How A 12-Year-Old Achieved Nuclear Fusion - Guinness World Records

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[guinnessworldrecords]

What were you doing when you were 12 years old?!

[_Crimon]

The most impressive thing is how he convinced his parents to fund him

[badieibrahim]

In his age, I was trying to get minecraft for free.

[johnnyfavorite]

A Little Misleading. He built a fusor. A small particle accelerator which fuses atoms. It can be used as a neutron source or to produce commercially useful radioactive isotopes. No net power- the acceleration takes more energy than the fusion produces so calling it a "nuclear fusion reactor" 0:23 is a stretch. Still, no small feat and he’s roughly 1/4 my age and absolutely 100x brighter than I will ever be.

[gavingonzalez]

He’s the only guy in Texas that has power right now

[coronavirus]

My mom comparing me to other kids be like:

[blim]

Me at 12 making a volcano with mentos and cola: "I'm something of a scientist myself"

[Wusyaname_]

Me, 13: Mom, can I cook eggs?
Mom: No, too dangerous for you

Jack: Can I build a machine capable of nuclear fusion?
His mom: Of course honey.

[leodahvee]

I broke many records, in fact, my father had to pay a lot to repair the damages I had made from breaking those antique records.

[colejones]

Harvard’s not going to accept him he’s going to accept Harvard

[Arrogan]

I love how he starts out with ‘when i was a kid....’.

[mako]

At 12 I was slowly closing the doors of a fridge to see the light switch off. This man’s got balls

[dxspx]

Me: ~boils water

*"Kemist"*

[mythicalmonke]

The teachers at his school raise their hands to speak to him

[sjmusicz]

in that age im trying to get a spider bite to become a spiderman

[ingramfry]

This kid is giving legitimacy to Guiness, not the other way around.

[maddog]

Kids at school: so what did you do over the holidays

This kid: oh nothing much just made a nuclear fusion reactor

[DrJohnnyChow]

When I was 12, I was in a state of unclear confusion. Will that get me into the World Guinness Book of Records?

[Webby]

This man boutta drop a thermonuclear warhead on everyone who called him a nerd at school

[pxncgqb]

He: Successful fusion! (12 years old)
Me: Um ... hmm (24 years old)