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Kazuma Saruwatari
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Posted - 2008.09.28 06:17:00 -
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...one of them (scarily enough) completely flabbergasted me, that, at the age of 3, was able to properly handle a DVD of Pixar's Cars, place it in the DVD drive, and properly play it whilst switching the TV to the dvd video in.
...WHAT IN THE NAME OF HECK ARE THEY FEEDING KIDS NOWADAYS
Reference to my look of utter shock...
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Kazuma Saruwatari
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.09.28 06:17:00 -
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...one of them (scarily enough) completely flabbergasted me, that, at the age of 3, was able to properly handle a DVD of Pixar's Cars, place it in the DVD drive, and properly play it whilst switching the TV to the dvd video in.
...WHAT IN THE NAME OF HECK ARE THEY FEEDING KIDS NOWADAYS
Reference to my look of utter shock...
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Intense Thinker
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Posted - 2008.09.28 06:29:00 -
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I've thought a lot about this... and I've come to the conclusion that they are possessed and must be cleansed by fire
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Intense Thinker
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Posted - 2008.09.28 06:29:00 -
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I've thought a lot about this... and I've come to the conclusion that they are possessed and must be cleansed by fire
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Mea Lustra
Amarr
Toxic Tendencies
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Posted - 2008.09.28 06:42:00 -
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Edited by: Mea Lustra on 28/09/2008 06:41:52
It's true though, although some are a lot more adept than others. I know of some who can just go all quiet at times and you can just SEE they're thinking about something, they're working on it and somehow I always expect them to suddenly speak up in a decicive tone and go "Eintstein had it all wrong".
It's scary.
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Brock Nelson
Caldari
Flux Technologies Inc
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Posted - 2008.09.28 06:46:00 -
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I call it a cheat; programming a button on your universal remote to do the following;
1. Turn on TV
2. Set TV to DVD input
3. Turn on DVD/Blu-ray player
4. Eject
This does not count 
But yeah you're right, kids are getting smarter these days; my nephew when he barely learn how to crawl; was sitting on my Dad's lap in between myself and my brother. My nephew was staring at my brother until his grandpa called his name, he turns and look at his grandpa. His grandpa said; "Here's your uncle Jeff" and sure enough, he looks over to me.
Never been more proud of that kid, I mean I know its stupid but wait until you get a nephew/niece/kid of your own someday.
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Kazuma Saruwatari
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.09.28 07:19:00 -
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we dont own one of those universal remote things. They often get heisted by either my mother or my uncle (and will often never be found ever again).
3yr old girl, gets up, slips out the DVD case of Cars, opens it and slips the DVD out (holding it by the edges), turns on the DVD via the power button, presses eject, puts the DVD in, closes the tray, switches the TV to video in, and presses the play button the DVD.
Once the menu came up, she deftly presses a button I dont even know what it does, and the movie plays at some point into the movie.
Holy, fricking, shit.
And I thought I was smarter than the average kid
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Dantes Revenge
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.09.28 07:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Mea Lustra
Edited by: Mea Lustra on 28/09/2008 06:41:52
It's true though, although some are a lot more adept than others. I know of some who can just go all quiet at times and you can just SEE they're thinking about something, they're working on it and somehow I always expect them to suddenly speak up in a decicive tone and go "Eintstein had it all wrong".
It's scary.
In actual fact, you say that as a joke but there could be an element of truth there. The human brain can preform calculations far superior to maths. Ever gone to kick a stone and known well before you reach the stone that you need to do a check step to use your preferred foot? When throwing an object, you know precisely how much force is needed and the trajectory to use to get it within a respectable distance from the target. It's almost instictive and you do it without going through complex mathematical equations. I honestly believe that if we could do math in the same way the brain does it, without re-training the brain to use base 10 and calculus as we recognise it on paper, we could solve a lot of unsolvable problems.
Back on topic though:
My step daughter at the age of 4 could do up and undo a seat belt on a child car seat with ease without ever being shown. It was complex enough to baffle my wife who had to be shown several times before she could do it. It was one of those that had two shoulder straps that had to be put together in a certain way to create a single tab before pushing the newly formed tab into the bottom part of the belt to clip it in.
When I asked her how she learned to do it, she looked at me as if I was stupid, shrugged and said that it looked like that was the way the parts went together when she saw the shape of them.
OK, that told me
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RogueWing
Evolution
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.09.28 11:55:00 -
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My 2 year old daughter routinely buckles herself into her car seat. She also is able to use my sons computer enough to find "her" game websites in the Bookmarks, navigate there, and then play the toddler games on the website we have BM'ed for here.
Children are like sponges...they soak up information in a way that we as adults are incapable of.
Most of them learn a language in less than 2 years without ever taking a class.
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Bish Ounen
Gallente
Omni-Core Freedom Fighters
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2008.09.28 12:53:00 -
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I've heard it said that if we could continue to learn at the pace that we learn at in the first years of our life, we'd all be super geniuses and would already be a space-faring race. (or we'd already all be dead, having annihilated ourselves with a planet-popping super weapon. Depends on who you ask.)
From what I hear, though, a big part of the reason that we learn so fast in the early years in that our brain is literally still growing and filling out the brain cavity. Also, injured and damaged brain cells are getting replaced much more quickly. If we were able to keep up the brain cell replacement rate, we could all be alot smarter.
Ironically though, we'd still have garbage men and janitors and whatnot. They'd just all be able to do calculus. 
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.09.28 14:58:00 -
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Originally by: Bish Ounen
I've heard it said that if we could continue to learn at the pace that we learn at in the first years of our life, we'd all be super geniuses and would already be a space-faring race. (or we'd already all be dead, having annihilated ourselves with a planet-popping super weapon. Depends on who you ask.)
From what I hear, though, a big part of the reason that we learn so fast in the early years in that our brain is literally still growing and filling out the brain cavity. Also, injured and damaged brain cells are getting replaced much more quickly. If we were able to keep up the brain cell replacement rate, we could all be alot smarter.
Ironically though, we'd still have garbage men and janitors and whatnot. They'd just all be able to do calculus.
Planet Popping super weapon floating in space thats not a moon......
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Bosie
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.09.28 21:09:00 -
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My daughter has not long been three and she can turn on our DvD open a box and place the movie she wants to watch in it then turn on the TV and press play on the DvD. She also knows which is the pause button as she uses it often when she goes to the toilet or decides that she wants to play on the floor for a little bit before going back to her show.
It's quality watching her, she also likes to sit on my knee when I am on the PC and knows which bookmark is for CBeebies and the games she likes on that site. She does bugger up any RTS I am playing as she likes to move the camera around with the keyboard.
She can also plug the headphones into the TV using the front jack which has the av jacks and the headphone jack.
But ask her to pick up her toys and all you get is "I'm too tired daddy!"
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.09.28 21:25:00 -
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Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
...one of them (scarily enough) completely flabbergasted me, that, at the age of 3, was able to properly handle a DVD of Pixar's Cars, place it in the DVD drive, and properly play it whilst switching the TV to the dvd video in.
Now imagine a 2+ year old starting a car. Key was in his hand, he was left slightly unsupervised on the driver's seat, he inserted the key into the ignition and turned it. He almost crashed the car into the front one, luckily they stopped him a split second later. That's my nephew 
He also speaks (not extremely understandable, can't get him to enounciate right) with a rather large vocabulary, handles the mouse on the PC, starts his favourite cartoon clips (shortcuts on the desktop, he double-clicks them, closes the player when he's done, starts another one). Also, he can (partially) read and count.
And he's a freaking emotional blackmailer... you should see all four grandparents, how they basically eat from the palm of his hand, doing almost anything he wants 
Personally, I'm not at all surprised.
It's only because older people assume young people don't have the ability to think or somesuch... which is wrong.
It's all a matter of what they already know and what they can infer from that, plus a matter of exercise to get it right.
If all parents would take care of children properly, and if the education program would be differentiated from the start for the "dumb" vs "smart" kids, you could easily have the "smart" group finish progressing through high-school level materials before they get over elementary school, while the "dumb" group still has problems with the elementary-school level material.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2008.09.28 22:26:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Personally, I'm not at all surprised.
It's only because older people assume young people don't have the ability to think or somesuch... which is wrong.
It's all a matter of what they already know and what they can infer from that, plus a matter of exercise to get it right.
If all parents would take care of children properly, and if the education program would be differentiated from the start for the "dumb" vs "smart" kids, you could easily have the "smart" group finish progressing through high-school level materials before they get over elementary school, while the "dumb" group still has problems with the elementary-school level material.
damn I have been thinking this exact same thing for quite a while now. soooo much of my schooling was just such a waste of time. this semester I am taking statistics, and well our first test was on how to make various graphs, and various sampling techniques... yea good times 
heh apparently around the age of 4, I said "conclusion" so my dad asks and whys that, to which I give a damn good reason for said conclusion. unfortunately he didn't remember what it was. apparently you aren't supposed to know logic until like 10 or something. woo!
I wish my brother (11) could ****ing use the dvd player right. (although I suppose he is starting to get it)
and starting a car is easy! or was it a standard and then props to the 2 year old
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Mr Friendly
That it Should Come to This
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Posted - 2008.09.29 03:17:00 -
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Don't forget kids today have lower levels of heavy metals like lead than we did when we were developing as fetuses. Those have a direct effect on pre birth brain development and post-birth learning.
Also, fewer mothers smoke and drink while pregnant. My mother's doctor told her to take up smoking when she was pregnant with me so she would be calmer. No joke.
Baby food/formula is much better now and post-natal care is also better.
It's not surprising kids are better off today than they were 35 years ago (when I was born). What is surprising is we're not screwed up as much as all the hysterical labels say we should be.
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Miki Fin
Gallente
Independant Union of Rangers
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Posted - 2008.09.29 05:52:00 -
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When kids learn to turn the tv off after they've finished watching it, then I'll be impressed
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Raymond Sterns
Utopian Research I.E.L.
The ENTITY.
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Posted - 2008.09.29 05:58:00 -
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Originally by: Mr Friendly
Don't forget kids today have lower levels of heavy metals like lead than we did when we were developing as fetuses. Those have a direct effect on pre birth brain development and post-birth learning.
Also, fewer mothers smoke and drink while pregnant. My mother's doctor told her to take up smoking when she was pregnant with me so she would be calmer. No joke.
Baby food/formula is much better now and post-natal care is also better.
It's not surprising kids are better off today than they were 35 years ago (when I was born). What is surprising is we're not screwed up as much as all the hysterical labels say we should be.
HAI MY MOM DID NOT DO DRUGS KAY IAM PERFECTLY NORMAL STOP LOOCKING AT ME LIEK THAT UR CREEPING ME OUT STOP
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.09.29 09:07:00 -
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You know you can teach a dog how to fetch?
Sometimes you can train them to do tricks, rollover etc?
Uh.. thats a dog. What would make a human child unable to do simple tasks that either provide them with a beneficial outcome, or get them smacked upside the head if they don't do it?
Its not amazing when you think you can train a dog to rollover on command, or a cat to use a toilet AND flush. (Theres a video on youtube somewhere of said legend-cat).
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Slade Trillgon
Siorai Iontach
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Posted - 2008.09.29 10:12:00 -
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Edited by: Slade Trillgon on 29/09/2008 10:12:23
I can see where you are coming from, my nieces have "amazed" me quite a few times, but this can easily be explained by conditioning. Well mostly. I think once there is a greater connection between us, as humans, and an individual child we become me sensitive to their actions and we tend to re-experience feelings of success and accomplishment when they do something that impresses us. I would say finding the right button on the remote is the most impressive part. But the process of getting a DVD out and putting it into a tray is not such a magnificant feet that a 3 year old can not perform mechanically.
One of my nieces, at around the age of 4, watched me juggle a soccer/football. The next thing I see is she is standing there with here little kids ball and she is trying to use her toes to draw the ball back and flick it up. I can say she was able to get the ball onto her foot, but could not quite get the flick going. Children see us do things on a daily basis and they pick things up real quick and mimic our actions, basic human nature.
Man I am an ass for trying to pop your bubble. So, congratulations on having a niece/nephew and enjoy them alot, they will put many smiles on your face.
Slade
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The TX
Gallente
Pulsar Combat Supplies
Alternative Realities
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Posted - 2008.09.29 10:21:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Edited by: Slade Trillgon on 29/09/2008 10:12:23
I can see where you are coming from, my nieces have "amazed" me quite a few times, but this can easily be explained by conditioning. Well mostly. I think once there is a greater connection between us, as humans, and an individual child we become me sensitive to their actions and we tend to re-experience feelings of success and accomplishment when they do something that impresses us. I would say finding the right button on the remote is the most impressive part. But the process of getting a DVD out and putting it into a tray is not such a magnificant feet that a 3 year old can not perform mechanically.
One of my nieces, at around the age of 4, watched me juggle a soccer/football. The next thing I see is she is standing there with here little kids ball and she is trying to use her toes to draw the ball back and flick it up. I can say she was able to get the ball onto her foot, but could not quite get the flick going. Children see us do things on a daily basis and they pick things up real quick and mimic our actions, basic human nature.
Man I am an ass for trying to pop your bubble. So, congratulations on having a niece/nephew and enjoy them alot, they will put many smiles on your face.
Slade
What was the reason for your edit? Did you forget to put 'Slade' at the end of your post? I've been trying to catch you out for weeks now....
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Slade Trillgon
Siorai Iontach
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Posted - 2008.09.29 10:24:00 -
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Originally by: The TX
What was the reason for your edit? Did you forget to put 'Slade' at the end of your post? I've been trying to catch you out for weeks now....
I think it was for a comma or something. I am picky with my typing, as bad as it is, so I try to clean stuff up when I notice it and for some reason I do not catch things until I post it and read it. Even with the preview.
And what did you mean by "Catch me out for weeks"?
Slade
Originally by: Crumplecorn
NerfBat is now known as the WaveMachine.
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The TX
Gallente
Pulsar Combat Supplies
Alternative Realities
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Posted - 2008.09.29 10:45:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: The TX
What was the reason for your edit? Did you forget to put 'Slade' at the end of your post? I've been trying to catch you out for weeks now....
I think it was for a comma or something. I am picky with my typing, as bad as it is, so I try to clean stuff up when I notice it and for some reason I do not catch things until I post it and read it. Even with the preview.
And what did you mean by "Catch me out for weeks"?
Slade
I've been looking at your posts and watching to see if you ever forget to put 'Slade' at the end, cuz it's not part of your sig, so you must manually put it in every time.... I'm watching you....
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