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MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by aiyeboy(m): 4:52pm On Dec 22, 2014
Jacob L. "Jake" Barnett (born May 26, 1998) is an American physics student and child prodigy.
According to a memoir penned by his mother, he was diagnosed with autism when he was 2 years old and was taught privately by his parents.He showed an interest in physics from a young age, and coauthored and published a physics research paper at the age of 13. In a review of Mrs. Barnett's memoir in Skeptic, educator Chris Edwards described Jacob as an autistic savant, but added that there was no solid evidence that he was "anything more than a typical autistic savant." Psychology professor Dr. Joanne Ruthsatz, who studies child prodigies at Ohio State University,in an interview on 60 Minutes estimated that talents like Barnett's occur in about one in ten million individuals.
In 2011, following a series of YouTube videos published by Barnett's mother, news stories appeared in the media with headlines such as "Autistic boy, 12, with higher IQ than Einstein develops his own theory of relativity,12-Year-Old Genius Expands Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong",and "Autistic teenager tipped for Nobel Prize". These claims did not hold up under scrutiny.
Barnett was admitted to the Perimeter Scholars International in 2013, a one year masters degree program at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario. At the age of 15, he was the youngest student admitted to the program since its inaugural class four years prior in 2009. He completed the program in 2014 and has subsequently been listed as a doctoral student at the Perimeter Institute.

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Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by Wittylens(m): 5:00pm On Dec 22, 2014
Akpors Is Smarter Than Him
Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by Kolade9(m): 5:13pm On Dec 22, 2014
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Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by aiyeboy(m): 6:34pm On Dec 22, 2014
Wittylens:
Akpors Is Smarter Than Him
You think so?
Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by seangy4konji: 8:37pm On Dec 22, 2014
Following.
aiyeboy:
Jacob L. "Jake" Barnett (born May 26, 1998) is an American physics student and child prodigy.
According to a memoir penned by his mother, he was diagnosed with autism when he was 2 years old and was taught privately by his parents.He showed an interest in physics from a young age, and coauthored and published a physics research paper at the age of 13. In a review of Mrs. Barnett's memoir in Skeptic, educator Chris Edwards described Jacob as an autistic savant, but added that there was no solid evidence that he was "anything more than a typical autistic savant." Psychology professor Dr. Joanne Ruthsatz, who studies child prodigies at Ohio State University,in an interview on 60 Minutes estimated that talents like Barnett's occur in about one in ten million individuals.
In 2011, following a series of YouTube videos published by Barnett's mother, news stories appeared in the media with headlines such as "Autistic boy, 12, with higher IQ than Einstein develops his own theory of relativity,12-Year-Old Genius Expands Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong",and "Autistic teenager tipped for Nobel Prize". These claims did not hold up under scrutiny.
Barnett was admitted to the Perimeter Scholars International in 2013, a one year masters degree program at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario. At the age of 15, he was the youngest student admitted to the program since its inaugural class four years prior in 2009. He completed the program in 2014 and has subsequently been listed as a doctoral student at the Perimeter Institute.

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Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by phlamesG: 8:46pm On Dec 22, 2014
aiyeboy:

You think so?
OF COURSE
Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by mesoade(m): 2:13am On Dec 23, 2014
No matter how smart he is,he can stil be swindled in lagos

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Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by aiyeboy(m): 2:19am On Dec 23, 2014
mesoade:
No matter how smart he is,he can stil be swindled in lagos
i agree............lol
Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by aiyeboy(m): 6:21am On Dec 24, 2014
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Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by jreyez(m): 6:36am On Dec 24, 2014
Knowing physics doesn't make him all that smart o..
I swear na their type dey buy phone(fufu version) for computer village cheesy
Re: MEET: Jacob L. Barnett: The World's Smartest Kid by aiyeboy(m): 6:40am On Dec 24, 2014
jreyez:
Knowing physics doesn't make him all that smart o..
I swear na their type dey buy phone(fufu version) for computer village cheesy

lol, u don buy that type ones?

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