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The payoff of this article is even better than the headline hints at; I was expecting the kid to be involved in some interesting, but relatively peripheral way. The kid's idea was actually central, and the kid apparently did the bulk of the work, too. Really fun reading.


He (the kid) was listed as First Author with his affiliation, Lord Byng Secondary School. How cool is that?


I wonder if he is the youngest person with a finite erdos number then.


Look like Biology Letters accept articles from even younger people: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/12/2...


Great example of how treating a kid like he can think creates a kid who thinks, big kudos to dad for that, too.


Agreed. My favorite quote from the article:

“I told Julian that when people say something is impossible, they sometimes tell you more about themselves than anything.”

I've said these exact words to my niece before. I've no idea of the origin, but it's a nice little piece of wisdom.




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