Comments on: 9 Child Prodigies (Who Actually Ended Up Doing Something)

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:54:19 +0000

Why aren’t I on this list…I am an absolute genius at doing nothing!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:02:31 +0000

The fact that Mozart had problems and died young only makes his achievements more amazing. He was composing music at age 5. He should be on this list or there shouldn’t be a list.

By: nm

nm — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:17:39 +0000

How bout a list of child prodigies who didn’t do squat? =)

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:48:38 +0000

To this day!

By: catwithasea

catwithasea — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:06:02 +0000

Lulu, I think what you said was really nice. :)

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:28:23 +0000

Your comments on Erdos made me smile – I remember my husband (the mathematician) and I having to go emergency grocery shopping for him at a conference when he refused to eat the food on offer. My husband’s Erdos number, by the way, is three.

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:35:08 +0000

Just want to point out that Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” is actually part of the music to the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” ballet. And for those who might be confused, Mendelssohn’s “Wedding Mach” is NOT “Here Comes the Bride” – that’s from the Wagner opera Lohengrin. The Mendelssohn is what you normally hear after the wedding ceremony is over.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:10:08 +0000

…and like clockwork, the atheists come out of the woodwork and unleash all the usual unimaginative and venomous comments they always make toward any and all believers in response to Pascal’s wager.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:26:11 +0000

Susan – That’s exactly how wars often start – you telling me how I should worship. While I agree with your interpretation of proper worship, who are *you* to determine the proper methodology?

That’s not actual criticism, but pointing out the naivety in assuming misinterpretation has nothing to do with beginning conflicts.

It’s not even greed and ego, it’s freedom of choice vs subjugation.

By: Susannadanna

Susannadanna — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:36:33 +0000

Wars may look like they’ve been started mostly by religion, but religion is a mask that tyrants use to control the mass population. One can’t blame war on the worship of a deity, but one can blame the greed & ego that instigated it, and greed & ego are everywhere. In the true worship or a deity (deities), there is no ego; ego should be cast aside in order to offer oneself fully in worship.