12-Year-Old Genius Expands Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong

Time Magazine ^ | March 29, 2011 | Michelle Castillo

[Ronin]

It would be nice if he could find a way to break the light speed barrier, and whip up a FTL drive at the same time. Then maybe we could get some serious interest in exploring new planets.

Get busy, kid!!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Shoot. I was going to do that right after I ate my macaroni and cheese. Never mind, now.

[Optimist]

the light speed barrier is based on the assumption that light IS the barrier.

[Big Bronson]

“Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize,” he added.

Too bad the award has been so cheapened by the "accomplishments" of Algore and zerO.

[hinckley buzzard]

Sounds like a genuine prodigy. Einstein also was slow to talk, would probably have been diagnosed with Asberger's, and was a gifted musician(violinist). Funny how gifts for math and physics seem to correlate with musical talent.

[cripplecreek]

No kidding I hope he does it

[Lemondropkid31]

Wow, thats just plain amazing. I watched half the video. It was really a waste of time for me lol. But he did sound smart. I hope he goes far!

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Good thing his mother didn’t abort him.

[trisham]

I don't believe that Einstein ever had an I.Q. test. However, I believe that 170 is better than 99.9% of the population, which doesn't mean that Einstein's I.Q. wasn't higher. We shall see.

I'm looking forward to seeing what this boy may accomplish.

[Borges]

Not the Science prizes...which are given by a different committee in a different country.

[trisham]

Indeed.

[Ronin]

Don’t ask me. I still have problems with my divided-bys and never got through a single semester of algebra.

I have nothing but awe and respect for kids like this.

[Huck]

Well there is mathematics underlying music. Some people (like myself) take to music intuitively and have to work at the math behind it. Some get into the math—intervals, etc. The ones who have both—those are your musical geniuses (e.g. Bach—science and art all in one.)

[Rebelbase]

If he grows up and changes his name to Zephran Cochran we can expect and exciting time.

[SkyDancer]

And Arafat who won the prize for peace.

[Tzimisce]

Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize

Well he needs to make a speech about the evils of George Bush and the Iraq war, but then yeah he's probably a shoe in....

[Rebelbase]

I love music and learned to play by ear. The math part of it drives me insane.

[Borges]

There’s no concept of ‘proof’ in stuff like this. There’s evidence. And relativity has been shown to be valid in every experimental context its been examined in. Besides what’s the alternative?

[Huck]

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