12-year-old genius develops own theory of relativity

[Love Bug]

Autistic boy,12, with higher IQ than Einstein develops his own theory of relativity
By Daily Mail Reporter

A 12-year-old child prodigy has astounded university professors after grappling with some of the most advanced concepts in mathematics.

Jacob Barnett has an IQ of 170 - higher than Albert Einstein - and is now so far advanced in his Indiana university studies that professors are lining him up for a PHD research role.

The boy wonder, who taught himself calculus, algebra, geometry and trigonometry in a week, is now tutoring fellow college classmates after hours.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369595/Jacob-Barnett-12-higher-IQ-Einstein-develops-theory-relativity.html#ixzz1Hckhpc3F

[itsrobert]

1. But can he expose his abs and get with Snookie?

n/t

[CBGLuthier]

2. Albert Einstein never took an IQ test

And sorry but 170 isn't that high. I managed 163 on an early childhood test but usually come in around 156 or so.

It's obvious he is just another aspie with a more useful than most obsession.

[rurallib]

9. other stories on this kid says 170 is the highet they can test for.

[Historic NY]

3. Wow my head hurts..........I was so glad to get a Texas Instrument when I was in school.

[rurallib]

4. Story says he debunked the big bang theory

That would be interesting to see.
Hope this kid has the chance to take on some of the great physics challenges.


Man, in republican hate science world, he is probably an enemy.
ETA:
Here is another story - http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011103200369
near the bottom is his criticism of the current big bang theory. Interesting. Too much to reprint here, but here is a tantalizer:

"So, um, in the big-bang theory, what they do is, there is this big explosion and there is all this temperature going off and the temperature decreases really rapidly because it's really big. The other day I calculated, they have this period where they suppose the hydrogen and helium were created, and, um, I don't care about the hydrogen and helium, but I thought, wouldn't there have to be some sort of carbon?"
<<snip>>

"Otherwise, the carbon would have to be coming out of the stars and hence the Earth, made mostly of carbon, we wouldn't be here. So I calculated, the time it would take to create 2 percent of the carbon in the universe, it would actually have to be several micro-seconds. Or a couple of nano-seconds, or something like that. An extremely small period of time. Like faster than a snap. That isn't gonna happen."

"Because of that," he continued, "that means that the world would have never been created because none of the carbon would have been given 7 billion years to fuse together. We'd have to be 21 billion years old . . . and that would just screw everything up."

[The Doctor.]

5. That poor kid.

He'll be popular and well-regarded. He'll do some great work. Then, when he figures out that he lives on a planet full of psychotic primates he'll appear to the rest of the world to go off the deep end. Hopefully someone will steer him towards music around that time.

[WatsonT]

6. Sure but can he answer this question:

Why do you keep hitting yourself?

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Love Bug.:thumbsup:

[Poll_Blind]

8. (prays) Please God keep him in classical physics, or even Quantum Mechanics but NOT...

...string theory.

Ed Witten, stay away from this boy!

PB

[Kablooie]

10. Not an advocate of tightrope walking?