The 1st kid's parents have done a wonderful job of teaching this little man HOW to think!!!

Pretty sure it's not rote. He's thought them through and formed a view. Great stuf!!!

I see an future in academia.
-Hope his speech impediment is correctable and he doesn't scare the breeders off with his "nature of time,space, and matter" date openers!

Look OUT! It's Charles Xavier!!

LOL! What a nosedive. From one kid who has a pretty proper grasp on existentialism, to a baseball fan.

OK. Fair warning - the really good stuff really ends at the 3:08 mark.

But the baseball bat kid talk was actually quite interesting too, I found. His sensory perception between color and sounds tells me he thinks in non-traditional ways that are quite valuable.

he is repeating a teacher , thats for damn sho

Can I adopt him ?

Aren't we all, in some way?

He must then have an excellent teacher who encourages free thought and expression.

True. Good for the kid and the teacher. Hopefully he won't be another student that learns for ego based purposes.

Why has this not been *promoted yet?

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His neck must hurt from carrying around that big, *quality brain.

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Hearing a nine-year old say "I might be wrong" felt weird; I don't think I've ever heard a kid that young say that. It's pretty rare to hear an adult say it, now I think about it. Awesome vid.

The baseball kid was being ironic.

I'd hate to follow the first kid in a video segment. You'd just sound stupid... as was demonstrated.

It's called synaesthesia.

I have a close friend who has a fairly strong form of it, numbers as colours, all that. Listening to her describe it has made me realize we have far more senses than the traditional five, or seven, or whatever the official number is these days. I'm starting to think it's wrong to think of senses as discrete experiences at all.

Many sensory experiences trigger strong feelings/memories of space and, how should I put it, self-presence and time in me, which I suspect is similar to how a synaesthete would "conflate" sound and sight. The brain forms associations in a pretty wild fashion, and sometimes those associations cross the boundaries of the traditionally separated senses. I'm not sure it makes sense to consider the times those boundaries are crossed more special than the times they are not, though.

Tragic to think that when these prodigal sons emerge from their sheltered upbringing to face the grim, meathook reality of modern politics and the ignorant frivolity of the masses, they will likely be depressed for the rest of their lives.

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