[hinckley buzzard]

Sounds like a genuine prodigy. Einstein also was slow to talk, would probably have been diagnosed with Asberger's, and was a gifted musician(violinist). Funny how gifts for math and physics seem to correlate with musical talent.

[Huck]

Well there is mathematics underlying music. Some people (like myself) take to music intuitively and have to work at the math behind it. Some get into the math—intervals, etc. The ones who have both—those are your musical geniuses (e.g. Bach—science and art all in one.)

[excopconservative]

Funny how gifts for math and physics seem to correlate with musical talent.

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Funny how we close the music departments in our schools and consider them non-academic. We have few well qualified math and science teachers and many very qualified music teachers, then we close the music department and make the music teachers teach math and science. No wonder our scores in math and science are tanking.

[Cyman]

“Funny how gifts for math and physics seem to correlate with musical talent.”

Music and mathematics are one and the same, hence one of the themes for “Close Encounters”.

BTW, are the buzzards back yet?

[decal]

There are three fields where prodigies abound - mathematics, music and chess - so if you're good at one you tend to be good at the others as well.