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• A Beautiful Mind? 12-Year-Old Boy Genius Sets Out to Disprove Big Bang

  March 26, 2011 at 12:51pm

  In reply to Ironeagle.

  Look at the Parable of the Talents in the New Testament (Matthew 25:14-30). Substitute the word “investment” for the word “talent”, as a talent was a measure of precious metals. To one servant a master gave five measures of an investment, to another three, to the third, one measure. The servants who received the greater investments went out and invested and doubled the worth of their investments through their hard work. The servant that only received one measure of investment went and buried it, because he feared that he would disappoint his master. The master was a successful investor, “reaping where [he had not] sown, and gather where [he had not] strawed.” He could have put his investment in the bank and gotten interest for doing no work on his part. It is because he deliberately did nothing and hid the investment from any sort of improvement that he was called wicked and slothful.
  To those who worked with their investments, no matter how large or small, they were rewarded in the end, not only with their investments, but with entering into the joy of their lord.
  This young man has a great investment given him in the conceptual understanding of mathematics and physics. It is now incumbent upon him to invest his understanding and expand the overall knowledge in these areas. He has a full life of work ahead of him.

• A Beautiful Mind? 12-Year-Old Boy Genius Sets Out to Disprove Big Bang

  March 26, 2011 at 12:33pm

  In reply to starman70.

  @RatingsDown_OneThird
  “One cannot disprove that Santa Claus or any other fictional character exists by your reasoning, but rational minds know the truth.”
  Let’s look at this for a moment, logically. Santa Claus is a fictional character, based on the works of St. Nicholas, who went about doing good, helping others. Many western cultures have their own version of this St. Nicholas character. The Santa Claus that we know in our day is largely a creation of Coca Cola. Look back in the illustrated history of advertising. It was slightly before Norman Rockwell that Coca Cola began illustrating Santa Claus as the jolly fat man who visits homes once a year to deliver toys. That was used as a means to sell calendars, magazines, newspapers, etc.
  So Santa Claus, a fictional character, created by a faceless capitalist corporation to motivate holiday spending, is held up as a so-called proof that God is a fiction. While the inspiration for Santa Claus, a real-life St. Nicholas, has inspired centuries’ worth of generations by his efforts to do good.
  So, logically, Santa Claus = holiday spending = money to capitalism (not a bad thing, just something to be aware of) = fictional character.
  St. Nicholas = real person = example of good works = copycat good works through the ages.
  Fictions come and go. Real people are remembered for their works and the good they have done.
  If God is a fiction, then logically, would He not have been disproven by the rationalists? The existentialists? Or any of the other enlightened “fads” of their day?
  It is only because of the reality of Diety that His presence and influence is still felt in our day.
  Reality lasts. Fiction doesn’t.

• A Beautiful Mind? 12-Year-Old Boy Genius Sets Out to Disprove Big Bang

  March 26, 2011 at 12:11pm

  In reply to jedi.kep.

  @Jedi.Kep
  I fully agree with you in hoping that he finds balance in his life. There has been a lot of discussion about intelligence, IQ and problem-solving. I see them as three different things. Intelligence is the innate light or awareness that a person holds within. As they exercise that light and understanding, their light (or intelligence) grows, illuminating others. Intelligence naturally leads to problem-solving. The key is seeing that there are multiple types or kinds of intelligence.
  Have you ever known someone who is brilliant with matching colors or spatial relationships? That does not necessarily mean that they are good in math or science. Or someone with a natural way with words – a poet? Or a musician? Intelligence leads to creation – everybody is good at something. It is only a matter of learning who and what we are, and then living in accordance with that light.
  Then we come to IQ. Intelligence Quotient is based in mathematics, visual relationships, logic and societal mores. Where is the art? Music? Word usage? Political understanding? It’s not there.
  So IQ tests by their very nature limit the type of people that are considered intelligent. Once you know how to solve the problems in an IQ test, it is no longer an accurate test of logical intelligence, merely an exercise in logic with a grade at the end.
  I hope that he can solve some theoretical mathematical and physics mysteries. That seems to be where his light is illuminating. I hope that the professors that work with him can let his light illuminate their minds to open new possibilities that their accumulated wisdom can expand upon.