Thought for the day.
Almost no-one thinks anymore.
I wish they would.
Labels: a thoughtless world, intelligentsia, low culture, the decline of IQ
The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy
This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family. I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become. Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
I wish they would.
The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy
This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family. I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become. Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +
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About Me
- Name: Valentine Cawley
- Location: Singapore
As a child, I had many gifts...perhaps too many - and this leads to the characteristic problem many gifted children face: what to do, when there is so much you COULD do. I resolved the issue by doing each of them serially throughout my life. I had gifts in science, writing, art, music, acting and academia...and so my life has demonstrated each of these, at some time. However, in the modern world, those who specialize, and focus all their efforts on one thing, tend to win through. In the light of this I have written two books, which are being prepared for publication. I was a child in a time when being gifted was not something people spoke about: it was not a widely recognized situation - at least not in my background. Nothing special was done therefore, to help. It is my wish that all in that position, these days, receive the support that is needed, to become the best they can be. I have been an actor, a writer of two books, a government physicist, at age 17, the founding editor of an Arts magazine, at 22, and a performance artist whose work was covered by CNN (interviewer: Richard Blystone) and Reuters. However, my greatest achievement is to have fathered three sons.
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4 Comments:
Do you have any posts regarding Asperger's/Autism, Amibdextrousness or left-handedness?
If so, could you give me the link?
(You may remember me, I was the thirteen year old who left you a few comments last year.)
People no longer seek intellectual challenge but seek to be entertained. The world is dumbed down by reality television and meaningless music videos, and even those that consider themselves intellectuals are pseudo thinkers (at best). Most of us are constantly bombarded by celebrities and fashion, a tv culture diminished of any substance and thought. I suspect this lack of meaningful surrounding has taken its toll on some of our brightest minds (for they too are addicted to television.) How does a country deal with intellectual mediocrity? The US now outsources almost any work that requires a brain, a very strange and disturbing solution in my humble and (probably stupid) opinion.
Your analysis, Anon, is interesting - and most accurate. It is the vapidity of modern culture that saps many of the will to think.
I, for one, rarely watch television: it just grew too boring for me as time passed. I agree, however, that most are ensnared by it.
Any country that is outsourcing its thinking has a short future, I feel. The future lies with those who are doing the thinking - wherever they are.
I am not sure that the future is going to be as great as everyone expects: there are too few people really working to make it happen.
Best wishes.
I have written some posts referring to left-handedness (I don't have the links to hand, but searching google with left-handeded and my blog (scientific child prodigy...boy who knew too much) should bring up something.
I have not written anything about autism, though, as yet. I think I shall.
Best wishes to you
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