Quote:Absolutely agree with you on this.  On the electronics forum that I participate on, they shredded this kid, and that was part of what changed my mind.  In the open source forums that I participate in, the point of view is pretty much the same.  I have corresponded with kids his age discussing computer code and doing the math to figure out which electronic component(s) to use for a project.  As I stated before, there is no evidence that this kid knows anything other than taking electronic guts out of an existing product.

 

Here is the bombshell question in this thread.  Why is a kid named Ahmed Mohamed that didn't actually build or create anything being invited to all of these events, while a kid that actually accomplished and really did build something named say "Jack Smith" is not?

 

At my old middle school there was a kid who invented a new stitching technique for certain aspects of fetal surgery and taught it to real life surgeons to help people.  I don't remember hearing about him being an ambassador of the UN.  

 

Worse still, i don't remember any of the families of the cops shot down in the street being given this kind of treatment.  

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