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by croo 2491 days ago
Gauss definetly used a cheat code. Calculating before starting to talk, fixing errors in payrolls at age of 3... numbers came more naturally to that guy than talking.

If something is to dig here is that the earlier you start the better you will be.

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> the earlier you start the better you will be

There was a psychology teacher that had this theory, so when he had kids he started teaching them to play Chess as soon as possible and his two daughters became world champions

Polgár László was the guy with 3 daughters. And one of the girls became the best women chess player to date.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r

Aight he might have been wired differently, but there might be a thing or two to ask about their mindset when thinking.