{"id":4438,"date":"2011-04-11T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2023-12-05T07:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T13:53:54","slug":"this-kid-just-pwned-einstein-yeah-just-turn-off-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/04\/this-kid-just-pwned-einstein-yeah-just-turn-off-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"This kid just pwned Einstein; yeah just turn off your computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"12-year-old takes aim at Einstein&#039;s theories\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VKXLg8EeRkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the young ripe age of 18, I learned to calculate a 15% tip in my head. It was a neat parlor trick that I&#8217;d use to show a date that I wasn&#8217;t cheap, pretty smart and try to score points. Today, my greatest mathematical achievement is knowing exactly how many gallons of gas I&#8217;m getting for the $4.00\/gal. in and around \u00a0New York City based on my current salary, my scientific findings: not nearly enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these don&#8217;t mean shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacob Barnett is a 12-year-old boy with Asperger&#8217;s that began solving 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzles at age 3 and taught himself Algebra, Calculus, and Geometry in two weeks at age 8. Jacob entertains himself with trying to decipher the origins of our universe and otherwise just whooping Einstein&#8217;s smarty-pants theories ass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, Jacob is a 12-year-old wiz kid that is being courted by the University of Indiana as a researcher and is trying to unlock the greatest mystery of all &#8211; where the universe came from. Yeah, just stop trying to do whatever it is you&#8217;re doing; you&#8217;re just not that smart (and I&#8217;m just a blogger).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/yblog_thelookout\/20110329\/ts_yblog_thelookout\/for-12-year-old-astrophysics-prodigy-the-skys-the-limit\">Yahoo! News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Jacob Barnett, a 12-year-old math prodigy who is being courted by the University of Indiana as a researcher. 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