There is this article in yesterday's Deccan Chronicle. A thirteen year old boy believes that "the quantum theory is not right" and the "Big Bang theory by Stephen Hawking needs to be expanded a lot more more".
Whether the quantum theory is wrong or not, is another issue. I am sure theories will undergo modifications as they always have.
Perhaps this boy really is a genius, and self confidence is a good thing. However, to believe at age 13, that one is really on the verge of proving that the quantum theory is wrong, is something else.
His credentials are that he can perform 100 multiplications of 2 digit numbers in 4 minutes and 46 seconds and various similar feats.
PS- Coincidentally, I just went on to read an interesting post.
Whether the quantum theory is wrong or not, is another issue. I am sure theories will undergo modifications as they always have.
Perhaps this boy really is a genius, and self confidence is a good thing. However, to believe at age 13, that one is really on the verge of proving that the quantum theory is wrong, is something else.
His credentials are that he can perform 100 multiplications of 2 digit numbers in 4 minutes and 46 seconds and various similar feats.
PS- Coincidentally, I just went on to read an interesting post.
2 comments:
We often identify a person as genius who can do multiplications fast.etc. he is a computational expert not a mathematical genius. I did not read that article. I guess he is an indian. We indians are really fools to believe in child prodigy.
Exactly. Many people do not understand that arithmetic is not synonymous with mathematics. Besides, does he really know enough about quantum theory to make such assertions? I don't see any evidence of that in his interview.
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