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by pedrosorio 1608 days ago
Terence Tao is the oldest brother.

But of course that doesn’t matter. One could equally hypothesize being the oldest allows for most attention from the parents, etc.

But then again, Judit Polgar, by far the strongest chess player among the famous 3 Polgar sisters, was the youngest…

In my opinion, this sort of “human peak” genius performance requires more than small differences in upbringing.

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Oh, then I was completely wrong :D I would think the youngest kids are generally the more academically advanced. (But this is coming from someone who has 0 kids :D)