[ckastner]

> Eh. It depends on the kid and their circumstances.

Absolutely, hence why I phrased it as "unlikely". The wrong environment will kill anything.

[Mezzie]

It's hard to know whether my experience or Tao's is more representative. There's selection bias going on with regards to people's conception of a typical child prodigy since people are going to be more aware of successful/properly educated prodigies than the others.