This is pretty amazing...apparently a baby has learned to recognize words at 9 months, and at 18 months she was reading them. 
http://gigglesugar.com/670138

What are your thoughts on this?  Like, should they be trying to get their baby to read at such a young age?  Are there advantages/disadvantages?  It's just seems like kids keep doing things at younger and younger ages. 

Wow, if a baby can maybe the scientists will find a monkey that can read and write too, it would be awesome if they did this!

Yeah, the earlier the better. Infancy is such a crucial period for learning that a child can absorb so much information. The more you can teach them then the more prepared they'll be for future learning. Plus, it's easier to teach a child when they're younger, and if you instill within them the desire to learn they'll enjoy doing so later on.

Wow, that's pretty impressive. He does have a great point. It is kinda funny how we still follow the old tradition of starting school when we're 5 when children are doing more and more at a younger age. For example, the applicants to colleges now are increasingly more competitive. They were raised with better and better technology. It would make sense that they can also start learning at an earlier age.

I'm going to have a baby and teach him to do my job at 9 months so I can relax. Child work laws be damned.

maybe one day we can have baby scientists

I don't know, I think I'll prefer giving my children (should they appear at some point) a normal childhood of fun and games instead of learning about nuclear physics at the age of 3.

Why is this listed under humor, and why can't I find anything about it anywhere else?

My German teacher said that lots of times kids learn languages better than adults because adults are so focused on just translating shit.

I don't know, I think I'll prefer giving my children (should they appear at some point) a normal childhood of fun and games instead of learning about nuclear physics at the age of 3.

but think about how cute it would be

you could give him a little lab coat and glasses

Why is this listed under humor, and why can't I find anything about it anywhere else?

Because it's a HOAX duh

Because it's a HOAX duh

so... no baby scientists?

man

When I was in highschool, they would occasionally try to teach us how to recognize a good source on the internet. I always thought they were dumb lessons, because it's generally pretty simple to determine the quality of info online, but Doktormartini shows me again and again why those lessons were important.

Dang I don't see how anyone can see this and not even start to question whether or not it's true.

so... no baby scientists?

man

Not really, in fact there's a very serious documentary about this, it's about babies that were genetic engineered to become "smart" and they fed them a lot of ritalin

I think this could become a great new television series: 

"lil' scientists"

uh.. my sister could read by that age.

This is WAY OLD SHIT


EDIT: my mum applied the same procedure on me but a little later because she found about it after having me for a while.

The cons is that you become a very intellectual kid from early age, develop a huge amount of imagination, first grades are a breeze but you fail at social interaction because YOU ARE TOO FUCKING AHEAD OF YOUR STANDARIZED TIME

I don't know, I think I'll prefer giving my children (should they appear at some point) a normal childhood of fun and games instead of learning about nuclear physics at the age of 3.

Exactly. I dislike how people are rushing life in order to "stay competitive." Relax a bit, life shouldn't be only about work. Let the kid be a kid.

Yeah, the earlier the better. Infancy is such a crucial period for learning that a child can absorb so much information. The more you can teach them then the more prepared they'll be for future learning. Plus, it's easier to teach a child when they're younger, and if you instill within them the desire to learn they'll enjoy doing so later on.

jam packing your kid full of information isn't always the best, kids need time to think about things and develop an imagination else they'll just spout out what they were told when they grow up!

also: autism!