He had read 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.' Then he entered kindergarten. He had deduced the truth about Santa Claus one day at the library when he realized all the books about St. He became a vegetarian that year after studying dinosaurs and realizing that humans, like herbivores, had flat teeth.īy his fifth birthday, he understood the facts of life. When he turned 1, he could recite the alphabet.

Greg was walking when he was 7 months old. 'But as long as a child has good and loving parents, he should be with them.' 'I would like to see every child have an upbringing in a free society,' he says. He's at ease discussing ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, presidential politics and the plight of Elian Gonzalez. He admires the poetry of Wordsworth, the music of Mozart and the nonviolent scruples of Gandhi, King and Christ. 'I want to use this gift I've been given to help all mankind and to bring lasting world peace.' Plato is his favorite philosopher. 'I believe I have been given a special gift from God and I don't know why,' he says in a soft voice. His IQ is so high, it can't be quantified.Īnd when he speaks, this small child with floppy blond hair and the mischievous glint of Dennis the Menace unveils some towering thoughts. He is like any 10-year-old after a long day in school.Įxcept that Greg is completing his freshman year at Randolph-Macon College. He jumps up constantly to show his school work, look out a window, or lob an imaginary basketball shot. His feet dangle restlessly high above the floor.

Greg smith boy genius now