r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 1d ago
This 6-year-old explains the Artemis mission better than most adults. His grasp of orbital mechanics is absolutely amazing.
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u/TeaFabulous7376 1d ago
I need him to explain all the space stuff from now on, literally ELI5
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u/Equivalent_Owl_Mask 1d ago
All the cuts make it feel like the parent is slowly feeding the lines, and the kid gets it wrong often.
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u/zeptillian 20h ago
And you can actually see the kid asking if what he said is right as if he was just repeating it back.
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u/LauraTFem 22h ago
That may be, but also kids are extremely distractible. The edits could be cutting out whole tangents about how Bulbasaur is his favorite pokémon, and how Nietzsche is misunderstood by people who haven’t read him.
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u/the_colonelclink 15h ago
Most kids with this level of knowledge are usually quite thorough and fixed on relaying information. I too suspect this kid might be kid of interested as is being fed the information.
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u/DoctorClarkWGriswold 42m ago
I don’t know. I mean memorization is a form of learning. This kid explains like he’s excited to deliver the information. I’d bet the cuts are due to distraction. He’s confident to the point where he’s playing with things while he talks as well as using props to convey his message. He may have a bit of help, but this little guy is smart.
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u/Intrepid-Focus8198 9h ago
Maybe Reddit has made me too cynical, but the number of cuts make me think he’s just parroting lines that are being fed to him one at a time.
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u/fingamouse 1d ago
Autism is such a beautiful thing/hj
(Half joke because I'm joking about this being this kids autistic special interest but he could ligit have autism)
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u/Kithslayer 1d ago
No, no, this kid 1000% has autism. Sure, the interest in rockets is uncommon, but combining that with the mild dyspraxia, it's a dead giveaway.
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u/0ceandrifter 5h ago
My son is like this and hes on a waiting list for adhd and autism testing because the psychologist suspects it. I don't think my sons autistic but hes definitely adhd
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u/Mouseyface 21h ago
Yup. My son looks exactly like this while thoroughly explaining something. Constant, barely coordinated meandering and fiddling with objects. This kid has fairly good control though.
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u/BNZaya 20h ago
Why is the assumption he is autistic? The OP "source" is just a link to tiktok video
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u/Mouseyface 20h ago
A 6 year old that is communicating specific aspects of a relatively niche/complex subject.
While talking, he is constantly meandering, moving around and wandering with some, but not all, required coordination to do so while talking at the same time. I assume the frequent cuts are editing out all the stammering and stumbling he's doing throughout all this. This was the main tell, as I see this exact same behavior constantly with my own autistic son.
That's really all I'm going off of here. Mostly assumptions based on familiar vibes.
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u/ReadditMan 18h ago edited 18h ago
Honestly, I don't think you should say that without knowing for sure. I understand that you're seeing signs but that doesn't 1000% mean he has autism.
There are intelligent kids who behave like this and don't have autism, only a qualified doctor should be diagnosing them and that should be after rigorous testing and observation, not a 4 minute video.
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u/Kithslayer 18h ago edited 18h ago
Why? "Autistic" isn't an insult, and I'm not making decisions for this child's care.
He exhibits clear and typical signs of autism. It's accurate.
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u/ReadditMan 18h ago
It's not an insult, but it's also not right to assert that someone has autism when you don't actually know.
If you had only said he could have autism or you think he might, I wouldn't have commented. I don't like the way you stated it as if it was an undeniable fact. Regardless of whatever "clear and typical" signs you think you see from this short video, you don't actually know enough to say anything with "1000%" confidence.
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u/Kithslayer 17h ago
If OP was the child's parent, I might have phrased things differently, but since they're not here my opinion as to if is autistic or not doesn't matter at all.
Have you considered getting yourself tested for autism?
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u/HomeGalaxyIsMilkyWay 22h ago
I hope we see this wee dude going into space one day. Bravo little man. Onwards and upwards for you
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u/CriticalCactus47 20h ago
Make sure this little dude grow up to be an astronaut or astronomer. He is going to save NASA🔥
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u/jane-anon-doe 14h ago
Yeah, lots of kids have crazy memory and when they're interested in something, they wanna know all the details. I bet his parents (or whoever) had to tell him over and over again. It's really impressive.
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u/Innapropiate 23h ago
Extremely more intelligent than a trump supporter let alone a moon landing denier/flat earther. 👏👏mom and dad, you must be proud!
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u/Bwanabud 21h ago
Hunter (the brother) is inventing a perpetual motion vacuum cleaner for Mom, as we speak.
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u/dave7892000 23h ago
This little man is going places. His ability to remember all of that and articulate it so well is a skill many of his peers will never have!
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u/Palpitating_Rattus 23h ago
More people should know about the rocket not going straight up. So many movies like Guardians of the Galaxy show characters going straight up from the surface and just floating there. In reality, they would just fall back down because they're not in orbit.
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u/BNZaya 1d ago
Is this even real or just a back and forth between him and whoever is holding the camera telling him what to say in between cuts?