3 Year Old Genius - Part 5 (20/20 on ABC)

This clip is part of a 20/20 segment that featured Adrian and two other kids. YouTube limits the file to 100 MB, so only a portion of the segment is shown here - the rest of the clip showed Adrian doing capitals in Central Park with Bill Ritter.

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[BixZsc]

I slapped my mom when i was 2... but i dont go around calling myself a pimp..

[Fredgar125]

Rote memorization. Show me abstract reasoning abilities and I will be impressed. Get him to form his own answer to solving a philosophical problem, like "Should parents with children who have special abilities try to make profit off of them?"

[aaronexoticaaron]

at least he is better than our geography teacher

[vinnyy1789]

@Fredgar125 well said fred...

[WTBman2011]

The comments on this video make me sad. I mean really, this kid memorizes the capitals and gets more hate than love?. I give up.

[TheFleflikr]

ouagagougou!!

[TheHaloop]

I hit my dad with my shoe when I was 3 and I didnt call him my bit*h

[tryptamine3]

i think this child is like the dog on his t-shirt.

[xDarkDancerx]

I did that on my leap-pad when I was a little kid... It's not hard to memorize things. Flashcards work wonders.

[Fredgar125]

@Fredgar125 Okay, so I come back later and see I've received a lot of criticism for what I said. Allow me to clarify that, on my fault, I wrote my comment out of context. As an advocate for education reform, I was angered to see that so many people based their ideas of intelligence off the ability to solely memorize factoids without creative connections. What this boy is doing is impressive, yes, but I was apprehensive to they way people seemed to be interpreting their ideas of "knowledge."