Considering how bad I am at math, I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. He reminds me of my nephew, who also suffers from autism but knows how to use a computer and create and edit videos better than most people I know. I find it amazing the complexity and genius these savants have in a particular subject. They are doing at a young age what many people spend 4-10 years learning in college.
What I think is the most amazing think about this video is that he actually understands what the equations mean. After going through Calc 3 I realized that I didn't understand any of the equations, I was just repeating them. It's really interesting how he can grasp concepts that are so abstract to most people and have them make perfect sense in his head.
So this interested me, so I checked it out from some other sources. He actually believes that he can prove Albert Einstien's theory of realitivity wrong.The professors he is working with have confirmed that he is "on the right track to developing something completely new." He at 12 years old has an IQ of 170. I read in one of the articles that he was actually solving 5,000 piece puzzles at the age of 3 and he can play classical music on the piano from memory. Things like this are not uncommon in people with Asperger's syndrome, especially savants, but to this extent is like something out of a movie. Many children with Asperger's syndrome or even autistic children often become savants, but it is unique for it to be to the extent that they are on the verge of proving Einstein's theories wrong. More power to him, I just hope they keep working with him in other areas not just at the college level for math. I would hate for things like social skills, or other general education to be ignored because of his brilliance in mathematics and science.
oops... as i kept reading people were tearing the phrase "prove the theory wrong" apart... it should be stated that he would develop an alternative theory. Theories cannot be proven.
I sat at my desk with my hand plastered to my forehead the entire time I watched this. Math has been a foreign language to me since the 6th grade, so to be honest I have no idea what he is talking about. It's fascinating that he is able to not only spit the equations out, but also to understand them! However, I do agree with what Kacey said in the idea that it would be really unfortunate if he spent his entire life focusing on math and math only, and loss his sense of people skills, if he really has a hold on that now. I understand that this may be his passion (or maybe its just something he's really good at and decided to run with), but everyone needs balance in their lives.
Wow, this is amazing! He might as well be speaking a foreign language to me because I hate math. I wonder what the intelligence of his parents is, and how much nature vs. nurture has to do with how advanced he is. I'm sure nature is far more substantial in this case, but I am curious as to what age his intelligence was realized and what was done to cater to his abilities. I hope we will keep hearing more of him and hopefully he can do some really great things in the future.
At first I had to stop and think about why we would look at this in the first place. After thinking about it for a while I decided that this was posted for the same reason we look at Phrenology. It is highly likely that some of the findings in science that have been discovered in our time, will at some point be deemed false. The problem with that is that people need to find a way to deal with it when it happens. The fact that a 12 year old boy is able to poke holes in one of the most respected scientists' theories in history is quite a feat.
Autism has always intrigued me in the sense that it causes some individuals to be extremely competent, or border-line genius in this case, while at the same time inhibiting other skills, usually social abilities. I took the highest math class in my high school available, Functions, Statistics, and Trig., but I couldn't understand a thing this kid was saying...I have absolutely no concept of what Calculus is, especially when I was this kid's age. Uf-duh, gives me a headache just thinking about it. He's also gonna be making more money at his age if he is allowed to be a paid research assistant than I have ever made in my life. He is a very lucky individual, and his autism seems to have been a blessing in surprise.
Autism often times seems to have such a negativity about it and this shows that there can be a positive outcome. I had no clue what he is talking about throughout the whole video because like many others on here have posted math is also a foreign language to me also. I also found Kacey's comment very interesting also. It would amazing if he was able to disprove such theories as Einsteins and I also hope the university also helps him apply his knowledge in other places than just mathematics as well.
I am terrible with math and didn't go above a Stats class in high school because I didn't think I'd understand a single thing that they teacher taught me, which in turn means I didn't know any of the things that he was talking about! But it is amazing to see him doing this - it helps break the negative outlook that everyone has about Autism. He is 12 years old and I have a feeling we will being hearing a lot about him in the future. Especially if he ends up disproving some of Einstein's theories!
I,like many others who have commented already, am extremely bad at math. The highest class I've ever taken is a college algebra I think. It amazes me how good he is at figuring out the equations and understanding them. But I do agree with a few of the others who stated that it would be a terrible thing if he focused more on math and science because he is gifted in that area rather then on the other areas he needs work on. He could lose a lot of skills that he is already decent at. This video was definitely like watching something in another language and it amazes me that he is only 12.
I agree with everyone elses comments. I'm awful at math, and listening to this intelligent kid I obviously have no idea what he is talking about. His shirt is pretty funny though that says "Scientific theory proven!" with a bunch of things that results in the universe revolving around him. It's easy to see he's interested in science, which I find is great because we need intelligent young kids who at that age can figure out problems. I'm sure he has great potential and will be helpful in discovering something great in the future when he gets older.
I am absolutely amazed by the talent of this kid. However I actually work with some autistic kids who have certain talents just like Jacob. There is one kid at our center that has an amazing IQ, his IQ is higher than some of us college students and he is only 11 years old, however he is extremely autistic. It just amazes me how smart he is considering he is supposedly also extremely autistic. There is also another autistic kid at the center who has this amazing talent of memorization. He has so many dates memorized. He knows all of out staff members birthdays. Not only can he remember all our birthdays, but he also knows what day of the week we are on. If ya ask him or tell him a date he can tell you the exact day of the week that it occurred on. This just amazes me, cause I wish I had such talents. I think is simply incredible how smart children or people can be, even when they do have a behavioral problem or issue.
This is amazing. I just learned about autism in child and adolescent psychopathology, as well as just worked with a high school aged student with autism and with him in mind I loved watching this video.
this was one of the most interesting videos I've seen in awhile. Autism is just so interesting in itself.. I realize not all autistic children have specific talents like this, and that these talents don't make up for where they lack in other areas (specifically social skills). It's so cool that he understood the equations and wasn't just doing them.
This was very interesting to me but at the same time not too overly surprising since people with autism usually have these amazing abilities. The gift that this child has is astonishing and I think that some people overlook the abilities that children and adults with autism possess. It is such an interesting topic however because autism is something that is growing and something that everyone should learn about.
I would say that he definitaly has a SLIGHT autism disorder. What is suprising to me is that he can communicate so efficiently. enought so that he can "teach" math. That is if you know what the heck he was talking about! Using in autism the hardest thing for children to do is communicate efficiently. even making eye contact can spin them into a downward spiral and temper tantrum. It is interesting that there can be such a broad spectrum of this disorder.
This was a really neat video to watch. My boyfriends half brother just turned 8 years old and they believe he might me mildly autistic. Every time I see him he greets me, then reminds me the day of the week, month, day, year and how old I am. He goes on to say my boyfriend's information, then his sisters, then his dads, then his moms and so on. He is very off the wall hyper but can remember numbers and days without a problem. He can also tell us how many years apart in age we are. It's amazing to see things like this and wonder what it would be like to walk in their shoes.
I've always found autistic savants to be so fascinating. It's crazy to me how their minds can have so many faults but be so incredibly amazing in other parts and excel in places that us with regular mental capacities can not.
Considering how bad I am at math, I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. He reminds me of my nephew, who also suffers from autism but knows how to use a computer and create and edit videos better than most people I know. I find it amazing the complexity and genius these savants have in a particular subject. They are doing at a young age what many people spend 4-10 years learning in college.
What I think is the most amazing think about this video is that he actually understands what the equations mean. After going through Calc 3 I realized that I didn't understand any of the equations, I was just repeating them. It's really interesting how he can grasp concepts that are so abstract to most people and have them make perfect sense in his head.
So this interested me, so I checked it out from some other sources. He actually believes that he can prove Albert Einstien's theory of realitivity wrong.The professors he is working with have confirmed that he is "on the right track to developing something completely new." He at 12 years old has an IQ of 170. I read in one of the articles that he was actually solving 5,000 piece puzzles at the age of 3 and he can play classical music on the piano from memory. Things like this are not uncommon in people with Asperger's syndrome, especially savants, but to this extent is like something out of a movie. Many children with Asperger's syndrome or even autistic children often become savants, but it is unique for it to be to the extent that they are on the verge of proving Einstein's theories wrong. More power to him, I just hope they keep working with him in other areas not just at the college level for math. I would hate for things like social skills, or other general education to be ignored because of his brilliance in mathematics and science.
oops... as i kept reading people were tearing the phrase "prove the theory wrong" apart... it should be stated that he would develop an alternative theory. Theories cannot be proven.
I sat at my desk with my hand plastered to my forehead the entire time I watched this. Math has been a foreign language to me since the 6th grade, so to be honest I have no idea what he is talking about. It's fascinating that he is able to not only spit the equations out, but also to understand them! However, I do agree with what Kacey said in the idea that it would be really unfortunate if he spent his entire life focusing on math and math only, and loss his sense of people skills, if he really has a hold on that now. I understand that this may be his passion (or maybe its just something he's really good at and decided to run with), but everyone needs balance in their lives.
Wow, this is amazing! He might as well be speaking a foreign language to me because I hate math. I wonder what the intelligence of his parents is, and how much nature vs. nurture has to do with how advanced he is. I'm sure nature is far more substantial in this case, but I am curious as to what age his intelligence was realized and what was done to cater to his abilities. I hope we will keep hearing more of him and hopefully he can do some really great things in the future.
At first I had to stop and think about why we would look at this in the first place. After thinking about it for a while I decided that this was posted for the same reason we look at Phrenology. It is highly likely that some of the findings in science that have been discovered in our time, will at some point be deemed false. The problem with that is that people need to find a way to deal with it when it happens. The fact that a 12 year old boy is able to poke holes in one of the most respected scientists' theories in history is quite a feat.
Autism has always intrigued me in the sense that it causes some individuals to be extremely competent, or border-line genius in this case, while at the same time inhibiting other skills, usually social abilities. I took the highest math class in my high school available, Functions, Statistics, and Trig., but I couldn't understand a thing this kid was saying...I have absolutely no concept of what Calculus is, especially when I was this kid's age. Uf-duh, gives me a headache just thinking about it. He's also gonna be making more money at his age if he is allowed to be a paid research assistant than I have ever made in my life. He is a very lucky individual, and his autism seems to have been a blessing in surprise.
Autism often times seems to have such a negativity about it and this shows that there can be a positive outcome. I had no clue what he is talking about throughout the whole video because like many others on here have posted math is also a foreign language to me also. I also found Kacey's comment very interesting also. It would amazing if he was able to disprove such theories as Einsteins and I also hope the university also helps him apply his knowledge in other places than just mathematics as well.
I am terrible with math and didn't go above a Stats class in high school because I didn't think I'd understand a single thing that they teacher taught me, which in turn means I didn't know any of the things that he was talking about! But it is amazing to see him doing this - it helps break the negative outlook that everyone has about Autism. He is 12 years old and I have a feeling we will being hearing a lot about him in the future. Especially if he ends up disproving some of Einstein's theories!
I,like many others who have commented already, am extremely bad at math. The highest class I've ever taken is a college algebra I think. It amazes me how good he is at figuring out the equations and understanding them. But I do agree with a few of the others who stated that it would be a terrible thing if he focused more on math and science because he is gifted in that area rather then on the other areas he needs work on. He could lose a lot of skills that he is already decent at. This video was definitely like watching something in another language and it amazes me that he is only 12.
I agree with everyone elses comments. I'm awful at math, and listening to this intelligent kid I obviously have no idea what he is talking about. His shirt is pretty funny though that says "Scientific theory proven!" with a bunch of things that results in the universe revolving around him. It's easy to see he's interested in science, which I find is great because we need intelligent young kids who at that age can figure out problems. I'm sure he has great potential and will be helpful in discovering something great in the future when he gets older.
I am absolutely amazed by the talent of this kid. However I actually work with some autistic kids who have certain talents just like Jacob. There is one kid at our center that has an amazing IQ, his IQ is higher than some of us college students and he is only 11 years old, however he is extremely autistic. It just amazes me how smart he is considering he is supposedly also extremely autistic. There is also another autistic kid at the center who has this amazing talent of memorization. He has so many dates memorized. He knows all of out staff members birthdays. Not only can he remember all our birthdays, but he also knows what day of the week we are on. If ya ask him or tell him a date he can tell you the exact day of the week that it occurred on. This just amazes me, cause I wish I had such talents. I think is simply incredible how smart children or people can be, even when they do have a behavioral problem or issue.
This is amazing. I just learned about autism in child and adolescent psychopathology, as well as just worked with a high school aged student with autism and with him in mind I loved watching this video.
this was one of the most interesting videos I've seen in awhile. Autism is just so interesting in itself.. I realize not all autistic children have specific talents like this, and that these talents don't make up for where they lack in other areas (specifically social skills). It's so cool that he understood the equations and wasn't just doing them.
This was very interesting to me but at the same time not too overly surprising since people with autism usually have these amazing abilities. The gift that this child has is astonishing and I think that some people overlook the abilities that children and adults with autism possess. It is such an interesting topic however because autism is something that is growing and something that everyone should learn about.
I would say that he definitaly has a SLIGHT autism disorder. What is suprising to me is that he can communicate so efficiently. enought so that he can "teach" math. That is if you know what the heck he was talking about! Using in autism the hardest thing for children to do is communicate efficiently. even making eye contact can spin them into a downward spiral and temper tantrum. It is interesting that there can be such a broad spectrum of this disorder.
This was a really neat video to watch. My boyfriends half brother just turned 8 years old and they believe he might me mildly autistic. Every time I see him he greets me, then reminds me the day of the week, month, day, year and how old I am. He goes on to say my boyfriend's information, then his sisters, then his dads, then his moms and so on. He is very off the wall hyper but can remember numbers and days without a problem. He can also tell us how many years apart in age we are. It's amazing to see things like this and wonder what it would be like to walk in their shoes.
I've always found autistic savants to be so fascinating. It's crazy to me how their minds can have so many faults but be so incredibly amazing in other parts and excel in places that us with regular mental capacities can not.