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Originally Posted by newB
Apparently Richard Dawkins was on a twitter rant about this the other day. Personally, I have to wonder why people care so much. Is it possibly because those people are angry/jealous that he might have gained some short-term celebrity status for something he didn't really do? He's a fourteen year old kid for crying out loud.
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I'm all over the place on the issue.
When I was a kid, I always had an interest in science. I used to build electronic gadgets from kits made from companies like Etco, Heathkit, Edmons Scientific, Radio shack, etc. From between the ages of 6 to 10, I learned all about resistors, capacitors, transistors, solar cells, LED segments, batteries, AC, DC, radio waves, etc. You name it. The cool thing was that I wasn't alone. I knew several other geeks like me in the same school, and science class, in elementary, was the most popular class.
When I saw the picture of the briefcase, I saw instantly that there was nothing special about it, and was definitely not a bomb. I was thinking that any of the other teachers would have easily seen this too. And if so, whats the big deal? And apparently, he showed it to many teachers.
But then I thought wait a tick... I used to attach parts to a breadboard. It worked, but it looked like shit. When I tried to make my own circuit boards, they looked like shit too. This clock's boards sure look very clean. They are clearly pre-made boards as the man in the video says, and probably not any kind of a kit.
So then, if this kid lied about making a clock, why did he do it? Maybe he purposely made a clock to look like a bomb, and then brought it to school to purposely scare some people. Possible? I think so.
I read that he is a smart kid, does well in school, well liked etc... but something still doesn't add up here.