C ontrariwise, I provided them opportunity, freedom, and support. This level of success requires agency and active cooperation. The Polgár sisters (Susan, Sofia, Judit) are internationally as famous as Rubik Ernő, the inventor of the Rubik Cube.Īre they merely their father's puppets, manipulated like chess figures? Hardly. Many people in history did a similar thing by accident we only repeated it on purpose. Sadly, many potential geniuses disappear without anyone noticing the opportunity, including themselves. The so-called miracle children are natural phenomena, created by their parents and society.
It is neither a recipe, nor a challenge, just a demonstration that it is possible to bring up a genius intentionally. This is my book written in 1989 about 15 years of pedagogic experiment with my daughters. Instead of the Hungarian original, I am using an Esperanto translation Eduku geniulon as my source, because that is the language I am more fluent in.) Introduction I am also taking liberty of making many other changes in style, and skipping entire parts, because I am optimizing for my time. The original book is written in an interview form, with questions and answers to keep it short, I am rewriting it as a monologue.
#HOW TO RAISE A GENIUS BOOK FULL#
I hope that selected 20% of the book text, translated approximately, could still convey 80% of its value, while taking an order of magnitude less time and work than a full and precise translation.
(This is a "Pareto translation" of Bring up Genius by László Polgár, the book recently mentioned at Slate Star Codex.
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