Kid genius

All I can say is, dam this kid is smart.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout...-the-limit

Assburgers.

holy f'uck I'm so dumb

A comment on the article summed my feelings up.

"He gives this scientific explanation of light accelerating like it's no big deal. Then he goes back to munching on the sandwich. priceless."

and this place manages yet again to make me feel like an idiot.

that kid is overkill.

What. All I can say is I hope he uses his powers for good.

Awesome for him, but it doesn't make anyone any dumber.

My dreams are rapidly becoming realities.

Also if this child can do nothing more than get people to finally shut the pineapple up about time-travel i would consider his gifts well used.

Makes me smile whenever I see talents like this. Honestly, I can't even grasp his abilities, so there's no measuring "talents like this". I'm just glad to know humankind is starting to advance another step somewhere soon, hopefully some place good.

EDIT: Back to my Calculus, goddamned kid, I feel 15 years older now.

Makes me smile whenever I see talents like this. Honestly, I can't even grasp his abilities, so there's no measuring "talents like this". I'm just glad to know humankind is starting to advance another step somewhere soon, hopefully some place good.

EDIT: Back to my Calculus, goddamned kid, I feel 15 years older now.

Statistically speaking, he'll "normalize" after puberty. His case is exceptional for a few reasons though. Too bad society is extremely inept at utilizing this sort of potential.

After reading the article I think they need to re-diagnose his autism. I don't think it's aspergers personally, but eh doesn't give much info on that part.

After reading the article I think they need to re-diagnose his autism. I don't think it's aspergers personally, but eh doesn't give much info on that part.

Asperger's /autism can be like that though. People with the disease are usually a lot more focused than "normal" people, hence a better understanding of some things.

This kid will bring about flying cars.

Neat kid, reminds me of myself when I was younger. Hopefully as he gets older he'll be able to hang on to that and hone it to a fine point.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mathboysmom

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His multiplication video was very clever.

The rest of his videos feel somewhat incomplete. I'm not questioning the genuineness of the his knowledge of math, but after watching many of his videos, it just seems like Jake doesn't really care about the math, or at least, care about explaining the math properly or completely. For that reason, these videos seem highly staged, as though his parents are trying to flaunt him. For example, in this following video:

[video=youtube;oQTrt8sg0k0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQTrt8sg0k0[/video]

He obviously doesn't know how to play the piano. His parents probably trained him like a parrot. I feel pretty bad him, because his parents are definitely NOT doing his intelligence any justice. He's brilliant, but he probably would have been much more creative if born into a family of more intelligent people. :/

And having his brother introduce this video was just harsh. It's almost facepalm-worthy.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mathboysmom

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His multiplication video was very clever.

Indeed. The idea is rather simple, but I guess we just never bothered with it. It's harder to visualize for beginners than the nested idea of "x bags of y same things" though.

And lol, integral by parts was less comprehensible than reading Wikipedia.

His multiplication video isn't original.
[video=youtube;e-P5RGdjICo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5RGdjICo[/video]

He obviously doesn't know how to play the piano.

That statement is not very accurate. He might be bigginer level on the piano, or maybe just doesnt have as much of an interest in it, but that doesnt me he doesnt know how to play. He can certainly out play most people who "obviously" dont know how to play the piano.

began solving 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzles at the age of 3

I used to do that at that same age and I never got any attention. I was always alone, playing Snes and solving puzzles in my own solitary dark room.

Forever alone.

Asperger's /autism can be like that though. People with the disease are usually a lot more focused than "normal" people, hence a better understanding of some things.

Yup. It's not much of a surprise that Math is one of the things he took off in, as it is a very simple thing to understand from a logic standpoint compared to language.

*has Asperger's*