What happened to the talented boy whose IQ surpassed Einstein and shocked the physics community?

Everyone studied relativity when Einstein was in middle school. But how would you feel if someone told you that relativity might be wrong?

In 20 1 1 year, a video refuting Einstein's theory of relativity caused great repercussions on YouTube. Even more surprising, the demonstrator in the video is a boy who is only 13 years old-Jacob Barnett.

Jacob's coordination is poor because of mental illness. He basically only wears flip-flops, even when he speaks on stage and is interviewed. Jacob barnett was interviewed by American journalist morley safer /TED "Forget what you have learned-Jacob barnett"

How did such a boy who can't even tie his shoelaces become a talented teenager?

For Jacob, maternal love is the best treatment.

In the bedroom of an ordinary boy, posters of football stars, NBA stars or rock singers are usually posted. In Jacob's bedroom, there is only a whiteboard and a French window. He likes to draw on the whiteboard and window glass with a pen, and the contents are all physical formulas. He likes to calculate difficult problems in modern physics. Jacob often counts a day as a day. His mother suggested that he "go to the park to play", but Jacob always ignored him. He doesn't like going out. The material world belongs to him.

During this period, Jacob's mother, Kristine Barnett, found that her child was "different": he could successfully spell out a 5,000-piece oversized puzzle; He can recite the name number of each road after reading the national road map; He can remember every street he walks through, and then draw a map on the floor with a cotton swab, exactly the same; He could easily understand the complicated physics and planetary motion theory and answer the questions of the planetarium professor ... At that time, Jacob was only three and a half years old.

After becoming famous, Jacob's family was crowded for a while.

Even if he became a genius in the eyes of everyone, he was still not interested in dealing with people and absorbed in the material world.

He is often expressionless. The smile that the photographer asked to squeeze out when taking pictures was shy and unnatural. Seeing my mother's eyes red: "when he was two years old, I was most worried that he might never belong to our world." Now I am most worried that he will never lose the ability to say' I love you'. " However, everything is getting better.

After leaving the special education school, Jacob came to an ordinary university campus. In his daily contact with his classmates, his communication ability has been improved. In the past, going to the park could kill him, but now he is not afraid to talk to people.

He can even give a speech in front of hundreds of people. At the scene of the speech, Jacob spoke quickly and humorously, and laughter often came from the audience. Apart from the occasional exaggerated movements and excited tone, it is difficult to see that this is an Asperger's syndrome. At the same time, his talent in physics is expected to be brought into full play.

At present, Jacob's research fields focus on relativity and BIGBANG, and Indiana University, which provides him with a researcher position, has also contacted some project funds for him. When fate closes a door, it will also open a window for him. But now, Jacob's closed door is slowly opening.