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12-Year-Old Genius Expands Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong
Time Magazine ^ | March 29, 2011 | Michelle Castillo

Posted on 03/29/2011 3:09:31 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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41 posted on 03/29/2011 4:59:03 PM PDT by Daffynition (DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The kid was probably Einstein in a past life. Just continuing the work he started.


42 posted on 03/29/2011 5:00:33 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Borges

Back to the Ether.


43 posted on 03/29/2011 5:04:37 PM PDT by AceMineral (World peace is the hog slop of philosophy.)
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To: Ronin

44 posted on 03/29/2011 5:06:52 PM PDT by mikrofon (Young Whippersnapper ;)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

bkmk


45 posted on 03/29/2011 5:12:59 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Uncle Miltie

That assumes a SD=15


46 posted on 03/29/2011 5:25:30 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’ve taken a number of IQ tests over the years and have scored anywhere between 120 and 145, depending on tests, but I always get clobbered in the math parts. Add, subtract, multiply, divide. Those I can handle. Anything above that, forget it. I am a basket case.


47 posted on 03/29/2011 5:26:38 PM PDT by Ronin (Tokyo Hot -- Looking forward to saving money on night lights!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well, Bobby, here we have a question from a young man in Indiana who is the same age as you. ‘Is the speed of light constant?’ Hmmm. You know the Mr. Science motto, ‘Doing Is Knowing!’ We’ll be using the headlights in the Mr. Sciencemobile, a 1973 AMC Gremlin. Here’s a stopwatch, Bobby. I’ll say ‘go’ and you see how long it takes for the light to reach you. ‘Go!’ That seems pretty fast. Now, I’ll drive the Sciencemobile into the studio at 60 miles per hour and yell ‘go’ and we’ll see if there’s any difference. OK. 40...50...60...’Go!’ Brakes!Brakes!Brakes! I knew I should have gone to Meineke. Bobby! Are you awake? He’s breathing so let’s take a look at the stopwatch. Wow. It didn’t move. Once again, science triumphs over superstition! ‘Is the speed of light constant?’ The answer is no...it’s faster if you click on the brights. I think that Bobby would prefer that you send donations to The Mr. Science Show in lieu of flowers for his hospital room.


48 posted on 03/29/2011 5:51:10 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Optimist
the light speed barrier is based on the assumption that light IS the barrier

Not at all ...light is just something that is hitting the barrier...light is the bug hitting the windshield

Thought experiment to see the "speed" barrier... go in a circle faster and faster... how fast to you have to go to catch you self or even pass your self?... that not a trick question... you think about in and you see all the issues

49 posted on 03/29/2011 6:32:59 PM PDT by tophat9000 (.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’ll wait and see. Too many times we have been disappointed by such claims.

Being a genius does not mean that you can prove Einstein was wrong.


50 posted on 03/29/2011 6:48:08 PM PDT by mewykwistmas
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To: Cyman

Well for one counter-example, Tchaikovsky hated math and was very bad at it.


51 posted on 03/29/2011 8:37:33 PM PDT by Borges
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To: hinckley buzzard
There are three fields where prodigies abound - mathematics, music and chess - so if you're good at one you tend to be good at the others as well.
52 posted on 03/29/2011 8:45:36 PM PDT by decal (Voting for a Liberal is nothing but second-degree theft.)
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To: Borges; Cyman

>> Well for one counter-example, Tchaikovsky hated math and was very bad at it.

An outstanding counter-example.

I don’t care much for the mechanical, tedious nature of Mozart and Bach whom I presume were proficient in math.


53 posted on 03/29/2011 8:58:16 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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the mechanical, tedious nature of Mozart and Bach

LOL. I assume you don't like any pre-Beethoven composers.
54 posted on 03/30/2011 6:26:28 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Nothing like peer review.


55 posted on 05/04/2011 9:11:29 AM PDT by onedoug (If)
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To: Borges

I think the alternative would be irrelativity.


56 posted on 05/04/2011 9:18:36 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Half the time I think these alleged math geniuses are pampered nuts, half the time I think they’re simply over-hyped freak shows, and half the time I think they’re gifts from God.


57 posted on 05/04/2011 9:24:32 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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