<p>“The biggest fallacy used in discussions of whether accelerated learning for prodigies is warranted is to see where they end up vs. everyone else. That is, if the kid in the article is in the top 1/1000 of a percent versus what he can do as an 11-year-old, then he must also be in the top 1/1000 of a percent as an adult. If not, people conclude that the acceleration was a mistake and/or the kid was a fraud.”</p>
<p>That’s not at all the objection. I couldn’t care less if these prodigies wind up being in the top 1/1000 of a percent as adults. That’s not the meaning of life. But life is a journey, not a race to amass credentials as early as possible.</p>