Did this 16 year old trump Newton?

[PPI Tracy]

Is this 16 year old boy a genius?   


http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/28/11920006-16-year-olds-equations-set-off-buzz-over-325-year-old-physics-puzzler?chromedomain=worldnews

[PPI Karl]

He's a genius, fershure.  I do understand the concerns, though:  his ideas have to undergo the proper peer review process in the academic community or all of this genius will be dismissed later as PR hype, which can only damage his chances later of being taken seriously.  I'm sure there are other genius's looking out for him, though.  (I hope.)

Speaking of geniuses, though, what is it about Northern India that seems to be one of the world's cradle of geniuses?  (Genii?)  Seriously, what's in the water--besides the obvious nastiness--that will make me smarter, now that the ginkgo biloba isn't working anymore.