Re: [xmca] FW: Autistic Boy: Higher IQ Than Einstein Dev's Own Th. of Relativity

[Ivan Rosero <irosero@ucsd.edu>]

A highly highly unusual boy for sure.  I have no idea what his life at home
and with friends has been like, though from the youtube videos (a large
number of them btw) it seems rather run of the mill.  Which brings me to the
question of "internalization" --what drives it?

On a separate note.  In the youtube videos you can see him writing on
windows with a felt-tip pen, which reminds me of the movie "A Beautiful
Mind", which brings me to the question of "genius" as a concept, and the
various tropes we have come to associate with "it", as well as the
appropriation of genius for ideological functions.  Here's Glen Beck with
this kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBW4S9xcTOk&feature=related

Except, it is hardly with the kid, and more with his imagined audience and
his ideological project.

Ivan

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:58 AM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Very interesting, David.
> What is missing from the story is any indication that he would be
> categorized (fit the concept of?) autism. He goes to office hours and talks
> to/helps fellow students.
>
> Now if only he could put his mind to ending war and getting humans to stop
> eating themselves out of house and home...
>
> mike
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM, David H Kirshner <dkirsh@lsu.edu> wrote:
>
> > While we're on the topic of relativity...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > **********************************
> >
> > >From The Daily Mail [UK / Online], Saturday, April 16, 2011. See
> > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369595/Jacob-Barnett-12-higher-
> > IQ-Einstein-develops-theory-relativity.html<
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369595/Jacob-Barnett-12-higher-%0AIQ-Einstein-develops-theory-relativity.html>
> . Our thanks to Monica
> > Neagoy for bringing this piece to our attention.
> >
> > **********************************
> >
> > Autistic boy, 12, with higher IQ than Einstein develops his own theory
> > of relativity
> >
> > ......
> __________________________________________
> _____
> xmca mailing list
> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
>
__________________________________________
_____
xmca mailing list
xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca