12 year old autistic savant claims theory of relavitiy is wrong

[FishmanGeertz]

A 12 year old autistic savant claims that Einstein's theory of relativity is actually false.

http://thefastertimes.com/tech/2011/03/30/boy-genius-12-challenges-einsteins-theory-of-relativity/

What do you think?

[Max™]

Anyone got any more info on his actual claims, besides the bajillion "wow, savant kid" articles everywhere?

[Garth]

As that article makes no reference to what his understanding of the "errors" in relativity theory are, we don't know what to think, except that he probably doesn't understand it properly.

When he publishes papers in refereed relativity journals such as General Relativity and Gravitation then we will be able to make an assessment.

Garth

[FishmanGeertz]

Anyone got any more info on his actual claims, besides the bajillion "wow, savant kid" articles everywhere?

Here is an even greater example of an autistic savant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbASOcqc1Ss

Off-topic, but what exactly is "savant syndrome" and do psychologists and neuro-scientists know exactly what causes it and how it works? Why it is most dominant in people with autism spectrum disorders like Aspergers?

[cristo]

Until his work has passed peer review and appears published in a journal, it is impossible to tell. However, until that time, it is not a topic open for discussion here.