If this world does not feel quite right for you, there are 23 points that this talk will cover:
1. Have you been out of sync? Or know someone who is? Have you experienced the terror of realising you are smarter than your doctor?
2. A note on mental differences (low IQ, disturbed, high IQ, autism, other)
3. Why Gifted? Because just ‘IQ’ or ‘intelligence’ won’t cut it. The Intelligence “Tree”
4. Who could be Gifted? Symptoms
5. What this talk is about; stimulus not results
6. Yes, you are crazy, dégénéré supérieur?
7. Over-excitability! I often cannot believe what I am witnessing
8. The Unbalanced Mind; Neurosis or Progress? – unstable (aero) dynamics
9. Emotional development is asynchronous
10. Coexisting problems: ADD/ADHD, autism, mood disorders. Finding a good specialist
11. Isolation; guess which group is over-represented in prisons, the “loser” genius
12. School: boring, boring, boring, the floor is on fire (I have no study skills). The tragedy of the glimpse of genius with lack of discipline
13. Work; it is not funny if the joke is on you
14. Dating: when love dolls look like a viable option
15. Gifted children; heredity, bot-teachers, bullying, stimulation resources
16. What now: Tune in, drop out, find the others. The problem is defined; responsibility
17. Tune in: Books, online resources, remarkable historical figures
18. Drop out: You are not part of this reality, learn to cope, don’t try to fit in too much
19. Find the others: friends, love, my first flash-mob
20. Positive disintegration and Dabrowski’s levels of personality
21. Too late? Remember 10 years ago when you thought it was too late? Time travel.
22. How to survive: humility, kindness, mindfulness
23. What if you are not gifted? What I learned from autism and learning-disabled people
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About the speaker:
Kostas works as a sales engineer and data scientist. He has worked in the field of data science under its different names for the last 10 years; has been a proud IBMer and now is a proud Altairian (Altair Engineering).
He is married to a suitably qualified forensic psychologist and has a young son, two rabbits and a tortoise. He has degrees in physics and finance, yet works in computer software and is plagued by intense curiosity. He has many diverse and obscure interests one of which is gifted individuals and their lives. This interest started from encountering gifted individuals in his family, friends and working with them later in life as a colleague, he is not particularly concerned about being gifted himself; he is definitely odd and not by choice, but has embraced that and hopes to offer attendees the relevant initial stimulus and resources in case they are gifted or live or work with someone who is.
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Agenda
Tea and coffee will be available from 6pm. The presentation will start at 6:30pm. This will last about an hour, after which where will be an opportunity for networking assisted by sandwiches and wine.
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‘Regular’ attendees of BCS events – please note the venue change. From 1st September, BCS London will be based in Moorgate. Everyone will need to sign in on arrival to gain entry to the building.
Please note, duplicate names of delegates will be deleted. For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.