14-year-old chess and math prodigy enrolls at UCLA

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @tomcatrath8388
    @tomcatrath8388 10 років тому +326

    I sit next to this kid in Physic with this kid. Talk about being a genius! He's super nice and very humble! Always try to help others and very genuine

    • @nicholasgrabill764
      @nicholasgrabill764 9 років тому +31

      Are you sure he's not trying to establish superiority?

    • @liamjones8468
      @liamjones8468 9 років тому +7

      +Tijaani E Condescension is real, he stated in the video "I never really fit in with my peers" AKA "I am better than everyone my age"
      He's blaming his situation on intelligence rather than lack of social skills, lmao

    • @jaymoh1595
      @jaymoh1595 9 років тому +64

      +Reiner Braun Actually if you listen he says "I've always been able to fit in with my peers." Not that it matters but yeah I don't think he was saying he's better than anyone.

    • @vicallday3325
      @vicallday3325 6 років тому +1

      Pic or didn’t happen

    • @BarriosGroupie
      @BarriosGroupie 6 років тому +1

      What do you expect? he's good at chess... that's it...

  • @fb9ecd29081e0e3ab3b6
    @fb9ecd29081e0e3ab3b6 10 років тому +178

    Seems like a good kid, very humble.

  • @FajitaBurger
    @FajitaBurger 10 років тому +27

    I have a few classes with this kid - its a very humbling experience to watch him grasp things so quickly.

  • @mikefuller6959
    @mikefuller6959 9 років тому +14

    I know some short poems from memory!

  • @KentAmari
    @KentAmari 7 років тому +19

    now Terry and this kid are both in UCLA, it's starting to become a uni for math prodigy :)

    • @zqc8250
      @zqc8250 3 роки тому +12

      No hes smart but very slow compared to Tao, Tao was already an imo medallist at about half his age.

  • @jdoan2017
    @jdoan2017 7 років тому +41

    :o I know this kid, I met him at MathCounts Nationals in 2013. Super smart and very nice. I wondered where he would end up but I guess he went to college before even joining high school lol

  • @duttakunal82
    @duttakunal82 6 років тому +13

    The clip is only about chess, what about math - i mean what did he do in it?

  • @yannickrondeau1578
    @yannickrondeau1578 8 років тому +31

    That guy went at UCLA at 14. That is a genius both in chess and mathematics. Nice for him.
    The question is. What's in for me?

    • @ankanhalder8341
      @ankanhalder8341 6 років тому +9

      Moebius Zord
      Einstein began to speak very late, he failed at school. Einstein didn't start college at 14. Let's see if he does something greater than Einstein. You're never too late to start something new.

    • @23deepakiyer76
      @23deepakiyer76 5 років тому +4

      motivation

  • @zuesr3277
    @zuesr3277 7 років тому +3

    and in fact UCLA is one of the best in the world.

  • @nikoyochum6974
    @nikoyochum6974 5 років тому +5

    So many negative comments... I actually know Luke, and he is a great guy. Incredibly humble and kind and is actually really normal socially.

    • @qekruxt5089
      @qekruxt5089 Рік тому +1

      If he is so humble, he wouldn't have agreed to making this video.

  • @Panchitobear
    @Panchitobear 3 роки тому +5

    This video is 7 years ago, wonder what happened to him now?

    • @noyaaaaa_
      @noyaaaaa_ 2 роки тому

      hes a software engineer now at google

  • @nelsonh1515
    @nelsonh1515 8 років тому +31

    Idk why but his dad's face kinda reminds me of Ted Cruz

  • @sydneyaustin9163
    @sydneyaustin9163 9 років тому +6

    I really hope I get to meet him when I attend in the fall. I love awesome stories like this!

  • @1023Endurance
    @1023Endurance 9 років тому +19

    luke should tell his dad to get a new shirt and/or tie.

  • @rockstarflacko
    @rockstarflacko 2 роки тому +1

    2:30 9 years later and still similar rating and same title

  • @ManicMindTrick
    @ManicMindTrick 9 років тому +134

    My gaydar goes off big time when I see the body language and hear the speech pattern of his father.
    Not that this is a bad thing, just sayin'.

    • @Darkynstars
      @Darkynstars 9 років тому +9

      ManicMindTrick lol your "gaydar"? That's hilarious! xD Yeah, you're correct about that whole body language and speech pattern thing. I could sense it too.

    • @maxlehman5129
      @maxlehman5129 8 років тому

      he used to be my chess teacher😂

    • @tylerrocko7469
      @tylerrocko7469 6 років тому +3

      Ya his dad is definitely a bum dart champion

    • @BarriosGroupie
      @BarriosGroupie 6 років тому

      yeah, but on the plus side his son seems straight, which goes to show that gay men can still have children with women, providing they go against their natural urges.

    • @Elinacab
      @Elinacab 6 років тому

      Noooo hes’s just effeminate!

  • @venkatbabu1722
    @venkatbabu1722 3 роки тому

    5 50 kms for thunder and lightning. You have rain.

  • @The_Conspiracy_Analyst
    @The_Conspiracy_Analyst Рік тому +1

    he will never escape inceldom

  • @debendragurung3033
    @debendragurung3033 9 років тому +15

    A genius found his talents, Good for him and dont fuck it up. I had almost had mine once but I sold it for Ectasy, I am here repenting and regreting,Now I know why Redemption seems impossible. But Im Good.

    • @UCLAdrummer
      @UCLAdrummer 9 років тому +2

      +debendra gurung Redemption is always possible, Debendra, we must simply ask for it.

  • @vikraal6974
    @vikraal6974 3 роки тому +5

    He is a software engineer at Google today

  • @richardyoung871
    @richardyoung871 2 роки тому +2

    I learned chess from my father. Chess is a thinking game. My brother played chess, and he would bet on the game. Here in NYC I have watched chess games. Both in Bryant Park, and on 14th street, and they also bet. I have 2 nieces,who both graduated 1st in their class and, were in the upper 1 percent, nation wide. 1 is a nurse, from Washington state, and the other one, is a research doctor .I am from Hawaii and my grandfather was the 2nd of 13,He was pure Chinese. He was the first person to be admitted to school of surgeon's in England. It runs in my family. Me,I was a cook in the Army and I have 2 letters of the from 2 different 4 star Generals, again it runs in my family .As a chef, I also worked in 2 different 4 star,4 diamond hotels, here in NYC

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 9 років тому +2

    2 Very Clever People
    Dr Rowan Williams ( b.1950 )
    Welsh Anglican Bishop, Theologian and Poet.
    Dr Lucy Worsley ( b.1973 )
    English Historian, Author, Curator and Television Presenter.

    • @vladbcom
      @vladbcom 9 років тому +3

      Mike Fuller how's being a Theologian even remotely clever?

    • @vladbcom
      @vladbcom 9 років тому +1

      Yes, that's precisely what I'm saying. Dr of Bullshit is just as clever then I suppose

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld 9 років тому +3

      +It is I Theology is not even a real topic, it shouldn't be at university. I too, was confused by this point. So, believing in God makes you clever? I do love this logic fallacy.

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld 9 років тому +2

      Turtle Philosopher I think it is what the meaning of the word states it to be.
      1. the study of the nature of God and religious belief. 2. religious beliefs and theory when systematically developed.

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld 9 років тому +2

      Turtle Philosopher Yes, it's good to study the mythology and to have it at the back of your mind to use as ammo in religious debates. But most people whom study theology also believe in God and follow a religion. That was my point..

  • @Neueregel
    @Neueregel 10 років тому +3

    he's IM currently ELO 2409, pretty good for a 15 y.old. Even though, Karjakin was already a GM (2500+) at age 12.5 in '03

  • @lilghost121
    @lilghost121 11 років тому +5

    I can't wait to meet him!

  • @teentalex
    @teentalex 8 років тому +17

    I was a prodigy until my mother traumatized me physically and emotionally. He has such niece parents ; I'm very jealous. Trust must of his accomplishments are due to the support of his parents

    • @teentalex
      @teentalex 6 років тому +8

      My family was so poor that we could not afford to buy milk or toilet paper. My mother beat me every time she wanted. Brutally she physically abused me, deprived me of many scholarships and opportunities to leave early to college because she hates that I am doing something with my life. Told me to die and that I was her worst mistake, now tell me if such childhood would not traumatize a boy and stripped him of all his confidence as a child. Now, I have been living to own my for one year, and am studying physics at a University.

    • @bhupendersinghshekhawat9866
      @bhupendersinghshekhawat9866 6 років тому +3

      Obviously a kid always needs a support and we hope you do good and overcome your childhood traumas if not yet, all the best!!

    • @prasadnithianandam7614
      @prasadnithianandam7614 5 років тому +2

      @Ruby Spirit That is a really ignorant comment. You can totally be affected by your surroundings, especially an abusive parent.

  • @saikat93ify
    @saikat93ify 5 років тому +4

    Good parental support is very important

  • @Qoooba95
    @Qoooba95 9 років тому +35

    lol at all the father comments

  • @widen_inhorizons
    @widen_inhorizons 7 років тому +3

    those genes

  • @etiennepalos4319
    @etiennepalos4319 8 років тому +2

    I assume he IS a mathematics major right? :D

  • @nyg974ever29
    @nyg974ever29 11 років тому +4

    Wow good for him I wish him luck

  • @TheDunkinDudez728
    @TheDunkinDudez728 10 років тому +7

    Stud

  • @8ballsix27
    @8ballsix27 11 років тому +4

    damn geniuses.

  • @mustafaaa772
    @mustafaaa772 5 років тому

    Now.. what benefit will this give to me?

  • @yesh1140
    @yesh1140 5 років тому

    The dad looks kinda like kevin feige

  • @eric9197
    @eric9197 11 років тому +4

    Another Great Bruin!!! Good luck! Goo BRUINS!!! UCLA!!!

  • @Filmblanc
    @Filmblanc 6 років тому

    I read this as "cheese and math prodigy" sigh

  • @sakashgupta6412
    @sakashgupta6412 2 роки тому

    Is no one going to talk about how he looks alot like Tanner Buchanan...

    • @qekruxt5089
      @qekruxt5089 2 роки тому

      He does. A lot of people look like Tanner Buchanan.

  • @w1NNNd
    @w1NNNd 5 років тому

    What is he doing right now ?

    • @nikoyochum6974
      @nikoyochum6974 5 років тому

      He's at google. got an insane contract. He actually triple majored in CS, Math, and Physics and was an honors student

    • @w1NNNd
      @w1NNNd 5 років тому

      @@nikoyochum6974 he will not be great in math, physics , chess and being at google its not big and not genius, he's just an hardworker not a prodigy or genius. - sorry for my english

    • @nikoyochum6974
      @nikoyochum6974 5 років тому +1

      CRISTIAN LUNGU i actually know the dude, he’s insanely intelligent. You can’t do all that and not be a fucking genius, lmao. He’s definitely an insanely hard worker, but that doesn’t remain he isn’t a genius

    • @w1NNNd
      @w1NNNd 5 років тому

      @@nikoyochum6974 genius is einstein, charles steinmeitz, william blake, john keats, edison, marie curie, beethoven, henrie coanda, tesla - prodigy, he appears insanely intelligent because you are mediocre.

    • @nikoyochum6974
      @nikoyochum6974 5 років тому

      CRISTIAN LUNGU lol, nice projection

  • @Vayvess
    @Vayvess 3 роки тому

    Sheldon ?

  • @kmanet4118
    @kmanet4118 8 років тому +2

    Shit ! I didn't knew that his father was Christopher Nolan

  • @Mathin3D
    @Mathin3D 4 роки тому

    So whatever happened to this dude?

  • @bricksaccomplice3004
    @bricksaccomplice3004 7 років тому +24

    His dad gives off a gay vibe

  • @duttakunal82
    @duttakunal82 6 років тому +1

    Some people are so homosexuality-conscious.. it is crazy. I'd never have noticed anything unusual in the kid's dad if it were not for the comments. My 10-year-old US-born nephew didn't want red-colored pieces in a game of Ludo, because "red is close to pink, and pink is girly". Just ridiculous, I think.

  • @HeavygearDiver
    @HeavygearDiver 11 років тому +1

    Very cool!

  • @neilruston8796
    @neilruston8796 4 роки тому

    Now works as a software engineer, at Google...

    • @SeventhCereal
      @SeventhCereal 4 роки тому

      Ah yes working as a middle-man for big-tech. The fake news oversold him. A Jacobi or Euler he is not.

  • @saptarshidas481
    @saptarshidas481 8 років тому

    what is his iq?

  • @albertoalcides4223
    @albertoalcides4223 4 роки тому +2

    not fair man, I have mental ilness called economical depression not fair, he is healthy as Looks veri healthy I'm not that healthy

  • @marcostelesoliveira8037
    @marcostelesoliveira8037 9 років тому

    Podia ser traduzido...

  • @ryanscott8770
    @ryanscott8770 11 років тому +3

    2:27, there is a referee hahahah

  • @尾﨑元恒-u8q
    @尾﨑元恒-u8q 4 роки тому

    学生時代はゆっくりしたいです。

  • @cesareborgia9259
    @cesareborgia9259 6 років тому +3

    What a surprise that a chess instructor's son has an edge over the others in chess. You know his dad pressured him into the game from a very young age when his brain was still cooking. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just the classic nature vs nurture debate. I also don't see the math prodigy part... I think most of these child prodigies come down to the image carefully curated for them by their parents.

    • @nikoyochum6974
      @nikoyochum6974 5 років тому +1

      I know this kid from high school, he is definitely a math prodigy, I had Calculus BC with him when I was a sophomore and he was in 8th grade

  • @mortalkombatgammingmortalp3459
    @mortalkombatgammingmortalp3459 4 роки тому

    Is he even a NM or even a FM or IM

  • @sonalipriya7756
    @sonalipriya7756 Рік тому

    young sheldon

  • @avarmauk
    @avarmauk 10 років тому +1

    He's not a grand master though?

  • @coolorphans
    @coolorphans 2 роки тому +1

    3:29 wow he actually got to touch real water😲

  • @andreacollins3904
    @andreacollins3904 8 років тому +1

    Legally blonde College

  • @browneyedS
    @browneyedS 9 років тому

    is chess related to mathematics?

    • @chayceheiberg550
      @chayceheiberg550 9 років тому +4

      +browneyedS yes.

    • @browneyedS
      @browneyedS 9 років тому

      +Chayce Heiberg why?

    • @chayceheiberg550
      @chayceheiberg550 9 років тому

      Chess is based off of logic, which in the grand scheme of things, is what mathematics is. There is also a computer science field related to artificial intelligence and understanding deep algorithms within chess. Look up "P V NP" .

  • @MegaSyahidan
    @MegaSyahidan 7 років тому

    hobbies? playing chess.....im like
    dude ypur an international chess master

  • @johnnyappleseed4568
    @johnnyappleseed4568 10 років тому +14

    This guy coulda made MIT at 18, why? Just why UCLA? It doesn't take a genius

    • @morninghope1
      @morninghope1 9 років тому +28

      Let's see if he's a math prodigy what better place to go than a school that house arguably the smartest person on earth in Terence Tao who just happens to be a mathematician.

    • @amberji6578
      @amberji6578 9 років тому +2

      You are absolutely right. Ucla doesn't have any geniuses. Students are so mediocre. It's a shame to be a bruin and he will regret later on in his life.

    • @amberji6578
      @amberji6578 9 років тому +1

      Ucla: shitty school up to the ass!

    • @amberji6578
      @amberji6578 9 років тому +4

      He should go Harvard if he really thinks he is gifted.

    • @probablynotsatanic66
      @probablynotsatanic66 9 років тому +11

      Richard Clayderman Professor Terence Tao is arguably the greatest active mathematician in the world right now. He himself is a remarkable prodigy.

  • @FF-545
    @FF-545 6 років тому

    I wonder where he is now LOL

    • @nikoyochum6974
      @nikoyochum6974 5 років тому

      Employee at google making 250k+ per year

  • @santiagovazquez8879
    @santiagovazquez8879 6 років тому

    Yo era así mismo pero me chinge la rodilla

  • @ThefireRISES17
    @ThefireRISES17 10 років тому +1

    That's cool, but creepy

    • @probablynotsatanic66
      @probablynotsatanic66 9 років тому +12

      People like you make smart people feel bad about their own abilities, even if you don't know it.

  • @PHILLYMEDIC69
    @PHILLYMEDIC69 2 роки тому +2

    LOL not even harvard

  • @tristiandavis6852
    @tristiandavis6852 5 років тому

    If he was 18 he could’ve went to harvard

  • @尾﨑元恒-u8q
    @尾﨑元恒-u8q 4 роки тому

    やっぱり私は数学の研究が好きです。数学の研究と女の人と遊ぶことを両立したいです。定理が発表されたら、大学院は高崎経済大学で経済数学を専攻したいです。

  • @learlawliet6197
    @learlawliet6197 7 років тому

    Am I a genius?

    • @learlawliet6197
      @learlawliet6197 4 роки тому

      Exetetionよいです I don’t even know why I asked this bruh I was so cringe back then, I’m sorry

    • @learlawliet6197
      @learlawliet6197 4 роки тому

      Exetetionよいです I’m 16

  • @johnnyappleseed4568
    @johnnyappleseed4568 10 років тому +2

    Any jobs looking for a 17 year old "hard to fit in" bio engineering major? ,...Really?

  • @tomhanxs
    @tomhanxs 4 роки тому

    Idaho full with potatoes which are the best potatoes ever!!

  • @Tyttebaer
    @Tyttebaer 6 років тому

    Chess prodigy... still not GM

  • @jamesyan12
    @jamesyan12 8 років тому +2

    U ruined his teen years

    • @Speedstack799
      @Speedstack799 8 років тому +11

      he doesn't want "teen years" that will bore him so much

  • @ryanscott8770
    @ryanscott8770 11 років тому

    Pause at

  • @UCLAdrummer
    @UCLAdrummer 9 років тому

    Perhaps he is the one to defeat Magnus Carlsen. Only time will tell.
    Most interesting.

  • @dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007
    @dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007 5 років тому

    MIT is loaded with kids like him. Might have been a better place for them if his brother could have gotten in too...

  • @MikeyMinimo
    @MikeyMinimo 8 років тому

    Why didn't he go to USC? Lol

    • @AnthonythaG
      @AnthonythaG 7 років тому

      Martinelli Minimo USC fucking blows 😂

  • @alia7750
    @alia7750 10 років тому

    NERD!!!!!! BABY!!!!!

  • @sneezepikachuuconoristhego1038
    @sneezepikachuuconoristhego1038 10 років тому +4

    Chess is an obscure skill, there is nothing good about it.

    • @tha1ne
      @tha1ne 9 років тому +2

      so are you.

    • @ShredCo
      @ShredCo 9 років тому +25

      The worlds most popular game with more books written about it than any other is.... "an obscure skill"

    • @manzilla48
      @manzilla48 9 років тому +1

      Slush Fund footballs more popular

    • @ShredCo
      @ShredCo 9 років тому +1

      history?

    • @TheSamuel9464
      @TheSamuel9464 9 років тому

      +manzilla48
      Only popular in the US BTW

  • @MrVavo007
    @MrVavo007 6 років тому

    The mom looks more manly than the dad. Not that it's a bad thing. I'm just saying

  • @doggy8990
    @doggy8990 10 років тому +1

    He's smart and cute

  • @sydneyaustin9163
    @sydneyaustin9163 9 років тому +5

    I really hope I get to meet him when I attend in the fall. I love awesome stories like this!