Ahmed's "clock" deconstructed

[hollohas]

I don't for a single second believe he intended it to be a "homemade" clock. I am certain this was either a setup to get media attention and or encourage people to walk on egg shells around future Ahmed's clocks.

The media and the majority of the country disagrees and seems to believe this kid actually did intend it to be a just a clock. However NOBODY can argue the fact this was not homemade and was not an invention. It was a factory built clock put in a case. Plain and simple. So even the people that believe this kid had honest intentions are celebrating mediocrity.

He has an invitation to the white house.
He has an invention to the Google Science Fair
MIT said they'd be glad to have him as a student.
Etc, etc.

Even if you believe he had good intentions, this kid is not gifted. He is not an inventor. He is not skilled. He's a mediocre at best. He couldn't hold a candle to any of the students at MIT or the contestants at the Google Science fair. There are tons of 14 year old kids who could actually preform the rudimentary task of building a digital clock from parts from scratch. There are countless 14 year old kids who can and have built much more technologically advanced things than a 70's era digital clock, which Ahmed didn't even do.

I despise the celebration of mediocrity.

EDITED to add:

And just because I am so impressed with the talent and potential of truly gifted teenagers and how much smarter than the rest of us they are, here's what another 14 year old entered into the Google Science Fair.

https://www.googlesciencefair.com/pr...e8f0e0e3fd7733

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that gets progressively worse with age so an early diagnosis is essential to ensure medication is most effective. Current diagnostic tools identify amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques, which are present during the later stages of the disease. I realised there was a necessity for an earlier diagnostic tool and decided to investigate further.

Aβ oligomers are present in much higher concentrations in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and this increase appears during the earliest stage of the disease, making Aβ oligomers an attractive biomarker. This led me to develop a diagnostic probe that could effectively target Aβ oligomers. I engineered a molecular 'Trojan Horse' that had the potential to do this and cross the blood-brain barrier, a major obstacle for current Alzheimer's diagnostic probes. I determined the probes' optical properties and performed surface plasmon resonance to estimate their affinity to Aβ oligomers and to transferrin receptors (TfRs). The probes' cross-reactivity with various other species of Aβ was also determined.

The probes exhibited optical properties that were suitable for non-invasive imaging. The probes also successfully targeted Aβ oligomers and TfRs but their affinity to TfRs potentially allows them to cross the blood-brain barrier. These molecular 'Trojan Horses' have the potential to cross the blood-brain barrier and be used as a sensitive, minimally-invasive tool for the earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease! This same concept could also potentially be used for the minimally-invasive diagnosis of other amyloidogenic neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and could help millions of people!

And Ahmed put a disassembled clock in a box.

Google should be ashamed they invited him to share the spotlight with the geniuses at their Fair.

[kidicarus13]

It's not about what's right and wrong these days, it's about customer base, social media attention, ratings, and the company's bottom line.

[Zundfolge]

And low and behold Clock Boy's sister was suspended 3 years ago for a fake bomb threat.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...years-earlier/

And of course Clock Boy's father is a VERY politically active Muslim (ran for president of Sudan a couple times)
http://www.okayafrica.com/news/istan...her-backstory/

[davsel]

[BPTactical]

^^^^^Now that's funny

[HoneyBadger]

Hey Guys look: I made a clock-in-a-box! It seems to be stuck at 1 second though, and I'm not sure how to make it work. Should I bring it in to work to show everyone?









Next thing you know, he'll be bringing this in for valentines day to show to the teacher that called it in:

[davsel]

[HoneyBadger]

hahaha awesome. Lets turn this into the funny picture thread.

[KS63]

Win

[jgang]

http://nypost.com/2015/09/19/how-ahm...ale-of-racism/