A child that learns ideas young might not understand them as deeply as a similarly-intelligent adult that learns them when he is 20. Although the vast majority

A child that learns ideas young might not understand them as deeply as a similarly-intelligent adult that learns them when he is 20. Although the vast majority of such adults will not understand the ideas as well as the child, the simple fact that there are many more adults studying such things than gifted children means the pioneers and important researchers in the field are statistically unlikely to be prodigies.