This is one of the best TEDX I have heard, this kid is indirectly talking about how the educational system is all wrong, we were taught to memorize, to get good grades, but the didn't encouraged us to think by ourselves and to use knowledge to create new knowledge, congratulations kid 👍🏾
OMG. YES. As a high school student, all I see is how grades,grades, grades dominate a student's life. I wish there was something different to enrich myself, be it intellectually or creatively, instead of worrying about getting A's all the time.
+Chelle Turtle Ohh Yes, I could not agree more. Me as an Asian, everyone expect me to get all A's. But sometimes I ask myself why do I have to memerize and study 24/7 and not actually thinking of what I learned.
+Carlitox b Yep. I'm relieved i'm finishing High school next week. Public High school in america doesn't really help you in life but give you the minimum to get a job. I hope in the future things will change. They're are good things and bad things about it.
I'm not sure it's all wrong, I think the highlight here is the idea of "being the field" rather than merely studying it. Make it your own, make it your passion, and ask yourself the questions that make you want to seek the answers. That's different than passively learning, that's actively applying. It requires self-initiative, and that can't be taught. But it can be encouraged, like in this video.
Eh, to be fair, he was born with 170 IQ.. genetics, luck, of course autistic kids are always the ones who are geniuses. You don't see 13 year old kids becoming published physicists in everyday life, do you?
@@subzero8344 iq is a pretty arbitrary measure of intelligence ... comparable to the bmi maybe. Also he definitely was not born with 170iq. He grew to get an iq of 170. How do you know whether this progression was because of his genes or because of his distinct experiences in life.
It’s amazing that he was able to get up on stage and tell everyone about this. A lot of times intellectually advanced people with a spectrum disorder, the difficulties that comes with the disorder can hold them back from showing who they are and what they know. The fact that he can express this productively is really good for him.
I seriously adore this kid. Mostly because he's adorable, but his thoughts are also right on track. Jacob Barnett, keep doing what you do and don't let anyone discourage you in your goals! I know too many parents that were told their autistic child would never talk, communicate, or function on their own who later found the brilliance that their child had to offer. Unique perspective is right! It may not be astrophysics or even calculus but the potential is there in autistic and "normal" individuals as well.
He's a genuine genius and wss wasting away in special ed. How many more kids are we wasting because they don't conform to regular classes and education?
Yet his Thought pattern lack structure, serious structure which is necesary if he wants his revolutionary ideas to be taken seriously. I say the people that is supporting him, pay some tuition for him just so he can develop better.
To be fair, he was born with a photographic memory and genetics to back up his iq. I don't know how an 8 year old (forgot how old he was) challenges Einstein's theories.. lol, where'd he learn all that info from? Ngl, it just makes me curious. Not like I know everything about the world without learning it.
Dawn Smith lol sorry it’s so late, but I faintly remember her and my mom had a few conversations with her. all I remember is waving to her once when we dropped something off at their house.
He's literally a clear genius and the funny thing is every one commenting is judging on his looks and the way he acts. Thats some dumb shit right there :)
CaiDrums "He's literally a clear genius"? Other than by his claiming that he's a genius by self-reporting academic accomplishments and namedropping, how do you know this? Shouldn't you judge him by examining the quality of his words? Now does he SAY anything that is particularly intelligent? No. He tells some anecdotes of famous thinkers and abruptly declares they "made mathematics" or "made science", yet never once does he describe the science or math in a way that demonstrates he has a better than high school grasp. The most difficult thing he did was to briefly describe the Schrodinger equation in a way any bright sixth grader who took the time to lean about it wold have. He never uses that equation or any other and never deals with a challenging question in a way that shows an exceptional intellect. This failure does not prove the contrary, of course, though it is curious. What is more telling is that he says things which are simply false or stupid including: (1) Newton "stopped learning for three years"; (2) Einstein could not "get a job at the local university" because "he was Jewish" and "living in pre-Nazi Germany" when he suddenly understood his theory of gravity (part of his general theory of relativity). In fact, Einstein graduated high school in Switzerland in 1896 and lived there almost non-stop until 1914. In 1913, while employed as a physics professor in Switzerland, he had begun working on his theory of gravity. In 1914 he accepted the directorship of the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Germany, and a simultaneous professorship at the University of Berlin. In 1916, while working as a physics professor in the capital of Imperial Germany, Einstein published his theory of general relativity including the theory of gravity. Einstein's Jewishness was never a significant impediment to his finding work in academia in Switzerland or Germany. In fact, he was still employed as a professor by a German university when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, whereupon he resigned in an act of public protest and emigrated to the USA. This is almost the reverse of this kid's confused story. His Newton story is absurdly cartoonishly as well. So, if you judge this kid by the quality of his words rather than his looks and other behaviors, what do you get? Moron savant? Fraudster? A dumb shit? You tell me.
CaiDrums They know that no matter what they do, they're too intrinsically stupid to better themselves. They will never be a fraction as smart as this kid, and will live in mediocrity for the rest of their lives due to their attitudes. So, they lash out and try(and fail) to cut him down in an elementary school-like effort to make themselves feel better(and fail).
Josh Bacon it’s weird knowing that at 10 this kid was smarter than you and I will ever be and I’m not knocking you that’s just insane that his brain works and collects like that
Can't help but think if it wasn't for society, there would be a lot more Jacob Barnetts. He's a prime example of how autistic children should be nurtured in every way possible to achieving greatness. It should be people with this level of IQ that should be world leaders, the understanding they have for complexity is something we shouldn't be viewing as a flaw - Not speaking in his case, but as a whole, the autistic spectrum does not get enough praise it deserves, in fact it gets the opposite.
Was gonna agree at first but then realized this sounds a whole lot like meritocracy, a flawed political system, where the elite, in this case the intellectually gifted, are represented more than the average person. Not sure such a world would be an optimal place to live for you and me. But who knows...
He might be acting strange, but you have to remember that he is a nervous as fuck pre teen doing a lecture in front of a bunch of smart adults. You would probably be acting weird and uncomfortable too.
Eu também fiquei extremamente feliz em saber sobre a vida e feitos desta incrível criança, se tiver disponibilidade, por favor, tente ler o livro no qual a vida desta criança é contada a partir da perspectiva dos olhos de sua mãe dele. Se chama: BRILHANTE A inspiradora história de uma mãe e seu filho gênio autista - KRISTINE BARNETT
I internalized your comment with the voice of Jack Nicholson. that was before I looked at your profile pic. hahaa these subconscious peripheral powers are amazing.
This kid is a prodigy!!! He's like the Isaac Newton of the 21st century!! I hope that he can one day find a way to travel in space since he is a astrophysicist. I want to see this kid 10 years from now he will probably be considered a science god by then.
Only if he actually discovers a scientific breakthrough, which, even geniuses aren't guaranteed to discover. There are alot of geniuses in this world, and few of them recorded in history, 'nuff said.
can't believe people don't add to his contribution by saying something useful. Create by thinking. It doesn't have to be beautiful, as long as it is unique in a way. This kid is inspiring. Live to create your own world. Share the things you get excited about.
This kid thinks about the world much differently then 99% of us and he's excited to share it and yet some people still feel the need to troll because they don't like how he looks/acts/talks or whatever...so impressive.
I agree with what you said here. I think that the majority of people who don't think like he does often find these kind of people intimidating in that regard or overwhelmed with all the knowledge that kids like him want to share. One of the challenges kids like Jake find difficult to find is relating to other people in small talk conversations. They think in abstract ways that the majority don't have the ability to do.
This inspired me to continue my works on finding the hypothetical tachyon. I'm only 15, I stopped because the people I sent my speculations to laughed and ridiculed me instead of telling me where I was wrong. Thank you Jacob Barnett! If I will ever win a nobel prize, you're going to be in the first row! Second thought, You'd probably be the one receiving the award...
What I got out of his speech is he got someone to disprove his work so that he could think. I get disproved and disapproval constantly in my work. I didn't realize until your comment that, that is what kept guys like you, talented and worthy on track to creating successful Theory. Good luck.
@@tiagodarkpeasant Very good. Because the empty mind is as infinite as space+time. Free the mind by giving discoveries a place which you can use to create a picture that is unique.
There are more than 1,000,000 peer-reviewed papers published every year. Some advances made/researched in ONLY quantum physics in the past month of me writing this post include: quantum thermal transistors, generalized geometric quantum speed limits, a super quantum simulator capable of entangling hundreds of ions, quantum cycles that power cold-atom pumps, quantum cryptography, billiard dynamics of photon collisions, the Wigner-Lindblad equations for quantum friction, and mapping quantum state dynamics in spontaneous emission. There is a lot of "doing", you just don't know about it.
Thank you Jacob for asserting your point through your energy, passion, smiles, and laughter… “THINK about it - don’t learn it…” A great message for us all!
Coming from someone whos going to be on Dexamphetamine to help me focus due to my ADD/ADHD and S.I.D (Sensory Integration Dysfunction) for the rest of his foreseeable life and has been on it for the past 11 years since the age of 8, Not everything you know about autism and ADHD is a lie. Now days a lot more people seem to know that ADHD isn't a complete anger issue (although when you do the math theres still a couple hundred million people out there that probably do think thats what ADHD is) Where as the truth is that ADHD is an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This means that a lot of things that could cause minor reactions that most normal people would just shrug off could cause someone with ADHD to have a bout of hyperactivity and extremely over react to something. In my case this is what happened to me when i was younger, got easily set off while getting bullied in primary school (even if the thought of a past incident of being bullied could trigger a hyperactivity bout in me) and along with my SID it was extremely hard to control my emotions so i often got very violent over minuscule things. After I was evaluated to have my conditions by my pediatrician first put me on Ritalin, and this actually helped my hyperactivity. However it also made me extremely aggressive. So after some trial and error over the course of about 7 months in my year 4 (i was 8 years old turning 9) I was put on Dexamphetamine which helped suppress the hyperactivity, helped the attention deficit (in practical wording it basically helped me focus for longer than 20 seconds at a time, Helped the messages my brain sent to the rest of my body go there properly and efficiently without doing what would equate to a sightseeing tour around the rest of my body before going to the messages intended target. Long explanation i know but i hope it made sense there) and didn't cause me to be aggressive for no reason. The medication coupled with a year of occupational Therapy (basically using movement and repetition of actions like trying to balance on special boards, Listening to selected therapeutic music for 30 minutes a day and other activities to help work on and refine my motor skills) helped refine the motor skills that My S.I.D caused to be rather lacking when compared to that of another human. Then 2 and a half years of normal therapy to help me get out of the depression that 8 year old me experienced because in my mindset back then i didn't want to be different, All I wanted was to be "Normal" and my add and the res of it made me different and the constant bullying I was receiving before I came to the realization that being different isn't too bad. Ritalin is effective for some people because they need to stop the random bouts of hyperactivity, It can also be bad for some others. It really does depend on the chemical imbalance in the persons head and the severity of the genetic defect that causes their autism that dictates the overall needs of a person and their reactions to medication.
"Proof autism is not a burden on our society." >Its not necessarily a burden in every case. But some points on the spectrum can be very difficult & a constant struggle (based on many known cases) and others seem perfectly normal, not extremely smart but not way below average. Obviously they can be very smart. Others have a great difficulty in communicating and in social skills. In more extreme points on the spectrum, kids have a hard time acting in ways that we would think as normal. They can come off as very eccentric and some mistaken it for other issues. Some parents have to basically dedicate nearly all their time to handling their autistic kid so, that statement kind of depends on which case you're referring to.
Jacob, you are an amazing soul! My son is 4 and I see so much of him in you. His love for math and languages, always absorbing everything. I doubt you'll ever read this, but if you do, you're an inspiration! You give me great hope for my son.
Being a gifted mathematician at a young age = cool Being a gifted mathematician at a young age and being humble and down to earth about it = way cooler Something to think about...
I remember seeing this dude when I was in college before. He'd be at the back of my astronomy class. I think he was just auditing and was already in more advanced stuff by then though.
He actually hit the nail right on the head! Engaging with an activity, being part of it, shuffling and creating in the natural and messy way thinking is, is the essence of knowledge. Sadly, our ability to be blank boards is utilised more than our ability to be wonderful creators. I hope this kid will go far! I hope that he will not be pulled down or assimilated by this world of conformists to be "one of us". And I hope that he will know himself and the world enough to utilise his gifts in the best way possible, without any pride or over-confidence hindering his growth. :)
Muddy Diamond thinking like a 74 year old would be bad lol. Being 30 is probably the prime age in terms of fluid intelligence. You grow wiser as you age, not necessarily smarter
To me He sounded like me when i was 13 he is not that special he just has a very good understanding of math like me in his age but it takes more than that he probably won’t win a Nobel prize
I can speak from experience, I am hearing this kid is autistic and I am too and I just want everyone to know that it's extremely hard for people to find the right words when directly talking to other people and I noticed most of the time I don't know how to make people really understand what I am trying to say unless I write it down. I very often am trying the right words to express something and just racking my brain and the words never come while I'm talking.
Don't worry about the label of autism, it'll just hold you back. It's just a label society uses to hold gifted people down, find something your great at and excell, the rest will come in time.
+fatninjacatmatt, you raise a good point, but if i might had to what you said, autism is a noun that identifies a condition and autistic the adjective form, one that appears abnormal (but lets not get into the semantics of 'normal'), sure the word label sounds terrible, its more describing a person, adding meaning to who they are, we carry around these adjectives gaining more as we grow. But there are definitely those who would use these beautiful pieces of language against us. The vulgarity shouldn't lie in the word, it is just there (and yes there are some definitely 'bad' words, that shouldn't be spoken) the vulgarity is in how someone uses the word. So don't this of autism, or any other word associated with yourself, as a label that you should care about, they are more like distinguishing features of yourself expressed through language. And @Hooded Violin, it is people with the courage and determination like Jacob and yourself that inspire me.
+Kieran Morris it was used in a negative connotation as a way to describe himself and I wanted to encourage him to think bigger than his socially labeled condition. And I agree, autistic thinking is the root of all great pieces of creativity, but to use the term autistic to describe how society perceives you is just a way to limit your capabilities as a gifted thinker. Sorry if that's too esoteric, but that's just the way I think. If you want to read more about this autistic thinking and are into metaphysics at all, I would strongly suggest you read this book called "A crack in the cosmic egg: challenging the constructs of mind and reality". It's taught me a lot about my mind and how to get into a creative state easier.
I admire this kid! (6:08) People told him he would never learn, think, and talk, but yet he courageously taught himself calculus, and speaking in front of an audience "talking" about how he started "thinking" when he had stopped "learning". Jacob Barnett is the future, and I cant wait to see what else he has to deliver. We can, and will learn a lot from him. Definitely a thumbs up!
The kid makes an excellent point, and it's something I've been struggling with since my senior year in high school and since I've started college. The reason school feels boring and useless to a lot of kids isn't because they're lazy, but because the school system doesn't encourage their method of thinking. The best way humans can learn materials and expand on their intelligence is if they quit memorizing and start questioning and putting 2 and 2 together. They're never asked why this happened, they're only told that it happened and they have to spout random facts on said subject to get a 100 on the test. Education is so standardized that the system doesn't make any room for different methods of learning, whether it be autistic or just people who think differently. I've already thought about leaving college or changing my degree to start creating something I'm proud of, and this video really inspires me to do so. Thank you, Jacob. I hope you change the world.
I honestly wish I hadn't seen any criticism being directed at this young man because as a pre-service teacher I have had experiences with neglected autistic children who have risen above their expectations, and it angers me to think that they are treated like people who "do not understand". The truth is that they understand more than you comprehend in your lifetime, in the span of two weeks, give or take. Well done, Jacob!
This guy is now 25 and i just watched a documentary about his family. It's crazy, apparently his mother was very abusive and something is wrong with his father also. He now lives in his basement, and looks broken as a person, its sad to see. If anyone is curious about documentary it is: The Curious Case of Natalia Grace. Crazy story
I just realized that when I saw the photo of his mom. He just lives in his dad's basement now and hasn't seen his siblings or mom in years...What a waste of a brilliant mind! Imagine if they never adopted her... His mom was so conceded that she believed he was brilliant because of her teaching him and thought she could do it again and make money off of another kid. Money of which he didn't see a cent of.
@@cunexttuesday7651He did recover enough and returned to Canada & Perimeter Institute, finished his PhD and then accepted a position in research at a mathematical institute in Spain. He moved to Spain in December 2023. He has gone no contact w mom Kristine, but is in touch w his brothers (based upon looking at their social media)
Seriously? I was sitting here watching this very disturbed because it's obvious one of his parents has him performing. I got the sense right away that he was not happy and I was annoyed by all the comments saying how great he was.....he looks a little frantic and worried to me.
In the field of psychiatry, my field, often times individuals unknowingly assign, or project their own self image onto behaviours, or characteristics, they believe are being exhibited by others. It is the non-verbal, automatic and unfiltered portion of ourselves, the Id, interpreted and assigned meaning by the Super Ego, which explains why these interpretations of negative self images are almost always projected onto others. What you hear in the boys laugh is how you view yourself.
" Learn , create , think , be the field " My interpretation in Jakes overall message is that it takes more than intelligence alone to make real change . He mentions people who can recite Pi yet never make an advancement , create new ideas / make a difference . Maybe savant like intelligence can be unlocked in anyone to a degree and that a key lies in finding motivation to be driven mentally enough to acquire an obsessive immersion and tap into the subconscious . Point the mind at a target and never give up . Kim Peek was classified as a megasavant . He travelled the world impressing people with his infinite recitation of facts . Yet to my knowledge never created like Newton or Einstein .
this kid is brilliant. my cousin is autistic and he is absolutely terrified of big groups of people! i'm so glad we have beautiful people like this in our world who aren't inhibited by their "flaws"
I am a sixty year old grandma and you are just magnificent young man.I am raising my grandson and there is nothing in life is rather do.Thank you could listen to you all night.
I'm glad I gave this a chance. I admit I almost did not. I mean a teen telling me to forget what I know is perhaps not the best of titles for a Ted Talk... But this is a remarkable young man. And on a "semi" related note, he reminds me of the movie Real Genius.
The smarter you are the more aware you become of all the things you yet don't know. The dumber you are the more you believe you know it all; as you are less aware of the things going on around you.
Although I agree that his voice is caustic. This kid is spectacular. These are the kind of people that will at least help us along on our journey into an age of wisdom rather than knowledge, and it's a welcome change.
Yes, his mind is remarkable in how he can think, calculate and understand physics. But his wisdom at such an early age to suggest that we quit learning, to think for ourselves and transcend and create is genius, very Zen!
The only problem with forgetting about learning and instead "being the field" for awhile, is that it leaves you with recreating the same theories that already exist. I support what he is saying though, we are primarily focused on learning more and more and not applying it.
+Yassir Douslimi Im agree with you Yassir! and the way that I get it is that, we can learn the basic things about the things we are interested on and then think about different posibilities or ways that this field can be processe it and create our perspective or way to apply it..
+lolmouf Self discovery is actually the best method of learning. If you think back to the things that you learned, most of the ones that you remember are things that you figured out yourself. You view them as an accomplishment. The problem with today's school system is that it is teaching the wrong way. We evaluate young adults as "having learned" by seeing if they can write down things from memory and then we judge the accuracy. In the 60 minutes video about Jacob they asked his physics professor if Jacob just had a good memory, or was it more than that - and he said it was more. Learning is so much more than just memory recall, and if we allow people the time to just stop and think for a while, it would surprise you to see what they could come up with. Sure they may end up with the same conclusions as existing work - but how is that a bad thing? They've learned it on their own, in their own way, and may even add to collective knowledge on the subject. We do not advance as a species by reliving all of the current knowledge - we advance be creating new knowledge.
+Xinke Guo-Xue that's so true ! I like the way you see it ! more people should think in that way and not just keep with the things we learn I'm school even thou it's important but if we work and study in the way you're saying it will help us to discover many other things in life :)
+Jacob Ponce Yeah. And you have to not ever put kids in a school. Straight away let them roam. They're bound to discover or invent something. Even if it's 'only' their own joy and happiness. The whole purpose of being alive is to live fully and feel happiness. The job, the inventions, they're all secondary. Absolutely secondary. I dislike it when people look at kids with business models. No thanks. The industrial revolution really did a number on society.
Kid's brave. It's not easy to talk to an audience of adults regardless of age. Most people his age would be deathly afraid of doing this shit, and he spoke well and is genuinely excited throughout the lecture. Give the kid a break, you old jaded bastards.
I love this kid's energy and ability to hold an audience's attention. It makes me wonder how many of my 'special' friends growing up would have ended up more like this, if they hadn't been taught to think of themselves like the fish who cannot climb a tree...
I feel you, i came up with my own ways to solve some equations in math, and i applied it on the exam, got the correct answer, but the professor still deducted points because i didn't use the *correct* equation
actually, he really touched my hearts...and makes me to challenge on my study what I want to do! so, I really want it to say that thank you ha ha I'm South Korean and in my country, the way how to judge person is the score and the result on the test(exam) therefore, people in my country only focus to make the result to be improved, they don't know...what they are learning. they only think about the number which is pointing the score... because of that Korean students are. getting stress and they acutally give up to live their life. I was also.. try it to give up but, after watching this video, he makes me not to give up what I am doing now!! whatever,,,, thank you!!
I agree with you. I am a Vietnamese and in my country the people are too focused on the points. They find all methods they can to get good grades but they don't know what they are learning. It makes us feel nervous and pressure.
For the time being, congratulation the new freshman. I'm a freshman, too. I live in Vietnam where people don't give a f*** about what you do. Marks(not marx) is love, marks is life. People who get the highest marks by the fastest and the easiest ways without hard-working are called "Genius". And now, we are college students , many of us are worse than A.I at writing a simple application letter.
+brandon day if the education we get, do provide a disability learning... we've to stop learning it. however, If we notice how this education doesn't fit our needs, we'll decide to avoid accepting that sort of education... " noticing become learning from a way of thinking" :))
The point is to learn by thinking and putting your thoughts to the test, not just accepting what everyone tells you to be an absolute truth. Explore your mind
Oh my goodness. This kid is incredible! Wow wow wow!! I see this was posted in 2012, where is he now?? did he complete his master degree in Quantum mechanics? I am so intrigued by this kids brain and thinking capacity/abilities, his surely unique!. Our generation should take notes..
Yes, Jake has his master's degree. He has also graduated from the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) program, a ten month Perimeter master's level program partnered by Perimeter and Waterloo University. He is planning to stick around Perimeter to get his PhD in a couple of years. His brothers have a fascinating knack for the sciences too, but he has the mass of it.
This boy is amazing! Early challenges must have been difficult on his parents and him. Being told your son won’t speak and here he is on a Ted Talk. And that is surpassing all expectations the experts put on him. He’s not perfect but no one is regardless. 👏🏽👏🏽👨🏻🎓 I’m proud of him and I don’t even know his family. Congrats!
Because of his condition, he will never understand that a majority of us do not have brains like his. He can focus in on something and see clearly because that is how his condition affects his brain. Very admirable kid, but someone should explain to him that most people can't process information like he can.
the last two responses are correct. as long as you limit yourself what you say will be true. But the minute you step out of the box and color outside of the lines you will see the truth of it.
Social skills being 1. He has no idea how awkward this whole thing was for people, because he is unable to recognise the social signs. And just for the record I am not insulting him, hes a very brave and intelligent kid.
Hello grandmother , So.. grandma if this boy succeeds and proves his theory disproving einstein etc we will be brought back to the early 2nd century BCE... Yes he is going to be responsible for the waste of all our " gear " ... Good luck with the apocalypse.. DONT FORGET MY FUCKING COOKIES !
sharon buehner Sharon is right. He will be responsible for a lot of discovery's, she might not understand what he is saying, but you don't have to be smart to understand that a 14 year old boy, already mastered in quantum physics etc. Preforming infront of people to get his message out, not a lot of people today have the motivation he has to learn. He will do something amazing, and boy you guys will feel stupid. Ps. Don't listen to people badmouthing each other on the so called "internet" If they met you in person...well that's another story.
Look aron baldhowever the hell you are not that smart too... taking a master's degree in ur 14 is fully abnormal, you are filled with condensed knowledge which has violently entered into ur mind with a lot of pressure which will sooner or later vaporize. So he doesnt seem that inventive coz he never had the chance to further think what he learnt ... he covered up things that normal ppl do more than 10 years to learn and that's not because we are stupid the purpose of this method is to sublimate knowledge ; (especially science knowledge which needs a mixture of logic , observation and knowledge )
Oh, boy. He's wonderful, a genius. How many times did I think similar things? I did, but he's perspective is inspirational. Thank you very much. And when he talked about science, he reminded me of myself talking about psychology. ❤️
A cute little great genius. He described in a fantastic way that thinking helps create. It will certainly be a great mathematical physicist who will leave a mark in history. Many congratulations for his tenacity!👏👏👏👏❣️
He's brilliant and anyone who can't finish it or can't grasp the concept he's presenting has been learning so long they can't understand what it means to create. So they have no idea what it is he's even talking about. To those who can understand his brilliance, his words are life changing. Creation, you either understand it, or you don't. I can't believe all the haters. Must suck being so ignorant. I'm sure you have to get back to Fox News to be told what to think.
is nice to see that you got inspired from a 12 years old boy who made you think about the meaning of "learn" and such.. I'm 32 and from my over age I can suggest other funny words you might look after, like: consciousness, time, pain, reality, empathy, ukulele ecc.. ecc..
***** ... yeah sometimes in life you need to be told to think sometimes you need to be told learn and sometimes you listen to others and sometimes you don't it's every everydays challange or you can keep divide the world in two points of view: haters and you
Very well said,this kid will go down as one of the most brilliant minds in many many years,the sky isn't even the limit for him, for all of the idiots talking shit think of what you've done and what you will do and think of how small comparatively it will be to what he has already done and what will do.
To see any child this excited about what he can know and excited about telling others about it is spectacular.
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Nervous laughs and voice cracks... I freaking love this kid
This is one of the best TEDX I have heard, this kid is indirectly talking about how the educational system is all wrong, we were taught to memorize, to get good grades, but the didn't encouraged us to think by ourselves and to use knowledge to create new knowledge, congratulations kid 👍🏾
OMG. YES. As a high school student, all I see is how grades,grades, grades dominate a student's life. I wish there was something different to enrich myself, be it intellectually or creatively, instead of worrying about getting A's all the time.
+Chelle Turtle Ohh Yes, I could not agree more. Me as an Asian, everyone expect me to get all A's. But sometimes I ask myself why do I have to memerize and study 24/7 and not actually thinking of what I learned.
+Carlitox b Yep. I'm relieved i'm finishing High school next week. Public High school in america doesn't really help you in life but give you the minimum to get a job. I hope in the future things will change. They're are good things and bad things about it.
I'm not sure it's all wrong, I think the highlight here is the idea of "being the field" rather than merely studying it. Make it your own, make it your passion, and ask yourself the questions that make you want to seek the answers. That's different than passively learning, that's actively applying. It requires self-initiative, and that can't be taught. But it can be encouraged, like in this video.
" he had to stop learning, but he didn't stop thinking" wow
some kind "learning" means nothing but Bremsen Tirering
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He’s the type of kid to argue with the teacher and be right.
Yup
Brenna May Woah you're right.
...and then still get an F.
Brenna May I'd pay to see that
Hes technically a genus
This guy's internal clock is running 100 times faster than everyone else and I love it.
His brain is working faster than he can say it verbally. Which is why he sounds so excited and how he is talking. Kinda cute actually.
No not really! Not at all in fact!
@@amazoniablue7572 ?
this is not right
This kid proves that the brain is capable of exceptional greatness if we push it.
Eh, to be fair, he was born with 170 IQ.. genetics, luck, of course autistic kids are always the ones who are geniuses. You don't see 13 year old kids becoming published physicists in everyday life, do you?
@@subzero8344 iq is a pretty arbitrary measure of intelligence ... comparable to the bmi maybe. Also he definitely was not born with 170iq. He grew to get an iq of 170. How do you know whether this progression was because of his genes or because of his distinct experiences in life.
@@subzero8344 luck most definitely has a hand in it whether it was genes or experiences. Not discounting his hardwork tho
All hv genius in us. Just have to find our niche.
Yo, just trying to guide my brain in the right direction is a heck of a challenge. Don’t be pushing it. 🤣
He's a breath of fresh
air and positivity !
That's a creepy-sounding phrase.
@@theyappingvoyager mtcheww 🤨
I love moments when he becomes serious out of sudden.
Agnieszka Tażbirek
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And I love moments when he suddenly smile
Nezio oczywiście 😏 pozna odpowiedz ale powiadomienia nie grają zbyt dużej roli na g+/yt
Agnieszka Tażbirek
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*"Don't learn anything for 24 hours"* - Way ahead of you.
Ok.
I going to Facebook
Bahahaha
Try 3 months
It’s amazing that he was able to get up on stage and tell everyone about this. A lot of times intellectually advanced people with a spectrum disorder, the difficulties that comes with the disorder can hold them back from showing who they are and what they know. The fact that he can express this productively is really good for him.
The higher your intelligence the more it combats the negatives of neurological disorder
True, sort of. He’s all over the place which makes it difficult to follow him.
I agree
He is a true genius. Nowadays, people just brag about SAT scores.
Because most people can't visualize complex math in four demensions
ChaazMaha four dimensions ?
Of course they do. He is born with better brain functions than most people which is a HUGE ADVANTAGE :).
@@TheRev9312 no one can visualize four dimensions in a 3D world, that we can only observe in 2D
@@TheRev9312 4 dimension is not even applicable in time travel 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I seriously adore this kid. Mostly because he's adorable, but his thoughts are also right on track. Jacob Barnett, keep doing what you do and don't let anyone discourage you in your goals! I know too many parents that were told their autistic child would never talk, communicate, or function on their own who later found the brilliance that their child had to offer. Unique perspective is right! It may not be astrophysics or even calculus but the potential is there in autistic and "normal" individuals as well.
Omg I love his personality he's so enthusiastic
I find him way to enthusiastic.
@@Jonas_Albert that's cool, because it´s only YOUR perspective 😏 this kid probably mirrors something you might want to be or have, but lack.
Genius has limits, creativity is infinite. Being a child of a creator, being able to create is an incredible experience.
True. You can create genius
This kid is giving me better advice then most of the people on Ted and he's 12
its funny because its true XD
Callum Weston yes
Callum Weston What about james vietch....
Callum Weston 20 now
He's a genuine genius and wss wasting away in special ed. How many more kids are we wasting because they don't conform to regular classes and education?
well he has a point that if he had regular class he won't be able to keep up and deprived on his time for thinking.
regarding education and support for people with spectrum disorders, so many people fall thru the cracks
Yet his Thought pattern lack structure, serious structure which is necesary if he wants his revolutionary ideas to be taken seriously. I say the people that is supporting him, pay some tuition for him just so he can develop better.
That’s the last thing needed. You are really missing the whole point
Rusty Alcorta
And that is what you get when you stop trying to be as good as everyone else and can just focus on what you are interested in.
Patrick Anderson great comment
Patrick Anderson exactly. Comparing yourself to others and living up to other people's standarts is the worst thing I have done with myself xD
Not really. He is classified as a genius with a talent that around 1 in 10 Million people have.
To be fair, he was born with a photographic memory and genetics to back up his iq. I don't know how an 8 year old (forgot how old he was) challenges Einstein's theories.. lol, where'd he learn all that info from? Ngl, it just makes me curious. Not like I know everything about the world without learning it.
This boy high on math
Hypotenuse*
@@robertimmanuel577 (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
Lmfao
Jahahahha
I'm coming back to this a year later and I just realised how much I've learned from this.
"Math e matte i cks"
I am 23 and I love how a 12 yo boy taught me to stop learning bcs it's time to solve things and created the new one.
I wish I could meet him in person
I am 52 and I feel the same way 😃
This kid's gonna do some great things in life.
He already has
He lives in his dad's basement now
@@axa7.77really?
@@axa7.77how do u knos
@@kushalnath889 yup
The fact that he was wearing flip flops at TED makes him 12 times cooler than the rest
@ikke hierrro Thats crazy bro really i mean it but i didn't ask
Why 12, thats way too nerd
You could say "that makes him way cooler"
Even cooler than Einstein in his PJ's!!!
He has an IQ of 170 and rejects the Big Bang theory. Inspiring!
Man, this was way back when my family knew him and I was too young to understand how incredibly smart he really is! He surely has come a long way!
@Spenser J Did you know his adopted sister?
Where is he now?
@Jahi trst He’s still at Perimeter University in Waterloo Ontario CA. He’s 21 now.
Dawn Smith lol sorry it’s so late, but I faintly remember her and my mom had a few conversations with her. all I remember is waving to her once when we dropped something off at their house.
@Spenser J No problem. Thanks for responding!
He's literally a clear genius and the funny thing is every one commenting is judging on his looks and the way he acts. Thats some dumb shit right there :)
CaiDrums "He's literally a clear genius"? Other than by his claiming that he's a genius by self-reporting academic accomplishments and namedropping, how do you know this? Shouldn't you judge him by examining the quality of his words? Now does he SAY anything that is particularly intelligent? No. He tells some anecdotes of famous thinkers and abruptly declares they "made mathematics" or "made science", yet never once does he describe the science or math in a way that demonstrates he has a better than high school grasp. The most difficult thing he did was to briefly describe the Schrodinger equation in a way any bright sixth grader who took the time to lean about it wold have. He never uses that equation or any other and never deals with a challenging question in a way that shows an exceptional intellect. This failure does not prove the contrary, of course, though it is curious.
What is more telling is that he says things which are simply false or stupid including: (1) Newton "stopped learning for three years"; (2) Einstein could not "get a job at the local university" because "he was Jewish" and "living in pre-Nazi Germany" when he suddenly understood his theory of gravity (part of his general theory of relativity). In fact, Einstein graduated high school in Switzerland in 1896 and lived there almost non-stop until 1914. In 1913, while employed as a physics professor in Switzerland, he had begun working on his theory of gravity. In 1914 he accepted the directorship of the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Germany, and a simultaneous professorship at the University of Berlin. In 1916, while working as a physics professor in the capital of Imperial Germany, Einstein published his theory of general relativity including the theory of gravity. Einstein's Jewishness was never a significant impediment to his finding work in academia in Switzerland or Germany. In fact, he was still employed as a professor by a German university when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, whereupon he resigned in an act of public protest and emigrated to the USA. This is almost the reverse of this kid's confused story. His Newton story is absurdly cartoonishly as well.
So, if you judge this kid by the quality of his words rather than his looks and other behaviors, what do you get? Moron savant? Fraudster? A dumb shit? You tell me.
49metal i literally couldn't even be bothered to reading this.
CaiDrums Quite. Don't put too much current though the bulb, or it might burn out.
don't write down so much bullshit for no reason, you might just buy some time.
CaiDrums
They know that no matter what they do, they're too intrinsically stupid to better themselves. They will never be a fraction as smart as this kid, and will live in mediocrity for the rest of their lives due to their attitudes.
So, they lash out and try(and fail) to cut him down in an elementary school-like effort to make themselves feel better(and fail).
He’s amazing. I wish i had a friend like that... especially for his laugh😂😂😂
Asma 1 Fr tho
Especially for his beauty
When he laughs it's so funny. He's really smart, I wish I was like him.
DarknessYTO he's intelligent not smart
Just do what he says, he was teaching us how to be like him
he's intelligent and smart
It's so weird hearing voice cracks while listening to someone talk about physics. lol
Josh Bacon it’s weird knowing that at 10 this kid was smarter than you and I will ever be and I’m not knocking you that’s just insane that his brain works and collects like that
You most be a Republican
Maru telléz as a staunch liberal, I’m surprised
@@abrahamlincoln8748 Abraham Lincoln was a republican
@@abrahamlincoln8748 the first one in fact
Reading the description and realising I'm a 14 y/o who just dropped my ice cream and cried about it. Nice.
he's so efficient w his time he doesn't even wear shoes w laces.
😂😂
Lol. Too true.
+Zero Cool persimist people..😑
+Zero Cool nah this is in ur brain some people's are diffrent... and I love diffrent so I'm clearly on his side...
Hey do anyone knows "Saad Nasser" he is a child prodigy and the great thing is he is my cousin.
Search on google about him :)
absolutely genius kid, it was a pleasure to watch
Can't help but think if it wasn't for society, there would be a lot more Jacob Barnetts. He's a prime example of how autistic children should be nurtured in every way possible to achieving greatness. It should be people with this level of IQ that should be world leaders, the understanding they have for complexity is something we shouldn't be viewing as a flaw - Not speaking in his case, but as a whole, the autistic spectrum does not get enough praise it deserves, in fact it gets the opposite.
Was gonna agree at first but then realized this sounds a whole lot like meritocracy, a flawed political system, where the elite, in this case the intellectually gifted, are represented more than the average person. Not sure such a world would be an optimal place to live for you and me. But who knows...
So true!
He might be acting strange, but you have to remember that he is a nervous as fuck pre teen doing a lecture in front of a bunch of smart adults. You would probably be acting weird and uncomfortable too.
+Hermon Mehari Both
+Hermon Mehari Both
Lol this kids smarter than all of them. He got in college when he was 12.
+Kylorfo113 PREACH
+Kylorfo113 I think he did really well.
Amazing kid with amazing mind! I'm so glad I came upon this video
Eu também fiquei extremamente feliz em saber sobre a vida e feitos desta incrível criança, se tiver disponibilidade, por favor, tente ler o livro no qual a vida desta criança é contada a partir da perspectiva dos olhos de sua mãe dele. Se chama: BRILHANTE A inspiradora história de uma mãe e seu filho gênio autista - KRISTINE BARNETT
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I internalized your comment with the voice of Jack Nicholson. that was before I looked at your profile pic. hahaa these subconscious peripheral powers are amazing.
вики D I know right!!!
He might be amazing but he certainly has learnt how to blow his own trumpet...
This kid is a prodigy!!! He's like the Isaac Newton of the 21st century!! I hope that he can one day find a way to travel in space since he is a astrophysicist. I want to see this kid 10 years from now he will probably be considered a science god by then.
Only if he actually discovers a scientific breakthrough, which, even geniuses aren't guaranteed to discover. There are alot of geniuses in this world, and few of them recorded in history, 'nuff said.
Madao
Apparently it is in his yet to publish paper.
geniuses often go mad when trying to find the formula
Ishiku Yūki They get obsessed, sure, but i wouldn't include madness...
um we are already way out in space
no need to travel out more
we are already lost
cant believe people still find a way to make negative comments about this guy. sure he's different, but we should totally respect him still.
can't believe people don't add to his contribution by saying something useful. Create by thinking. It doesn't have to be beautiful, as long as it is unique in a way. This kid is inspiring.
Live to create your own world. Share the things you get excited about.
This kid thinks about the world much differently then 99% of us and he's excited to share it and yet some people still feel the need to troll because they don't like how he looks/acts/talks or whatever...so impressive.
Well said man, I completely agree!
Davids hidden They see him as a kid and they judge him by that image they have in their mind.
I agree with what you said here. I think that the majority of people who don't think like he does often find these kind of people intimidating in that regard or overwhelmed with all the knowledge that kids like him want to share. One of the challenges kids like Jake find difficult to find is relating to other people in small talk conversations. They think in abstract ways that the majority don't have the ability to do.
This inspired me to continue my works on finding the hypothetical tachyon. I'm only 15, I stopped because the people I sent my speculations to laughed and ridiculed me instead of telling me where I was wrong. Thank you Jacob Barnett! If I will ever win a nobel prize, you're going to be in the first row! Second thought, You'd probably be the one receiving the award...
***** dude at least he is trying
What I got out of his speech is he got someone to disprove his work so that he could think. I get disproved and disapproval constantly in my work. I didn't realize until your comment that, that is what kept guys like you, talented and worthy on track to creating successful Theory. Good luck.
Wow, if this isn't being high on life, I don't know what is! Inspiring, gifted kid!
Are you still Bridget after 3years
@@literatureinnature4494 lol what sort of question is that?
@@ogeo.8966 stop right there, think. 🤣
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He teaches in such a interesting way though...
no he don't, stop learning, if you learned anything in this video then you learned nothing
@@tiagodarkpeasant what???
@@tiagodarkpeasant 👎
@@tiagodarkpeasant Very good. Because the empty mind is as infinite as space+time. Free the mind by giving discoveries a place which you can use to create a picture that is unique.
He is exactly right, there are too many people ever learning but never doing.
+ChildOL
hmm Right, coz people hear it again and again and then they decide not to do it
There are more than 1,000,000 peer-reviewed papers published every year.
Some advances made/researched in ONLY quantum physics in the past month of me writing this post include: quantum thermal transistors, generalized geometric quantum speed limits, a super quantum simulator capable of entangling hundreds of ions, quantum cycles that power cold-atom pumps, quantum cryptography, billiard dynamics of photon collisions, the Wigner-Lindblad equations for quantum friction, and mapping quantum state dynamics in spontaneous emission.
There is a lot of "doing", you just don't know about it.
+Trey S. you you very smart, your language us wow.
+Trey S. There are millions more who learn but don't do anything.
I learn...I have tested some physics theories in real life. Maths seems impossible to test...how do you test sinx ??
I like how he teaches quantum mechanics and astrophysics yet he's still acts like a kid 😂. Feelsgood
Creeping Normalcy I sense jealousy and self esteem issues from you.
Thank you Jacob for asserting your point through your energy, passion, smiles, and laughter… “THINK about it - don’t learn it…” A great message for us all!
Proof autism is not a burden on our society.
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Yeah, and possibly some parents would have given him some ritalin and stopped his genius hyperactive behaviour.
Coming from someone whos going to be on Dexamphetamine to help me focus due to my ADD/ADHD and S.I.D (Sensory Integration Dysfunction) for the rest of his foreseeable life and has been on it for the past 11 years since the age of 8, Not everything you know about autism and ADHD is a lie. Now days a lot more people seem to know that ADHD isn't a complete anger issue (although when you do the math theres still a couple hundred million people out there that probably do think thats what ADHD is) Where as the truth is that ADHD is an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This means that a lot of things that could cause minor reactions that most normal people would just shrug off could cause someone with ADHD to have a bout of hyperactivity and extremely over react to something.
In my case this is what happened to me when i was younger, got easily set off while getting bullied in primary school (even if the thought of a past incident of being bullied could trigger a hyperactivity bout in me) and along with my SID it was extremely hard to control my emotions so i often got very violent over minuscule things. After I was evaluated to have my conditions by my pediatrician first put me on Ritalin, and this actually helped my hyperactivity. However it also made me extremely aggressive. So after some trial and error over the course of about 7 months in my year 4 (i was 8 years old turning 9) I was put on Dexamphetamine which helped suppress the hyperactivity, helped the attention deficit (in practical wording it basically helped me focus for longer than 20 seconds at a time, Helped the messages my brain sent to the rest of my body go there properly and efficiently without doing what would equate to a sightseeing tour around the rest of my body before going to the messages intended target. Long explanation i know but i hope it made sense there) and didn't cause me to be aggressive for no reason. The medication coupled with a year of occupational Therapy (basically using movement and repetition of actions like trying to balance on special boards, Listening to selected therapeutic music for 30 minutes a day and other activities to help work on and refine my motor skills) helped refine the motor skills that My S.I.D caused to be rather lacking when compared to that of another human. Then 2 and a half years of normal therapy to help me get out of the depression that 8 year old me experienced because in my mindset back then i didn't want to be different, All I wanted was to be "Normal" and my add and the res of it made me different and the constant bullying I was receiving before I came to the realization that being different isn't too bad.
Ritalin is effective for some people because they need to stop the random bouts of hyperactivity, It can also be bad for some others. It really does depend on the chemical imbalance in the persons head and the severity of the genetic defect that causes their autism that dictates the overall needs of a person and their reactions to medication.
"Proof autism is not a burden on our society."
>Its not necessarily a burden in every case. But some points on the spectrum can be very difficult & a constant struggle (based on many known cases) and others seem perfectly normal, not extremely smart but not way below average. Obviously they can be very smart. Others have a great difficulty in communicating and in social skills. In more extreme points on the spectrum, kids have a hard time acting in ways that we would think as normal. They can come off as very eccentric and some mistaken it for other issues. Some parents have to basically dedicate nearly all their time to handling their autistic kid so, that statement kind of depends on which case you're referring to.
Jacob, you are an amazing soul! My son is 4 and I see so much of him in you. His love for math and languages, always absorbing everything. I doubt you'll ever read this, but if you do, you're an inspiration! You give me great hope for my son.
Being a gifted mathematician at a young age = cool
Being a gifted mathematician at a young age and being humble and down to earth about it = way cooler
Something to think about...
He isn't a gifted mathematician, his mother is a scam artist.
Just like with athletes.
Being the best athlete in school = cool
Being the best athlete in school and humble and down to earth about it = super cool
@@SneakyNinjaSistas Those two can both be true mate.
@@petrograd4068 Except they aren't both true lmao. Maybe read more into it and you'll see it was a scam.
You think that this is what humble looks like?
I remember seeing this dude when I was in college before. He'd be at the back of my astronomy class. I think he was just auditing and was already in more advanced stuff by then though.
He actually hit the nail right on the head! Engaging with an activity, being part of it, shuffling and creating in the natural and messy way thinking is, is the essence of knowledge. Sadly, our ability to be blank boards is utilised more than our ability to be wonderful creators.
I hope this kid will go far! I hope that he will not be pulled down or assimilated by this world of conformists to be "one of us". And I hope that he will know himself and the world enough to utilise his gifts in the best way possible, without any pride or over-confidence hindering his growth. :)
Once you hear him starting every sentence with “so” you cannot unhear it.
isdisme and "okay"
Or take a shot everytime he says "okay"
i feel the same when ppl say “um” a lot
Dude looks 14, sounds 6, but thinks like he's 74. Go figure.
Muddy Diamond
sounds 10*
Muddy Diamond thinking like a 74 year old would be bad lol. Being 30 is probably the prime age in terms of fluid intelligence. You grow wiser as you age, not necessarily smarter
age doesnt define knowledge
It makes me cringe each time he tells a home and laughs at his own joke
To me He sounded like me when i was 13 he is not that special he just has a very good understanding of math like me in his age but it takes more than that he probably won’t win a Nobel prize
Wow. Watching this hits differently after watching the Natalia Grace documentary. 😢
I can speak from experience, I am hearing this kid is autistic and I am too and I just want everyone to know that it's extremely hard for people to find the right words when directly talking to other people and I noticed most of the time I don't know how to make people really understand what I am trying to say unless I write it down. I very often am trying the right words to express something and just racking my brain and the words never come while I'm talking.
Don't worry about the label of autism, it'll just hold you back. It's just a label society uses to hold gifted people down, find something your great at and excell, the rest will come in time.
You're right. Good thing I wrote a book.
+fatninjacatmatt, you raise a good point, but if i might had to what you said, autism is a noun that identifies a condition and autistic the adjective form, one that appears abnormal (but lets not get into the semantics of 'normal'), sure the word label sounds terrible, its more describing a person, adding meaning to who they are, we carry around these adjectives gaining more as we grow. But there are definitely those who would use these beautiful pieces of language against us. The vulgarity shouldn't lie in the word, it is just there (and yes there are some definitely 'bad' words, that shouldn't be spoken) the vulgarity is in how someone uses the word.
So don't this of autism, or any other word associated with yourself, as a label that you should care about, they are more like distinguishing features of yourself expressed through language.
And @Hooded Violin, it is people with the courage and determination like Jacob and yourself that inspire me.
Kieran Morris Thank you. That's very humbling to hear.
+Kieran Morris it was used in a negative connotation as a way to describe himself and I wanted to encourage him to think bigger than his socially labeled condition. And I agree, autistic thinking is the root of all great pieces of creativity, but to use the term autistic to describe how society perceives you is just a way to limit your capabilities as a gifted thinker. Sorry if that's too esoteric, but that's just the way I think. If you want to read more about this autistic thinking and are into metaphysics at all, I would strongly suggest you read this book called "A crack in the cosmic egg: challenging the constructs of mind and reality". It's taught me a lot about my mind and how to get into a creative state easier.
I admire this kid! (6:08) People told him he would never learn, think, and talk, but yet he courageously taught himself calculus, and speaking in front of an audience "talking" about how he started "thinking" when he had stopped "learning". Jacob Barnett is the future, and I cant wait to see what else he has to deliver. We can, and will learn a lot from him. Definitely a thumbs up!
Learn > Think > Create
I'm really excited to see where this kid goes in life.
***** Learn first. Thinkers have a hard time learning once they begin thinking.
probably into a mental hospital
hans hyooman lol mising the point of the video
hans hyooman and i see where you have gone in life
This child is adorable and so inexplicably intelligent, its very intimidating yet inspiring.
The kid makes an excellent point, and it's something I've been struggling with since my senior year in high school and since I've started college. The reason school feels boring and useless to a lot of kids isn't because they're lazy, but because the school system doesn't encourage their method of thinking. The best way humans can learn materials and expand on their intelligence is if they quit memorizing and start questioning and putting 2 and 2 together. They're never asked why this happened, they're only told that it happened and they have to spout random facts on said subject to get a 100 on the test. Education is so standardized that the system doesn't make any room for different methods of learning, whether it be autistic or just people who think differently. I've already thought about leaving college or changing my degree to start creating something I'm proud of, and this video really inspires me to do so. Thank you, Jacob. I hope you change the world.
***** Actually it is the government that is making billions per year in education through all of the government schools dotting the country.
his enthusiasm is awesome!
I honestly wish I hadn't seen any criticism being directed at this young man because as a pre-service teacher I have had experiences with neglected autistic children who have risen above their expectations, and it angers me to think that they are treated like people who "do not understand". The truth is that they understand more than you comprehend in your lifetime, in the span of two weeks, give or take. Well done, Jacob!
This guy is now 25 and i just watched a documentary about his family. It's crazy, apparently his mother was very abusive and something is wrong with his father also. He now lives in his basement, and looks broken as a person, its sad to see. If anyone is curious about documentary it is: The Curious Case of Natalia Grace. Crazy story
so so sad 😞
I just realized that when I saw the photo of his mom. He just lives in his dad's basement now and hasn't seen his siblings or mom in years...What a waste of a brilliant mind! Imagine if they never adopted her... His mom was so conceded that she believed he was brilliant because of her teaching him and thought she could do it again and make money off of another kid. Money of which he didn't see a cent of.
@@cunexttuesday7651No puedo entender cómo es posible que esa mujer no esté en la cárcel. Lo que hizo con Natalia es CRIMINAL
@@cunexttuesday7651He did recover enough and returned to Canada & Perimeter Institute, finished his PhD and then accepted a position in research at a mathematical institute in Spain. He moved to Spain in December 2023. He has gone no contact w mom Kristine, but is in touch w his brothers (based upon looking at their social media)
Seriously? I was sitting here watching this very disturbed because it's obvious one of his parents has him performing. I got the sense right away that he was not happy and I was annoyed by all the comments saying how great he was.....he looks a little frantic and worried to me.
His laugh makes me feel so much better!
His laugh is giving me cancer
I love his laugh ❤️
Its disturbing
It's like a dying donkey.
In the field of psychiatry, my field, often times individuals unknowingly assign, or project their own self image onto behaviours, or characteristics, they believe are being exhibited by others. It is the non-verbal, automatic and unfiltered portion of ourselves, the Id, interpreted and assigned meaning by the Super Ego, which explains why these interpretations of negative self images are almost always projected onto others.
What you hear in the boys laugh is how you view yourself.
What a legend.
"Why be the same, If I can be different."
" Learn , create , think , be the field "
My interpretation in Jakes overall message is that it takes more than intelligence alone to make real change .
He mentions people who can recite Pi yet never make an advancement , create new ideas / make a difference .
Maybe savant like intelligence can be unlocked in anyone to a degree and that a key lies in finding motivation to be driven mentally enough to acquire an obsessive immersion and tap into the subconscious . Point the mind at a target and never give up .
Kim Peek was classified as a megasavant . He travelled the world impressing people with his infinite recitation of facts .
Yet to my knowledge never created like Newton or Einstein .
This is someone to be friends with.
joshua espiritu 😁
this kid is brilliant. my cousin is autistic and he is absolutely terrified of big groups of people! i'm so glad we have beautiful people like this in our world who aren't inhibited by their "flaws"
And the cash me outside girl is getting paid more than him. What has the world come to?
Lmao. Being smart is nice and all, but it's worthless if it isn't commercialized.
Chansey767 cause he is still a kid and cant have a real job????
Cold Pizza cash me outside girl is 14-15 yrs old
Stefan Salihi The cash me outside girl turned 15 last week and Jacob Barnett is 19 and will turn 20 in May
Ikr
I am a sixty year old grandma and you are just magnificent young man.I am raising my grandson and there is nothing in life is rather do.Thank you could listen to you all night.
Why would you lie?
@@nate6904 why would you assume that?
I'm glad I gave this a chance. I admit I almost did not. I mean a teen telling me to forget what I know is perhaps not the best of titles for a Ted Talk... But this is a remarkable young man. And on a "semi" related note, he reminds me of the movie Real Genius.
BTW.... Has he published his paper yet?
James Travers HES NOT A TEEN HES A TWEEN A TEEN JS 13 ALL THE WAY TO 19
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing at all." ~ Socrates... maybe
So true, the smarter someone thinks they are the more I realise they know even less than I do, and I’m constantly clueless
Absolutely!
The smarter you are the more aware you become of all the things you yet don't know. The dumber you are the more you believe you know it all; as you are less aware of the things going on around you.
@@kattypig58 I think you said that to seem smart, lmao
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Although I agree that his voice is caustic. This kid is spectacular. These are the kind of people that will at least help us along on our journey into an age of wisdom rather than knowledge, and it's a welcome change.
Yes, his mind is remarkable in how he can think, calculate and understand physics. But his wisdom at such an early age to suggest that we quit learning, to think for ourselves and transcend and create is genius, very Zen!
this kids extremely smart.. you can see in his eyes his brain is running waaaay faster than any average person
Yea its fascinating how someone with asperger's thinks. That's exactly how it feels too.. the brain is too fast for the mouth.
The only problem with forgetting about learning and instead "being the field" for awhile, is that it leaves you with recreating the same theories that already exist. I support what he is saying though, we are primarily focused on learning more and more and not applying it.
+Yassir Douslimi Im agree with you Yassir! and the way that I get it is that, we can learn the basic things about the things we are interested on and then think about different posibilities or ways that this field can be processe it and create our perspective or way to apply it..
+lolmouf Self discovery is actually the best method of learning. If you think back to the things that you learned, most of the ones that you remember are things that you figured out yourself. You view them as an accomplishment. The problem with today's school system is that it is teaching the wrong way. We evaluate young adults as "having learned" by seeing if they can write down things from memory and then we judge the accuracy. In the 60 minutes video about Jacob they asked his physics professor if Jacob just had a good memory, or was it more than that - and he said it was more.
Learning is so much more than just memory recall, and if we allow people the time to just stop and think for a while, it would surprise you to see what they could come up with. Sure they may end up with the same conclusions as existing work - but how is that a bad thing? They've learned it on their own, in their own way, and may even add to collective knowledge on the subject.
We do not advance as a species by reliving all of the current knowledge - we advance be creating new knowledge.
+Xinke Guo-Xue that's so true ! I like the way you see it ! more people should think in that way and not just keep with the things we learn I'm school even thou it's important but if we work and study in the way you're saying it will help us to discover many other things in life :)
Katie Bang
without a doubt.
+Jacob Ponce Yeah. And you have to not ever put kids in a school. Straight away let them roam. They're bound to discover or invent something. Even if it's 'only' their own joy and happiness. The whole purpose of being alive is to live fully and feel happiness. The job, the inventions, they're all secondary. Absolutely secondary. I dislike it when people look at kids with business models. No thanks. The industrial revolution really did a number on society.
Kid's brave. It's not easy to talk to an audience of adults regardless of age. Most people his age would be deathly afraid of doing this shit, and he spoke well and is genuinely excited throughout the lecture. Give the kid a break, you old jaded bastards.
not to mention that most of the audience are high level intellectuals.
Tyh Tre not to mention he has apsergers which makes any social interaction for him extremely difficult.
I love this kid's energy and ability to hold an audience's attention. It makes me wonder how many of my 'special' friends growing up would have ended up more like this, if they hadn't been taught to think of themselves like the fish who cannot climb a tree...
dammit all, we need a complete overhaul
this kid is FREAKING AWESOME
just because he mentioned Quantum Mechanics?
This kid is awesome
I feel you, i came up with my own ways to solve some equations in math, and i applied it on the exam, got the correct answer, but the professor still deducted points because i didn't use the *correct* equation
I f*ckin hate school bc they don't encourage individuality
Yea my calculus professor does not encourage this way of solving problems. He wants to use the methods that were lectured.
@@kathleenlaine4455 same...
happens every time bro
@@Oneiric_Benevolence Me too! From that day I stopped learning Mathmatics.
He so adorable, his laughter is contagious. Kudos to Jake! 🤗
actually, he really touched my hearts...and makes me to challenge on my study what I want to do!
so, I really want it to say that thank you ha ha
I'm South Korean and in my country, the way how to judge person is the score and the result on the test(exam)
therefore, people in my country only focus to make the result to be improved, they don't know...what they are learning.
they only think about the number which is pointing the score... because of that Korean students are. getting stress and they acutally give up to live their life. I was also.. try it to give up but, after watching this video, he makes me not to give up what I am doing now!! whatever,,,, thank you!!
Can i make friend with u
How many hearts do you have?
Henrik Lavik 😂 lmao
I agree with you. I am a Vietnamese and in my country the people are too focused on the points. They find all methods they can to get good grades but they don't know what they are learning. It makes us feel nervous and pressure.
For the time being, congratulation the new freshman. I'm a freshman, too. I live in Vietnam where people don't give a f*** about what you do. Marks(not marx) is love, marks is life. People who get the highest marks by the fastest and the easiest ways without hard-working are called "Genius". And now, we are college students , many of us are worse than A.I at writing a simple application letter.
This is so true but coming from a 12 year old is incredible!
"when he stoped learning, he start thinking".
+Naqaa' Jawa'deh can we learn without thinking? can we think without learning?
+brandon day if the education we get, do provide a disability learning... we've to stop learning it. however, If we notice how this education doesn't fit our needs, we'll decide to avoid accepting that sort of education... " noticing become learning from a way of thinking" :))
Go change the world kid. Keep it up.🙂
"I got accepted to the university, and I was 10."
*flips hair*
I need to make a GIF of that.
Please send me then ^^
Bill he was accepted at 8years old....
I love how he acts in talkting to those people its kind of attractive
And your problems with gays are....?
yes.
no shit
is gay the only insult you know?
Willow Forrest insults are gay, im out of here
this guy's gonna change the world.
FavJam so could you
Muki Abdi so could you
I try to treat everyone with respect because they all have a realm of intelligence that no one else has.
YOU ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK OLD MAN
His awkwardness and intelligence is adorable. Is he up for adoption?
FishGuts92
tf?
FishGuts92 by your profile picture and name, I don’t think you should be around children
FishGuts92 Most likely not. But yes this kid is great.
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iam , iam also kinda cute
The point is to learn by thinking and putting your thoughts to the test, not just accepting what everyone tells you to be an absolute truth. Explore your mind
"so why are circles important? They're the shape of cookies"
Good answer child
I would feel sad if this kid gets bullied as smart,kind,nice,brilliant kid as he is
Davion Lee he never stuck around in the same place long enough to get bullied he skipped 7 grades and was in college at age 12
It will get worse as he gets older - people will become less tolerant of his condition when he's an adult. Goes for every genius in history.
Matt H what condition?
Oh my goodness. This kid is incredible! Wow wow wow!! I see this was posted in 2012, where is he now?? did he complete his master degree in Quantum mechanics? I am so intrigued by this kids brain and thinking capacity/abilities, his surely unique!. Our generation should take notes..
Yes, Jake has his master's degree. He has also graduated from the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) program, a ten month Perimeter master's level program partnered by Perimeter and Waterloo University. He is planning to stick around Perimeter to get his PhD in a couple of years. His brothers have a fascinating knack for the sciences too, but he has the mass of it.
I agree Rose
You're the only one with a positive comment. You've given me a little hope in humans.
This is my favourite talk ever. He's just so cute and his giggles aw
This boy is amazing! Early challenges must have been difficult on his parents and him. Being told your son won’t speak and here he is on a Ted Talk. And that is surpassing all expectations the experts put on him. He’s not perfect but no one is regardless. 👏🏽👏🏽👨🏻🎓 I’m proud of him and I don’t even know his family. Congrats!
Because of his condition, he will never understand that a majority of us do not have brains like his. He can focus in on something and see clearly because that is how his condition affects his brain. Very admirable kid, but someone should explain to him that most people can't process information like he can.
Maybe you should just give it a try. With something you like. It's working!
Or perhaps it is just a matter of stop thinking, as he said...
the last two responses are correct. as long as you limit yourself what you say will be true. But the minute you step out of the box and color outside of the lines you will see the truth of it.
his condition helps him in sertan ways, but there are other things to think about and to create that people with autism are totaly useless at.
Social skills being 1. He has no idea how awkward this whole thing was for people, because he is unable to recognise the social signs. And just for the record I am not insulting him, hes a very brave and intelligent kid.
I like his shoes
Sysnia Shan
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This boy is our future...He is going to be responsible for a lot of our discoveries in the years to come....
Hello grandmother ,
So.. grandma if this boy succeeds and proves his theory disproving einstein etc we will be brought back to the early 2nd century BCE... Yes he is going to be responsible for the waste of all our " gear " ... Good luck with the apocalypse.. DONT FORGET MY FUCKING COOKIES !
..I might be some dumb but not plum dumb, I can understand what this kid is saying so....kiss my ass dude..can u understand that??
Sinister Steel and you my young friend are just mean..
sharon buehner
Sharon is right. He will be responsible for a lot of discovery's, she might not understand what he is saying, but you don't have to be smart to understand that a 14 year old boy, already mastered in quantum physics etc. Preforming infront of people to get his message out, not a lot of people today have the motivation he has to learn. He will do something amazing, and boy you guys will feel stupid.
Ps. Don't listen to people badmouthing each other on the so called "internet" If they met you in person...well that's another story.
Look aron baldhowever the hell you are not that smart too... taking a master's degree in ur 14 is fully abnormal, you are filled with condensed knowledge which has violently entered into ur mind with a lot of pressure which will sooner or later vaporize. So he doesnt seem that inventive coz he never had the chance to further think what he learnt ... he covered up things that normal ppl do more than 10 years to learn and that's not because we are stupid the purpose of this method is to sublimate knowledge ; (especially science knowledge which needs a mixture of logic , observation and knowledge )
Oh, boy.
He's wonderful, a genius.
How many times did I think similar things? I did, but he's perspective is inspirational. Thank you very much.
And when he talked about science, he reminded me of myself talking about psychology. ❤️
A cute little great genius. He described in a fantastic way that thinking helps create. It will certainly be a great mathematical physicist who will leave a mark in history. Many congratulations for his tenacity!👏👏👏👏❣️
He's brilliant and anyone who can't finish it or can't grasp the concept he's presenting has been learning so long they can't understand what it means to create. So they have no idea what it is he's even talking about. To those who can understand his brilliance, his words are life changing. Creation, you either understand it, or you don't. I can't believe all the haters. Must suck being so ignorant. I'm sure you have to get back to Fox News to be told what to think.
is nice to see that you got inspired from a 12 years old boy who made you think about the meaning of "learn" and such..
I'm 32 and from my over age I can suggest other funny words you might look after, like: consciousness, time, pain, reality, empathy, ukulele ecc.. ecc..
That's essentially what sets successful human beings apart from your average human being.
... explain me better
who is successful?
*****
... yeah
sometimes in life you need to be told to think
sometimes you need to be told learn
and sometimes you listen to others
and sometimes you don't
it's every everydays challange
or you can keep divide the world in two points of view:
haters and you
Very well said,this kid will go down as one of the most brilliant minds in many many years,the sky isn't even the limit for him, for all of the idiots talking shit think of what you've done and what you will do and think of how small comparatively it will be to what he has already done and what will do.