[opmelogy]

> Idk, the cynic in me wonders what he actually had to do. Because for a lot of degrees the answer is basically nothing.

I'm trying to remember any college course I took out of the three degrees I have (and extra college courses outside of that) that didn't require a lot of work. I'm not sure where you are coming up with this idea that it's not a lot of work and that it's okay to downplay someone's drive and abilities. Maybe it'd be more useful for you to do some internal reflection instead of dumping this garbage out on everyone here.

[fauxpause_]

That’s literally a point I made in reverse. It’s too much work. For a good, real degree. This is not the story of a boy genius thriving on raw intelligence. I suspect this is a story of his parents manufacturing a story by figuring out how to get these degrees with the minimal possible effort.

Nobody gets 5 degrees in unrelated things out of personal interest. Especially not at 12. Normal interested people may take additional classes in other areas, but you don’t get 5 degrees unless you optimize for getting 5 degrees. Again, purely based on time.

The kid also had to be homeschool for normal school stuff the entire time. I say because I got annoyed and dug up additional info.

[loeg]

Something about the situation doesn't add up. The kid hasn't had time to do five "a lot of work" degrees worth of classwork; something's got to give. This is a 12-year old, not a 22-year old.