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by fauxpause_ 1133 days ago
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.