old physics genius enters university

Korea Herald ^ | 2005-11-05 | Hwang Si-young

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[RockinRight]

I hope Kim Jong-Il doesn't get a hold of this kid...

[spetznaz]

Good for him. I pray he goes far.

[Yaelle]

You cannot really hold a genius back. The simply don't play like other kids. Even when you send them outside to play a little, they will be looking at things and doing things differently. They will NOT fit in socially AT ALL with their "peers." Let him study. He is happy.

[Maynerd]

Let's hope the media backs off and gives this kid some space. I wish he'd focus on fusion energy so we could wall off the middle east.

[saganite]

So he gets his PhD at 10, overthrows Einstein's theory of relativity at 14, has his super string car up and running at 18, gets his Nobel at 20, then what?

Actually, from what I read, most of these child geniuses are totally burnt out by the time they're 20 and are never heard from again. The exceptions seem to be in the world of music for some reason.

[who knows what evil?]

I hope Kim Jong-Il doesn't get a hold of this kid...

...or American educrats...

[RouxStir]

"The interview was conducted mainly with the senior Song since Yoo-geun is lacking in his ability to communicate with adults."

My cat's genius exceeds that of Einstein.....but unfortunately he is lacking in his abililty to communicate with humans.

[x5452]

But aren't most forced into some sort of academic system? The kid seems intent to pursue an application of his abilities. Hell even he get's burned out after creating a flying car, the benefits for the scientific community should be quite impressive.

[cgbg]

Flying cars are a really dumb idea. There are enough bad drivers now. :-)

Now if the kid wants to design a workable starship we all would have plenty of room to maneuver...and a way to escape political correctness here on Earth. :-)

[DoughtyOne]

There's something about the child prodigy that I find very fascinating. My hope for such kids is that they are nurtured as much as possible and allowed to progress as best they can. I don't believe there is a perfect way to achieve this.

[Political Junkie Too]

Eight-year-old physics genius enters university

Did they ask him yet about how often he thinks about touching his private parts?

-PJ

[operation clinton cleanup]

In March this year, he went to an elementary school but after a few days said he didn't feel suited to the school system.

I felt the same way, but my parents stifled my creativity and forced me to go through he whole 12 year thing.

[LibFreeOrDie]

"Did they ask him yet about how often he thinks about touching his private parts?"

Those lucky Koreans doesn't have the Ninth Circuit:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515312/posts

[ASA Vet]

They will NOT fit in socially AT ALL with their "peers."

Their peers aren't the other play ground kids. They'll find FreeRepublic some day and find a whole bunch of genius+ peers.

[headsonpikes]

It is possible that the really smart ones escape detection.

;^)

[AdamSelene235]

Let's hope the media backs off and gives this kid some space. I wish he'd focus on fusion energy so we could wall off the middle east.

Er, fission works just fine. Right now. It has for more than half a century. Our energy problems are political not physical.

[Riverman94610]

I have a confession to make.
Before I read the article I said,"I bet the kid is Asian"
I'm still stereotyping.

[FairOpinion]

WOW!

This is really impressive! And 8 year old kid as a Physics freshman. From the sound of it, he will have his Ph.D in Physics by the time he is 10.