[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.44,0:00:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey! I'm Jacob Barnett, \Nare you guys excited? Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.39,0:00:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.23,0:00:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright! Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.03,0:00:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am here to tell you why you guys\Nshould forget everything you know, Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.57,0:00:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now! Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.14,0:00:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, first thing you guys need to know: Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.02,0:00:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suppose you guys are \Nall doing your homework. Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.80,0:00:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, you know, \Nit's something you have to do; Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.76,0:00:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you're doing great\Non your homework, Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.07,0:00:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are getting great grades,\Nfabulous prizes, such as you know, Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.26,0:00:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Benjamins and all this great stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.33,0:00:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here to tell you\Nthat you're doing it all wrong! Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.01,0:00:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right, I did just say that, \Nyou're doing it all wrong! Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.42,0:00:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to succeed Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.69,0:00:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to look at everything with your\Nown unique perspective. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:00:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, what does that mean? Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.23,0:00:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that, when you think, Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.58,0:01:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must think in your own creative way, Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.31,0:01:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not accepting everything\Nthat's already out there. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.90,0:01:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.73,0:01:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people I'm showing you in the background \Nare my little brothers Ethan and Wesley,\N Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.94,0:01:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of them is a chemist and the\Nother one is a meteorologist. Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.88,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, your perspective might be \Nthe only way you can see Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.37,0:01:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,art or history\Nor music, or whatever. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.03,0:01:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let me show you one of the \Nways in which I can see math. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.21,0:01:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NSo, for example, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.52,0:01:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's 32 and the rotations represent: Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.84,0:01:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,addition, subtraction,\Ndivision, multiplication, etc. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.63,0:01:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My main reason of coming out here\N Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.14,0:01:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to do some quantum mechanics, OK? Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.38,0:01:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, today, what we're gonna do is, Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.97,0:01:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're gonna do the Schrödinger equation, Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.40,0:01:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,split it into time independent components, Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.27,0:01:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're gonna solve it for Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.71,0:01:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the boundary conditions of a \Nlattice and a particle in the box. Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.91,0:01:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's get to work! Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.83,0:01:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have some lecture notes, \Nwhich I'd like you guys to pass out. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.31,0:01:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna split them into two rows. Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.63,0:01:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if I can have some people\Ncome up and get these? Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.63,0:01:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, wait.\NBefore you come up here Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.24,0:02:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to let you know about\Nsomething very quickly. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.04,0:02:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, just stay there.\NI'm kidding! Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.04,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't --\N(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.70,0:02:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not come here to frighten you all\Nwith quantum mechanics -- not yet. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.22,0:02:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's think about something simpler. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.89,0:02:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you here \Nhave heard about circles? Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.79,0:02:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, good. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.28,0:02:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why are circles important? Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.81,0:02:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the shape of cookies. Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.54,0:02:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the shape of \Nskateboard wheels, Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.57,0:02:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly, Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.03,0:02:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're the shape of the thing \Nthat turns on your X-box 360. Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.99,0:02:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.25,0:02:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what do we know \Nfrom school about circles? Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.79,0:02:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know Pi r2, \Nwe know they're round. Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.72,0:02:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know anything else? Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.70,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not really. \N Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.05,0:02:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.22,0:02:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let me tell you something cool\Nyou can do with circles. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.02,0:02:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called Johnson's Theorem. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.40,0:02:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not really a theorem, \Nit's just, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.17,0:03:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way mathematicians\Ncan think of stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.05,0:03:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what Johnson said was, Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.84,0:03:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You take three circles, Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.52,0:03:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you overlap them in a way \Nso that there's six blue lines" -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.43,0:03:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I call each \Nof the circles blue; Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.25,0:03:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's six lines \Ncoming in one point. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.34,0:03:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other three points \Nare in a circle of the same size; Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.76,0:03:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interesting. \N Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.63,0:03:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this isn't just Pi r2,\NThis is something new. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.27,0:03:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So because Johnson didn't just think:\N Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.04,0:03:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, it's gotta be Pi r2 and round,\Nthat's it," Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.48,0:03:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he created math. Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.41,0:03:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he did it in his own\Nunique perspective way. Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.17,0:03:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, now I know not all of you are \Nnecessarily mathematically gifted, Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.87,0:03:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.10,0:03:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.68,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, let's move on to some\Nmore interesting stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By now you might have heard about\NIsaac Newton in your High School career. Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.85,0:03:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might have heard \Nabout him from prisms \N Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.74,0:03:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever he might have done. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.06,0:03:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in 1665, Isaac Newton\Nwas at the University of Cambridge. Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.39,0:04:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, for those of you who\Nreally know your history, Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.24,0:04:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time Cambridge\Nhad closed due to the plague. Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.63,0:04:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Isaac Newton, \Nhe didn't have a way to learn. Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.16,0:04:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to stop learning,\Nand he was probably, Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.77,0:04:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiding in a dormitory with \Nhis cat running from the plague. Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.92,0:04:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, while he was doing this \Nhe decided he had to stop learning, Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.91,0:04:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he didn't want \Nto stop thinking. Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.34,0:04:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK? So, because of that he was thinking\Nabout this problem in astrophysics. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.55,0:04:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And specifically I think\Nhe wanted to calculate \N Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.90,0:04:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the motion of the Moon\Naround the Earth, Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.68,0:04:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I sort of revamped that problem\Ninto the case of Mercury around the Sun. Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.11,0:04:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK. Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.28,0:04:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What he did was, in order to solve\Nthis problem he created calculus, Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.92,0:04:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newton's three laws, \Nthe universal law of gravitation, \N Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.28,0:04:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reflecting telescope \Nto check his work, and optics, Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.64,0:04:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all this crazy stuff in that two years\Nthat he had stopped learning. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.87,0:04:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I guess that was really good for us, Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.08,0:04:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because at that time\NNewton had to stop learning; \N Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.12,0:05:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when he stopped learning he started\Nthinking and he created science. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.31,0:05:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, OK, that's just great,\Nwe now have a theory of physics! Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.73,0:05:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK. Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.93,0:05:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could have probably \Nbeen some top scholar, Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.89,0:05:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could have had a 4.0 GPA, Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.81,0:05:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could have been \Non the dean's list, Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.55,0:05:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could have had \Nhis professors proud; Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.98,0:05:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he wouldn't have created anything Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.31,0:05:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he didn't stop learning. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.17,0:05:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newton needed to start thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.27,0:05:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think of things out of his\Nown unique perspective, Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.96,0:05:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to create his theory. Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.71,0:05:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, now let me formally introduce myself Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.95,0:05:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I did not do that \Nat the beginning of the talk. Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.37,0:05:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, about 11 years ago I was diagnosed\Nwith this thing called autism. Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.83,0:05:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NWhat that meant was I was focusing\Non things in such extreme detail, Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.47,0:05:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it seemed I wasn't thinking at all. Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.84,0:05:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically I'd be like,"Oh, look here's\Nthis reflection of that light, Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.06,0:05:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's light up here,\Nbut, oh, there's my shadow, Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.81,0:05:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's a light back there"\Nand I looked over and it's over there. Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.08,0:05:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.30,0:06:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK.\N Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.04,0:06:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, because of that, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.43,0:06:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people thought I would never learn \N Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.78,0:06:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it just looked \NI was just staring into the opening; \N Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.24,0:06:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looked like \NI wasn't doing anything at all. Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.90,0:06:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, people told me I would\Nnever learn, I'd never think, Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.57,0:06:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never talk, I'd never \Ntie my shoes, which -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.29,0:06:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, they might have had\Na point, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.47,0:06:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NI'm wearing sandals. Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.22,0:06:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So --\N(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.31,0:06:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, but however, \Nat that age, Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.43,0:06:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the Barnes and Noble, \Nand I got a textbook, Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.30,0:06:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from the data that was in that textbook\NI derived Kepler's laws. Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.84,0:06:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I wasn't supposed to be\Nlearning or thinking at all. Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.85,0:06:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, basically from the other\Npeople's point of view Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.08,0:06:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't really looking too good, I wasn't\Nfingerpainting, or doing story time, Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.23,0:06:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any of the other stuff \Nthe 2-3-4 year olds would do; Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.06,0:06:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, you know, \Nwhat they did was, because I -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.78,0:06:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they took me to special Ed., Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.75,0:06:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is extremely special Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.37,0:06:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the fact that it didn't educate me. Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.50,0:06:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.34,0:06:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, during that time\NI had to stop learning Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.58,0:07:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I didn't have a \Nway to learn, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.94,0:07:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just in special Ed. \N Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.31,0:07:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what they would do is -- Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.99,0:07:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I wasn't able to learn\Nanything at all. Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.52,0:07:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, at that age I started\Nthinking about things Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.14,0:07:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sort of the way\Nof all of these shadows, Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.80,0:07:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that's why I like astrophysics,\Nand physics, and math today; Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.68,0:07:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had to stop learning, Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.82,0:07:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that's why\NI do what I do today. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.71,0:07:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so let me continue\Nabout gravity. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.54,0:07:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very exciting topic for those\Nof us who are in physics. Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.62,0:07:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me continue. Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.45,0:07:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what happened was, Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.73,0:07:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a couple of centuries later, Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.16,0:07:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the physicists had enough experimental \Ntechnology to test Newton's orbit. Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.23,0:07:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Newton predicted that\Nthe orbit of Mercury was an oval, Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.55,0:07:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as scientists like to say\N"an ellipse." Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.26,0:07:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, when we pointed our \Ntelescopes out, we saw that thing. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.54,0:08:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you who are scientists you know \Nthat's extremely exaggerated, but -- Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.06,0:08:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was not looking good, \NNewton had failed. Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.57,0:08:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the greatest physicists,\Nof all minds, had failed, he failed! Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.84,0:08:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.53,0:08:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we needed someone else,\Njust like Newton had done, Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.79,0:08:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to forget everything they knew! \N Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.20,0:08:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, recreate this. Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.92,0:08:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That man's name was Albert Einstein. Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.77,0:08:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Albert Einstein, what he would\N-- he was also -- Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.59,0:08:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was stopped in his tracks, \Nhe was not doing very well. Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.13,0:08:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was Jewish \Nand it was pre-Nazi Germany, Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.14,0:08:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, he was not able to get\Na position at the local university. Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.82,0:08:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to work at a patent office; Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.84,0:08:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, OK, that's not theoretical physics, \Nand we're talking about Einstein here. Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.16,0:08:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, yeah, Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.07,0:08:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened was, Einstein, \Nhe had all this time to think all of a sudden. Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.49,0:08:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to stop learning, \Nbut he had all this time to think; Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.59,0:09:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\Nand so, what he had done was, Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.50,0:09:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he liked to have these\Nthought experiments Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.13,0:09:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and liked to think about \Nall these different things. Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.10,0:09:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what Einstein thought was, \N Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.48,0:09:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, he pictured himself on \Na trampoline with a couple of friends, Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.71,0:09:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which -- they are actually --\Na failure of my sentence there, Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.43,0:09:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fact that physicists\N Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.66,0:09:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's usually a couple \Nmore than they have. Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.56,0:09:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.08,0:09:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Albert Einstein was probably on \Na trampoline with one of his friends, Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.14,0:09:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know, they were\Nprobably playing some, Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.02,0:09:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know, tennis or something. Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.28,0:09:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, however, you know, \Nthey are physicists, Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.57,0:09:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don’t have very good \Nhand to eye coordination,\N Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.40,0:09:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they probably didn't, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.79,0:09:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,catch the tennis ball, and\Nit went rolling around them; Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.33,0:09:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Einstein looked at this and said, Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.75,0:09:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Without friction, this is gravity!" Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.52,0:09:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He realized, "This is just gravity." Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.04,0:09:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, afterwards, \Nhe predicted the motion Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.16,0:09:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is gonna end up\Nlike that crazy thing; Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.89,0:09:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that crazy thing is exactly \Nthat other crazy thing. Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.48,0:10:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Einstein had solved the problem Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.65,0:10:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by thinking about it in his \Nown unique perspective, Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.11,0:10:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his own unique way.\N Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.97,0:10:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He stopped learning,\Nand he started thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.52,0:10:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he started creating. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.53,0:10:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now let me get back \Non the story, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.77,0:10:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn’t really looking too good, Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.86,0:10:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I just kind of brush it over there. Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.94,0:10:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, about three years ago, I -- Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.62,0:10:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, there was a calculus class\NI wanted to sit in the back of, Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.03,0:10:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, I decided,\Nin order to sit in the back of this, Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.25,0:10:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to learn:\Nalgebra, trigonometry, Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.03,0:10:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this other middle school stuff, Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.91,0:10:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the high school math, Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.90,0:10:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and first year undergrad \Ncalculus in two weeks, Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.92,0:10:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I could sit in the \Nback of this class. Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.82,0:10:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ten. Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.13,0:10:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.50,0:10:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay -- Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.95,0:10:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, also at that time, proving this, Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.04,0:10:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got accepted into the University; Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.60,0:10:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet again I was still ten. Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.81,0:10:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK, then I had to go to\Nan entrance interview, Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.83,0:10:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, that’s what you gotta do,\Nits a university. Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.37,0:11:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I had to go\Nto this entrance interview, Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.37,0:11:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of parking,\NI had all these coins, Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.83,0:11:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.01,0:11:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dropped them all \Nover the guy's office; Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.83,0:11:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making him think I had\Nno common sense \N Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.69,0:11:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he pretty much held \Nme back for a semester. Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.15,0:11:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I also had to stop \Nlearning at that time. Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.94,0:11:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, what did I do? Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.46,0:11:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I stop learning and just, you know,\Nstart playing video games and stuff? Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.22,0:11:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No! Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.59,0:11:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking about shapes! Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.35,0:11:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.52,0:11:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was thinking about this \Nspecific problem in astrophysics Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.95,0:11:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was really \Ninterested in at that time, Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.57,0:11:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I still kind of am. Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.03,0:11:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what I did was, Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.95,0:11:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the next two weeks I started \Nthinking about these shapes, \N Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.84,0:11:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking about this problem, Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.63,0:11:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after a while I had solved it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.64,0:11:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have solved this \Nproblem in astrophysics, Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.62,0:11:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which basically is similar to, Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.08,0:11:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what's happening with \NEinstein and Newton right now. Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.00,0:11:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to tell \Nyou the exact problem Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.56,0:11:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the fact that I have\Nnot published it, yet. Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.82,0:11:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my paper gets published,\Nyou may figure out about it; Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.59,0:12:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.20,0:12:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those who read scientific papers. Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.88,0:12:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.50,0:12:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought about all these problems\Nand you know, Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.65,0:12:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only has a 500 cheap\Nthing of paper from Officemax; Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.77,0:12:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since I was thinking about\Nthese multidimensional things, Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.65,0:12:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it filled them up really quickly. Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.91,0:12:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, then I moved on to white boards\Nbecause I was out of paper. Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.68,0:12:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the white board,\Nit also filled up pretty quickly, Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.39,0:12:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so then I moved on \Nto my parents' windows. Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.52,0:12:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that I got chased down by\Nall this Windex and stuff Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.21,0:12:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, my equations would get erased\Nby these horrible Windex creators but, Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.11,0:12:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, because of that, Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.04,0:12:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after about a month or so, Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.73,0:12:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents realized I was \Nnot going out to the park, Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.40,0:12:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just drawing these \Nweird shapes on the windows. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.44,0:12:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically I was \Ntrying to disprove myself, Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.66,0:12:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, I didn’t want to end up\Nlike Newton; Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.30,0:12:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not want to, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.61,0:12:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be proven a hundred years\Ndown the road, disproved. Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.06,0:12:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what I did was,\NI was going on the windows, Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.02,0:12:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trying to disprove\Nmyself, but to no avail. Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.15,0:13:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, my parents, Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.38,0:13:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, they figured \NI should be on the park, Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.19,0:13:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they called some\Nguy up at Princeton, Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.54,0:13:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they told him to disprove\Nwhat I was doing. Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.20,0:13:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately that wasn't the case, \Nand he said I was on the right track; Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.46,0:13:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\Nso, I'm not going to the park. Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.66,0:13:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\N(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.17,0:13:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then because I had to stop learning, Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.89,0:13:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking \Nand I solved the problem. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.10,0:13:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that I decided to create\Na calculus video \N Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.26,0:13:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for other people who wanted to \Nstill do calculus; Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.14,0:13:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the three others out there, and, Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.20,0:13:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that way they could also learn. Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.56,0:13:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so, I made this calculus video, Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.96,0:13:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people noticed that I was 12 \Nand I was doing a calculus video. Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.00,0:13:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, the first people that\Nnoticed was the Indianapolis Star, Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.19,0:13:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they put me on the front\Npage of some newspaper Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.71,0:13:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you can see \Nfrom this picture, Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.76,0:14:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was eating a sandwich, \Nit was really yummy. Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.36,0:14:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK. Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.97,0:14:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, my calculus \Nvideo, it went viral. \N Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.30,0:14:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of this photo\Nit had some two million views. Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.35,0:14:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, first of all a calculus video going viral,\Nwho would have ever thought? Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.38,0:14:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.81,0:14:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after that it got translated\Ninto whatever this language is. Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.16,0:14:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there anybody who can tell\Nme what language this is? Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.78,0:14:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't read it.\N(Audience) Chinese Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.52,0:14:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, it's Chinese,\NOK, good to know. Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.95,0:14:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.54,0:14:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, then after that, I had some \Nguy from Fox TV call me up, Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.14,0:14:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was able to draw on his \Nwindows, and he was Glen Beck. Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.84,0:14:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.32,0:14:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing special about that experience\Nwas that the windows were huge, Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.07,0:14:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,23 floors above the ground, \Nand overlooked the Chrysler Building, Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.97,0:14:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that was a fun experience. Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.14,0:15:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.96,0:15:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then after that I started having some really \Nstrange visitors show up to my house. Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.24,0:15:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.08,0:15:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had Morley Safer show up, \Nand he's from CBS Sixty Minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.64,0:15:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, for those of you who can\Nreally see this picture very well, Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.70,0:15:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may notice that I am \Nwearing the same sandals. Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.75,0:15:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.63,0:15:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's sort of recap\Nwhat we've done. Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.51,0:15:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have Einstein, and Johnson, \N Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.07,0:15:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Newton, and everyone\NI talked about, Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.26,0:15:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are they really geniuses? Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.04,0:15:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that really what has\Nmade them so special? Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.97,0:15:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that really why they\Ndid all their work? Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.26,0:15:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely not! They, no! Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.52,0:15:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not why!\N(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.03,0:15:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so, what happened was,\Nall they did was, Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.99,0:15:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they made the transition from learning, \N Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.52,0:15:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to thinking; to creating, Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.82,0:15:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which by now the media has \Ntranslated into, you know, genius. Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.74,0:15:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm pretty sure they \Nhad relatively high IQs; Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.83,0:15:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, as some of you may know, Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.26,0:16:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are lots of people out there with high \NIQs who don't create this sort of thing, Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.65,0:16:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they usually just end up memorizing a\Ncouple hundred thousand digits of Pi. Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.72,0:16:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, first of all, my question to them is:\Nwhy not memorize a different number? Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.30,0:16:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I mean, \NI am wearing Phi right now. Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.40,0:16:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in conclusion, Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.70,0:16:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not supposed to be here at all, Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.07,0:16:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, I was told that I wouldn't talk.\N Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.86,0:16:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably some therapist watching\Nthis who's freaking out right now. Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.52,0:16:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Cheers)\N(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.25,0:16:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I am not supposed to be talking, \NI am not supposed to be learning; Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.93,0:16:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because I made that transition\Nfrom learning to thinking, to creating, Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.51,0:16:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am here today; Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.92,0:16:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am talking to some four hundred \Nto eight hundred people in New York. Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.60,0:16:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. \N Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.59,0:16:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what would I want you \Nguys to get out of this speech? Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.50,0:16:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want you guys to do is, \Nfor the next 24 hours, Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.26,0:16:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you guys may have school\Nor what not, even though it's a Saturday; Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.35,0:17:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the next 24 hours \Ndon't learn anything! Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.29,0:17:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not allowed to learn\Nanything for the next 24 hours. Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.69,0:17:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Yes! Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.20,0:17:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.99,0:17:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, what I'd like you to do is, Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.70,0:17:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to go into some field, Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.32,0:17:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you all have some\Npassion, I don't know about it, Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.100,0:17:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been talking to\Nyou for 11 minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.40,0:17:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no idea what you\Nguys are interested in. Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.62,0:17:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you guys have some\Npassion and all out there Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.70,0:17:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you all know what it is. Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.13,0:17:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I want you to think about that field Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.78,0:17:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of learning in that field; \N Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.68,0:17:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of being a student of that field, Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.28,0:17:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the field! Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.82,0:17:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's music or architecture, Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.28,0:17:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or science or whatever; \N Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.10,0:17:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to think about that field Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.94,0:17:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, who knows, \Nmaybe you can create something. Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.44,0:17:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.\NI'm Jacob Barnett. Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.78,0:17:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)