/lit/ - Literature

Does one become a genius through the acquisition of knowledge at a young age? Or are you born with a natural talent in which becomes more and more predominant? I was thinking about this last night /lit/ and wanted to seek your ideas.

Lets take a young child aged around 2-3, if we nurture the child and educate him at a young age consistently till he's old enough to think for himself would that not lead to a child smarter than the average, perhaps even a genius? Or are some children born with the ability to comprehend ideologies and concepts with ease and expand upon them?