Meet Jacob Barnett, a 14-year old with a higher IQ than Albert Einstein (Video)

At the age of 2, Jacob Barnett’s parents were told their son was autistic and might never be able to read or write.

12 years later, and Jacob has an IQ of 170, is on his way to getting a Ph. D in Quantum Physics, and has been tipped as a future Nobel Prize winner.

The doctors could not have been more baffled.

Since enrolling at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) at the age of 10, Barnett has flourished — astounding his professors, peers and family with his spectacular intelligence.

Jacob Barnett has an IQ of 170 – higher than Albert Einstein – and is now so far advanced in his Indiana university studies that professors are lining him up for a PHD research role.

The boy wonder, who taught himself calculus, algebra, geometry and trigonometry in a week, is now tutoring fellow college classmates after hours.

And now Jake has embarked on his most ambitious project yet – his own \’expanded version of Einstein\’s theory of relativity\’.

His mother, not sure if her child was talking nonsense or genius, sent a video of his theory to the renowned Institute for Advanced Study near Princeton University.

According to the Indiana Star, Institute astrophysics professor Scott Tremaine  -himself a world renowned expert – confirmed the authenticity of Jake\’s theory.

In an email to the family, Tremaine wrote: \’I\’m impressed by his interest in physics and the amount that he has learned so far.

\’The theory that he\’s working on involves several of the toughest problems in astrophysics and theoretical physics.

\’Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize.

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