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> reading after only hitting two birthdays is the stuff of legend.

I don't think this is quite true. I started reading shortly after my third birthday, and I don't think I just missed the cutoff for "legend".

Though any one or two of Tao's other accomplishments fairly easily clear that bar, IMO.

Echoing others, hyperlexia is a thing, and reading by age 2 isn't really all that special. I was reading by age two and a half, and my own kid was reading just before turning two. I'm no genius, while she's definitely sharp but not gifted.

Children with hyperlexia can often learn to read before they are two. I personally knew a children who before the age of two was reading.

My son was reading at age 2. Was definitely not doing calculus at 7.

This is the correct takeaway! Go learn and explore!

> Unless he was born on February 29th (good luck getting that drink at a bar), reading after only hitting two birthdays is the stuff of legend.

No it isn't. I would have called it "normal".

Re-read, or dial down.