Glory, death and a psychiatric hospital: how the fate of famous geeks developed
'24.08.2020'
Source: ADME
How the life of people with truly outstanding talents at an early age develops in the future - says ADME.
It is believed that out of 6 children, one child has above average abilities, but one in 3 million children will be extraordinarily gifted. Nevertheless, quite a few parents try to actively develop their children almost from the first months of life, trying to find and increase their inner abilities as early as possible. But truly abnormal abilities develop well without outside help. And, as history shows, they do not always bring happiness to their owners.
Samuel Herman Reshevsky
Samuel was born in 1911. He learned to play chess at the age of 4-5 just by watching his father do it. With a unique memory, analytical mind and amazing composure, Samuel easily defeated opponents. The parents quickly realized that such opportunities for their son could bring considerable benefits to the family.
From the age of 6, his father began to organize long tours around Europe: little Samuel took part in tournaments and competitions, often leading games with a couple of dozen players at the same time - and winning. True, because of this, he studied little at school - only occasionally attended the parish.
Despite the fact that Reshevsky won world champions, he did not become a professional chess player, remaining in the amateur category all his life. He continued to play chess until old age, but saw the game only as a source of additional income. And he worked as a simple accountant.
Andrey Khlopin
At the age of 3, Andrei's dad read him the book Astronomy for Children. And the boy was seriously carried away by the starry sky. Over the next 10 years, he put forward several scientific hypotheses in the field of astronomy, to which many scientists have listened. Andrey has repeatedly won the All-Russian Olympiads, participated in scientific and educational research projects.
It often happens that in adolescence, the talents of geeks fade away and children seem to equalize with their peers. Nobody knows exactly what influenced Andrey's loss of interest in the stars, but the boy stopped studying astronomy at the age of 13-14. He became interested in boxing and then went to university.
Andrey is now 24 years old. He never considered himself a child prodigy. The young man graduated from the Faculty of Law and leads an ordinary life. There are no new achievements in any fields of science behind him.
Pavel Konoplev
At the age of 3, he learned to read and count. And at the age of 6 he had already mastered the logarithms - at this age his IQ was equal to 169 points (the IQ of the average adult fluctuates in the range of 90-120). In the 1st grade, he received his first grade - one. True, in the same year, having passed to the 4th grade, he became an excellent student. Academician Kolmogorov gave the highest assessment of his abilities. At the age of 14, Pasha participated in the creation of the first Russian computer, his scientific works were published in the journal Science and Life, and at the age of 15 he entered Moscow State University.
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He was passionate about science, but also interested in ordinary life. Pasha was a very sociable person, nevertheless, there were still problems: he communicated with people who were usually older than him, and at the same time he was in many aspects a child. But he was interested in everything, so at 18 he even became a deputy, winning the elections by a huge margin.
Unfortunately, human capabilities are not unlimited. Pavel developed mental problems. For a long time he was undergoing treatment, but at the age of 29 he died in the hospital.
Kim Woon Young
He is the smartest person on Earth: his IQ is 210. At the age of 5, baby Kim spoke Korean, English, German, French and Japanese. At the same age, the boy made a splash on Japanese television by solving differential equations on the air.
At the age of 8, he started work at NASA. After 10 years, Kim left there, describing this period as follows: “At that time I lived like a robot. I ate, slept, solved daily tasks, not even really knowing what I was doing. I was very lonely. "
After working at NASA, Kim returned to his homeland, studied civil engineering, received his doctorate and today teaches at the university. Many believe that he has lost his gift, and do not realize that Kim just wants to live a normal life as an ordinary person. He believes that people place too much value on IQ.
Evgeny Kissin
Little Zhenya entered the Gnessin Music School at the age of 6, although he began to play the piano by ear at the age of 2. At the age of 11, he gave his solo concert. Since then, his musical career has developed rapidly: tours, concerts, awards and awards.
Now the famous musician Evgeny is married to childhood friend Karina Arzumanova, lives in Israel and gives 40-50 concerts every year around the world. Perhaps his fate can be called happy: from early childhood, doing the only thing for which you go crazy is not given to everyone.
William James Sideis
The boy was born into the family of the famous psychiatrist Boris Saidis, an extremely educated person and a polyglot. Boris really wanted to raise a child prodigy - and he succeeded. He raised his son using his own psychological approaches, and this gave an amazing result: baby William was already reading at the age of 1,5, and at 11 he entered Harvard (and then only because at the age of 7 he was not taken there because of too much too young).
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The boy was promised a brilliant career: he knew 40 languages, psychology, cosmology, already at the age of 11 he was invited to lecture on higher mathematics. They say his IQ was 250-300 points. But the young man was completely indifferent to all social benefits: he was not interested in fame, women and success. Moreover, he preferred to live as a hermit, hiding from prying eyes and working as a modest accountant. As soon as they began to understand at work that they were a genius, he immediately quit and found himself another job.
William lived 46 years - alone, indulging in intellectual labor and occasionally suing newspapers that dared to mention his name. He died of a stroke.
Ruth Lawrence
Parents noticed Ruth's tendencies when she was very young. They worked as computer consultants, but the father quit his job in order to help his daughter and teach her everything that she was interested in. And she was interested in mathematics. At the age of 9, the girl already had a higher education, at 10 she entered Oxford. All this time, her father accompanied her to lectures. At 17, Ruth defended her dissertation.
At the age of 27, Ruth got married and left with her husband to Israel. She is an assistant professor of mathematics and works at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Satoshi Tajiri
Everyone knows who Pokemon are. But few people know that the world famous game Pokémon Go was created by a guy with autism. Since childhood, Satoshi adored insects and even collected a whole collection. The boy dreamed of becoming an entomologist. But then the family moved, and the boy lost the opportunity to completely surrender to his hobby.
But he found a way out: despite great difficulties in school, he still entered the Tokyo National College of Technology, where he majored in electronics and computer science. At 16 he released his first video game, at 25 he created Pokémon.
IGN has named Tajiri as one of the 100 Best Game Creators of All Time. Despite his fame, Satoshi lives a very withdrawn, and many consider him to be quite eccentric.
Some of us admire the talents of people with superpowers, and some are wary of this phenomenon, suggesting that everything in life must be paid for, including such a gift. As you can see, this is often not without reason, but there are also lucky people to whom the work of their life brings only pleasure and joy.
