Quote (SkySwallower @ 2 Oct 2024 02:40)
I am confused, I thought he was a mathematician?
His PhD is not in mathematics but when he was completing his Masters at Northwestern he was top 1% in Mathematics. That means that amongst his peers he was smarter then 99% when it came to mathematics. Test scores and student body academic evaluations.
If you go to Northwestern or any other Ivy League school and somehow you are smarter then the "smartest" people in the country when it comes to math...(like others have mentioned) you will be recruited by the highest levels of the US government/Private industry.
&&& he was.
I will admit that him having the eye-disorder he does helped him to excel in this area. As a kid growing up and even into the beginning of his academic endeavors he had to use "specially made textbooks" that were much bigger then the average textbook. This is because his pupils would be bouncing around in his eyes in every direction. He could not drive either because he legally wasn't allowed. He went from his mom driving him around to the US government picking him up and driving him to undisclosed locations. The joke in our family has always been he's working on alien technology because he actually did get flown to and was interviewed for a position near "Area 51". You don't get flown out for an interview at a place like that unless they are seriously impressed with your "intellectual capacity".
His ability to solve complex math problems in his head is something you'd see on a T.V show where the person somehow can do what no one else can. If you said, "Hey David what's 46,338 divided by 14 x 10" he would rattle you off the answer instantaneously.
His "intellectual gift" was the result of a crippling eye disorder. He had near photographic memory as well which is crazy.
After working at the NSA for 2 years are family finally got to see him during a holiday and his eyes were NORMAL. No jagged movement. Nothing. We all couldn't believe it. Whether the US government has a cure or he was given some new medication who knows.
The sad part or at least the concerning one is that the most powerful corporate/government entities are using his "retard savant intelligence" to their own ends. My Grandpa once said, "He sold his soul to the devil, look deep into his eyes he's not there anymore, they changed him".
As his cousin I fear for his safety and so does a lot of my family. Imagine someone you knew was crazy smart like that and you knew the people who employ him were using his intelligence for their own end. Doesn't sound fun or nice.
Of course there's the people who joke and say, "He's so lucky" "If shit really hits the fan on the planet the government knows they "need him" so they won't leave him to die like they will the rest of us". Sort of like the movie 2012 at the end where all the top scientist and billionaires get on the giant ARK ship so they live.
The point I'm making is that the most intelligent amongst us work for the most powerful elite interest.
When I see the politicians they put on those podiums and I hear how dumb they all sound I try and remember that the military industrial complex runs our country from behind the scenes and my cousin is one of those individuals giving them the "numbers". Joe Biden can't do math. Donald Trump can't do math. But the top scientist who work for the government? Yea they are doing all the math and calculations. They are giving the "statistical analysis" using advanced AI being overseen by the most intelligent people in our country. That's the good news.