A born genius

I watched this documentary last night. Although I agree, he is an intelligent boy, but to say he is a genius might be a little premature. The IQ tests taken by Akrit in this country showed he had major weaknesses. In the tests involving abstract and logical thinking he scored poorly, bringing down his overall score. He performed well on verbal test and has a good memory, his ability to recall facts are very impressive. However, memory is not the same as intelligence.

When asked more probing questions by the Mustafa Diamgoz and Anup Patel, two of the UK’s leading cancer research experts, he knew the jargon, he had ideas, he could recall facts, but they lacked substance and evidence to back up his argument.

They also became aware that Akrit was missing his father, who had abandoned him because he could no longer take the pressure. Clearly this was having a huge impact on Akrit’s psychological wellbeing.

Finally, in their opinion, Akrit is a 12 year old boy who should ‘take a step back’, be allowed to enjoy life, have fun behave like other 12 year olds, whilst continuing to nurture and encourage his ambitions.

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I fully agree with you paul.I too watched the documentry. The boy can be at the most be called above average. It is the media in India which has glorified him to no end. I just pity the poor boy. Left to himself he would have been quite a good doctor or researcher but with the media glorifying him so much I dont know what will become of him. I felt very bad seeing his cute face and innocent comments. Hope some one rids him of this child prodigy tag.

LOL at above average. He is light years ahead of the so called above average population. An off day on the IQ test perhaps. In India and America he topped the charts, so one test isn’t going to tell the story. He is a genius and deserves to be given the chance to find that cure.

It’s shame, people like Pat are calling him above average.I am not sure, if he’s genius (even though his IQ is more than Einstein) but I must say he’s brilliant. How many 12 yrs can talk about Cancer, DNA with so confidence??

“When asked more probing questions by the Mustafa Diamgoz and Anup Patel, two of the UK’s leading cancer research experts, he knew the jargon, he had ideas, he could recall facts, but they lacked substance and evidence to back up his argument.”

He’s a kid, one who is inexperienced in the ways of formulating an argument and supporting that. Only experience can really develop that, and I don’t believe it’s simply a “talent”, it’s also a learned skill. His logic and abstract thinking can certainly improve over the years, and while he may not be an all-around genius, he’s certainly a prodigy, and a genius by the definition of having a high IQ (146 is near-genius if not genius IQ in most cases that I know of).

As far as genius goes, neither Einstein, nor Hawking I believe were considered geniuses as children, they were acknowledged as such when they came up with brilliant insights in their respective fields.

A genious is not born in isolation. He is really a gem, we need to identify his weaknesses and help him in overcomming the same. He is born intellegent & we need to embark further his knowledge.
But I pitty on him …. a 12 yr boy is facing the challenges of life at a tender age.

I agree Pat, the young mind is like a sponge, and has the ability to absorb information so much better than an adult, the fact that this boy had such an understanding of the disease at such a young age should be enough for the experts to take note! Rather than knocking him back they should be embracing such a tallent and looking to utilise the head start which he obviousley does have in this field! Could it be the case that medical professionals would sooner ignore such a tallent in the event that they may be proven wrong and made to look foolish if a boy of 12 could do what they have been trying to for decades now?

I’ve not watched any of the documentary on the boy, but to here of him doing the surgery at seven, talking cancer cure, talking medical terms equally in par with some medical students at this age….? No doubt… he is a genius…!

I totally agree with pat.an ‘above average’ kid does not succesfully perform a complex surgey at the age of 7!hellloooo people…wake up..this kid is a genius.no question about that.

I believe that this young boy has a hidden agenda that has guided guided his desire for the cure. The reunification of himself with his father when as he stated when the goal is reached. The goal being the “cure” for cancer. This is a dangerous circumstance considering that finding a cure for cancer is a perpetual process that may out last the life of the father. Akrit may then shut down if his intense need to reunify becomes interupted by the death of his father. Akrit says it himself when he associated the speed in which he needs to solve this disease. He is racing against time. He is racing against the time lost with his father.

well i agree that akrit is a very intelligent kid, but i am having doubts on whether he will find a cure for cancer.

I also watched the documentary on Akrit Jaswal last year & enjoyed it immensly.
I also hung on every word during Akrit’s dicussions with leading cancer research experts Mustafa Diamgoz & Anup Patel, & especially Akrits answer that he did not agreee with cancer surgery as it increases the metastatic spread rate….good on you Akrit.
I think Akrit also requested that if he came to England to study & look for a cancer cure he would prefer to do this work alone…but! not way! they told him it does not work like that.
I think part of the reason is that they are damn scared he just might find that elusive cure that the drugs companies fear & are scared of as it would kill their massive profits…also the above mentioned research professors are also in the pocket of the drug companies & are of course prepared to play their game….their nests are so well feathered too.

Further to what I have already said, I think that one of the reasons that Akrit is calling for more speed and urgency to solve this disease is that he undoughtably feels the so-called cancer research experts have taken far too long, considering all the billions of dollars spent..maybe researchers have simply been going down the wrong track all these past years.
Also if the so-called researchers in their cushy jobs were suddenly!! to find a cure, then where would that leave them and their future employment?
Also the drug companies have been known to promptly discredit anyone that looks like they might be onto a cure…drug companies rely on ongoing medication for their profits, simple logic isn’t it really.

I think that people are focusing too much on the “cure” for cancer from this child and less on his psycho-emotional development. His inteligence may surely surpass that of the brightest adults, but his emotional needs speak higher than the number of volumes that he has digested educationally. The child liks to play with friends. He likes to be silly at times. He has taught himself that his emotional rest lies within the cure for cancer. Without that as a possibility I believe that this child will be emotionally scarred in the event of his father’s passing. Let him be and grow up. If his destiny is to develop a cure, then it will happen if not you will have a defeated brilliant mind that has nowhere to go but down.

The mind of a genious can`t be understood by simeple regular huiman beings. Akrit is gifted and a genious. I think he will find the cure for cancer if only won`t be discouraged. In my opinion specialists from London don`t want to find the cure for cancer cos it would mean stop of flow of millions of dollars that they get for their research. They create some insufficient cure from time to time to make people pay for it. Vervy convenient.

It doesn’t seem like drug companies really want to find cancer cure, they want patent be in their name.

If that wasn’t true, why don’t they donate money/infrastructure to young scientists ?
Is their crunch of money with these companies ?

I think all research on Cancer is going in wrong direction. Researchers have accepted that Cancer is a disease, while in my opinion it’s not, it’s a symptom of a unknown disease.

Definition of Cancer must be re-written in order to find the cure of it. How long will it be, before top researchers will accept it ?

We all have a certain amount or level of cancer cells in our bodies at any given time, but a normal healthy persons immune system can prevent them from reaching a dangerous level, & also often after a few cycles of chemotherapy the oncologists will tell you that the cancer has gone into remission, but this should not be confused with ‘cure’…the patient’s cancer cells are still there but at a low enough level to avoid detection through blood tests etc, but after a period of time the patient’s cancer returns after having had a rest from the chemo & then back to square one again or mayber worse.

It would also be nice to have some imput on here from professional oncologists, specialist and professors etc on this subject,just so things don’t go too one sided.