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**Fegasderty** · 04-26-2006, 08:00 AM

Mohan:

Welcome to the forum, and to this debate.

You say: "Fine this 12 year old is a Child prodigy, may be he has had the exposure to this kiand of Music from birth , why birth, may be whilst in his mothers womb."

None of the reports on the boy indicate he heard WCM during his gestation. Even if he did, don't you agree that millions of kids experience some sort of music or the other in the womb, yet few become musicians, fewer still become geniuses?

"Please consider ur thoughts being out of the ring, I mean take a nuetral platform and analyse , may it may throw a new dimension to ur thought process."

What is "neutrality", Mohan, in your opinion? Why do I strike you as being biased? Biased in favor of what? I'm not an adherent of any one composer unlike most of the other participants here. I also expressed my willingness to accept an Indian genius at the level of Jay, so I can't be biased for the West or against India.

"Yes this what we say " Evolution ", of life, species, genus, and what not. It also applies to contemporary music."

So you're saying that evolution is leading to a higher order of genius today? Well, the article about Jay compares him with Mozart, Mendelssohn and Saint-Sans, it doesn't say he surpasses those past masters. In any case, evolution doesn't move this fast unless some dramatic mutation or climate shift has taken place. Have you heard of punctuated equilibrium?

04-26-2006, 08:00 AM	#19
Fegasderty Join Date Mar 2008 Posts 5,023 Senior Member	Mohan: Welcome to the forum, and to this debate. You say: "Fine this 12 year old is a Child prodigy, may be he has had the exposure to this kiand of Music from birth , why birth, may be whilst in his mothers womb." None of the reports on the boy indicate he heard WCM during his gestation. Even if he did, don't you agree that millions of kids experience some sort of music or the other in the womb, yet few become musicians, fewer still become geniuses? "Please consider ur thoughts being out of the ring, I mean take a nuetral platform and analyse , may it may throw a new dimension to ur thought process." What is "neutrality", Mohan, in your opinion? Why do I strike you as being biased? Biased in favor of what? I'm not an adherent of any one composer unlike most of the other participants here. I also expressed my willingness to accept an Indian genius at the level of Jay, so I can't be biased for the West or against India. "Yes this what we say " Evolution ", of life, species, genus, and what not. It also applies to contemporary music." So you're saying that evolution is leading to a higher order of genius today? Well, the article about Jay compares him with Mozart, Mendelssohn and Saint-Sans, it doesn't say he surpasses those past masters. In any case, evolution doesn't move this fast unless some dramatic mutation or climate shift has taken place. Have you heard of punctuated equilibrium?
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