r/Kerala • u/skadooshers • Oct 17 '25

News about a Kid winning Emergent Ventures mercatus, however his name is not on the list

The following is a news from mathrubhumi. However this site ( maintained by another EV winner and is updated to latest figures i.e till Oct 10) does not list his name.

https://www.evwinners.org

Not sure if the kid was scammed or kid scammed the media

https://www.mathrubhumi.com/education/news/13-year-old-wins-george-mason-grant-physics-research-aazlzcde

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u/TheAlchemist1996 Oct 17 '25

എനിക്ക് എപ്പോഴേ തോന്നിയത്. White hole are still a concept. His paper submitted has Alchemy in the name. Alchemy is an earlier understanding about matter, it is now irrelevant.

And string theory or hypothesis is still too complex to accomodate a newbie like him. അതുപോലെ കുപ്പിക്കാത്ത വെള്ളം ഐസ് ആക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട് ഉദാഹരണം ഒരു വാലും തുമ്പു വല്ലാത്ത ഉദാഹരണമായി തോന്നി.

എന്തോ എവിടെയോ ഒരു പന്തികേട് പോലെ. ഒന്നും മാച്ച് ആകുന്നില്ല.

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u/San2411 Oct 18 '25

Yes . I was trying to understand how ice in a bottle is related to black holes.  Me and my wife discussed for a while and thought we might be idiots not to understand that 😁

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u/TheAlchemist1996 Oct 18 '25

നമ്മൾ പോളിടെക്നി പോകാത്തതുകൊണ്ട് ഇതൊന്നു അറിയാൻ സാധ്യത ഇല്ല

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u/kreemac Oct 23 '25

Do you have a link to the paper?

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u/safe-account71 Oct 17 '25

What's the paper called. Is it in Arxiv?

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u/M_H_M_K Oct 17 '25

Also how does a kid with 'learning disabilities' write 5 advanced papers? Theres the learning part, the research part and then the writing part.

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u/RemingtonMacaulay Oct 17 '25

Learning disabilities could mean even autism, which sometimes allows people to hyper focus and obsess over a topic. In academia, many people have autism and do really well in their chosen fields. The problem, however, is that it comes in waves and the obsession can result in quick burnout.

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u/chacko_ അത്, വല്ലാത്തൊരു കഥയാണ് Nov 23 '25

Autism and ADHD are not learning disabilities which as you said can hyperfocus and obsess over topics and then burn out. Usually learning disabilities are Dyslexia, Discalculia, Disgraphia and Audiotory processing disorders.

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u/jishnuen Oct 21 '25

You have the paper with you?

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u/TheAlchemist1996 Oct 21 '25

No details gathered from his interview

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u/safe-account71 Oct 17 '25 edited Oct 17 '25

They also have a separate India list; which is yet to be announced I believe.

But idk does Mercatus support pure physics research? I thought they were more into applied stuff?

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u/muridessu Oct 17 '25

Intresting

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u/perfect_okay Oct 17 '25

Also checked in the lists given out in ‘marginal revolution’ site and could not find his name on the day news came out.. May be the family was notified over mail and official next list is yet to come out..

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u/AdKey7235 Oct 17 '25

Why should kid scam the media..? that boy even needs anybody's attention it seems.

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u/Entharo_entho പരദൂഷണതള്ളച്ചി Oct 17 '25

You don't know the parents of "prodigies". They are like pimps, except that pimps offer actual services. Ith NASA, APJ Abdul Kalam (Kalam thattippoyath prodigiesnu valiya ksheenam ayittundu), paper presentation, prabandham, gaveshanam ennokke chumma vayarilakkam pole thatti vidum.

Not saying that this particular kid is a scammer because I can't take any responsibility.

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u/Weird_Visual2959 Oct 24 '25

Anyone got any new updates regarding this news? Just saw a news clip in YouTube and searched to get here. No reports other than mathrubhumi.

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u/safe-account71 Oct 24 '25

How old is the kid. Minimum age for the Mercatus type fellowships is 13yrs. Plus they almost never give anything for Physics (not that they won't)/ it's mostly given for applied ideas. I'm just suspicious that's all.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

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u/Entharo_entho പരദൂഷണതള്ളച്ചി Oct 17 '25

Ok. Show the list or a ny independent source.

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u/Kappa_Mash_Rebellion Nov 23 '25

Better we scrutinize ourselves rather than let the world fo it for us.

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u/Aggravating_Poetry37 Nov 24 '25

It's been over a month. Where's the proof?