Posted on 12/17/2020 8:26:13 AM PST by Eddie01
A Canadian teenager just took first place in a global science competition for her brilliant explanation of quantum tunneling.
Maryam Tsegaye lives in Fort McMurray—a city that hit headlines for devastating reasons in 2016, when 88,000 people were forced from their homes due to wildfire.
Now, thanks to her ability to explain tricky quantum physics theory with ease, this 17-year-old has taken top prize at the sixth annual international Breakthrough Junior Challenge.
The challenge is a science video competition where young people showcase their knowledge of scientific principles in various fields.
In a three-minute explainer, Maryam likened the behavior of electrons to how her brother cheats while playing games online:
“So I was watching my brother play this video game and he used a cheat code that let his character do a walk-through-walls hack,” she says in the video. “He pushed himself against a barrier in the game, hit some buttons and boom, his character appeared on the other side,” she says in her video.
“Imagine if you could walk through walls in real life—and it turns out you can, at a quantum level.”
Alberta politician Rachel Notley spoke for many when she tweeted her congratulations to the teen.
Maryam placed first out of more than 5,600 other applicants from 124 countries.
She won a $250,000 Post-secondary scholarship, a $50,000 prize for her science teacher, and a $100,000 science lab for her school.
Nowadays, newspaper articles seemed to be directed at a third grade knowledge base.
Wow, he really is a teen. I didn’t think that word was used for anybody other than criminals under 40
“newspaper articles seemed to be directed at a third grade knowledge base”
Because that’s the only level that the journalism majors can understand.
That’s Dr. Jordan Peterson’s neck of the woods, and not too far north of where my wife was from in Grande Prairie. If you don’t become an alcoholic, you can make something of yourself.
It really is depressing how many “professional writers” cannot write at all. The newspapers seem to have fired all the editors years ago and now they hire journalists based on certain criteria which (apparently) does not include a writing sample.
Just imagine hiring a musician who played music at a similar level. Wouldn’t last a day.
Yes, otherwise it just appears to be another “clock boy” moment.
That was a brilliant video, kudos to her. With that being said, I don’t know any more about quantum tunneling now than I did before watching her explanation......LOL!
“I really hope (and trust) that her explanation of quantum tunneling to the committee was more in depth than what the newspaper idiot and editor chose to share with the general public.”
You can go here. for the video of her presentation.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3916402/posts
“Wow, he really is a teen”
She.
“That was a brilliant video, kudos to her. With that being said, I don’t know any more about quantum tunneling now than I did before watching her explanation......LOL!”
I think it was a little misleading.
I knew before I clicked. Call me a grinch but every time there is a “teen” that wins massive scholarships and praise for something not very remarkable...well. They even make front page news in our local rage even though it happens 3000 miles away,
With such a phat scholarship, let’s hope he stays on the tech side instead of discovering his more sensitive, feminine side and plunges headfirst into Womyns’ Studies with a minor in transgender basketweaving.
She’s not Black-black.
She has Somalian features,
and Bette Davis eyes, bordering on hypnotic.
The public readers, who are majority liberal likely. They ride around with bumper stickers that say, don’t judge me by my mind, because im a democrat
the behavior of electrons to how her brother
TSEGAYE. This name is of Ethiopian origin.
“She’s not Black-black.
She has Somalian features,”
Ethiopia.
Lets hope she is Ethiopian Christian. She will have a chance.
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