Why no biology prodigies? Knowledge compression and intelligence limits in the AI era
shae_mcl · x · 2026-08-08
Exploring why history rarely sees child prodigies in biology.
- Core View: Unlike CS, math, and physics, fields like biology require mastering a massive amount of incompressible empirical information, which inherently takes time, making it hard to leapfrog with pure intelligence.
- AI Implications: This discussion is highly relevant to AI, helping to distinguish between questions answerable by pure intelligence and those requiring massive datasets.
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