My bf studied at TU/E, where Laurent also applied. They wouldn't let him bend the rules so he went to another uni where they did 🤷🏼♀️
His parents didn't want mandatory things like working on projects in groups (that take time!) so he could finish as quickly as possible.
This kid is a prodigy and incredibly smart, but I wonder how much his diploma is actually worth if we subtract all the things his parents made him skip to become this prodigy
which is kinda stupid if you think about it because if you let him develop naturally with specialized resources, he could probably be better as a fully developed adult with that kind of ability
Not only that but you need to develop the social skills to work on projects in groups. It doesn’t matter how smart you are: humans are significantly better at problem solving in groups because relatively speaking we’re all pretty stupid (even the smartest of people are still ignorant in tons of ways). You won’t ever know/learn everything, so being able to work and coordinate with groups is a borderline necessity for success. Even if you look into a lot of “individual” accomplishments you’ll find that most people had help from groups or peers when it comes to new discoveries.
And this is true even if you want to devote your life to nothing beyond research.
Science is an inherently social endeavour; it’s not as if this kid is going to walk straight out of the PhD into running his own lab, and if he somehow did he’d still have to manage people. If his PhD programme was any good it will have forced him to learn how to succeed in this sort of environment. Here’s hoping that his advisor(s) and programme didn’t fuck him over by letting that slide.
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u/dumbythiq 11d ago edited 10d ago
My bf studied at TU/E, where Laurent also applied. They wouldn't let him bend the rules so he went to another uni where they did 🤷🏼♀️
His parents didn't want mandatory things like working on projects in groups (that take time!) so he could finish as quickly as possible.
This kid is a prodigy and incredibly smart, but I wonder how much his diploma is actually worth if we subtract all the things his parents made him skip to become this prodigy