<p>While I agree that practice makes a genius - the reason for that practice is usually that the person has enough aptitude that it’s fun and rewarding. mathson wouldn’t have spent hours computer programming starting in second grade if he hadn’t had a brain that could deal with that kind of abstract thinking early. My younger son tried it, because he actually had things he’d like to program, but thought the process was boooring. Older son didn’t have goals - he liked the process.</p>