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There is a strange coincidence that the girl is not some random kid. She is daughter of the friend of professor who supervised original researcher. It is possib

There is a strange coincidence that the girl is not some random kid. She is daughter of the friend of professor who supervised original researcher. It is possible she overheard her father and supervisor talking about the problem and figured things out herself, but what are the chances of that?

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tmarthal 12y ago
For the last eight or so years, I have been a judge at the California State Science fair. At this level, the projects must have won the county or city level (not quite the same for all of them, but it is usually their second or third fair presenting their projects). There is a a Senior division (for anyone in high school) and a Junior division for everyone younger. Let me tell you, even though it is usually the kids second or third career fairs, all of the Junior level kids that I have judge have only a very basic idea of the science that they are doing. They are usually very unprepared to talk about their methods or accurately understand the scientific method and what they are measuring. Granted, it is usually the first time talking to a "scientist" with industry or academic experience (rather than elementary school teachers), but usually the conclusions that they draw are rather unlikely. The experiments are never setup properly, they do not measure anything really, they get their ideas off of the internet or out of a "science experiments for science fairs" book (and usually tweak it to win their way to the state level). This may be different with a professor for a father, but I am skeptical that any child ,even at the high school level, can come up with independent ideas for applicable science experiments.
pcvarmint 12y ago
Or more likely, her father had a political gripe with Jud and used her as a pawn to get back at Jud. Her father is friends with Jud's former supervisor; maybe Jud and his former supervisor had a falling out, and this is a friend's way to help get back at Jud.

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tmarthal 12y ago

For the last eight or so years, I have been a judge at the California State Science fair. At this level, the projects must have won the county or city level (not quite the same for all of them, but it is usually their second or third fair presenting their projects). There is a a Senior division (for anyone in high school) and a Junior division for everyone younger. Let me tell you, even though it is usually the kids second or third career fairs, all of the Junior level kids that I have judge have only a very basic idea of the science that they are doing. They are usually very unprepared to talk about their methods or accurately understand the scientific method and what they are measuring. Granted, it is usually the first time talking to a "scientist" with industry or academic experience (rather than elementary school teachers), but usually the conclusions that they draw are rather unlikely. The experiments are never setup properly, they do not measure anything really, they get their ideas off of the internet or out of a "science experiments for science fairs" book (and usually tweak it to win their way to the state level). This may be different with a professor for a father, but I am skeptical that any child ,even at the high school level, can come up with independent ideas for applicable science experiments.

pcvarmint 12y ago

Or more likely, her father had a political gripe with Jud and used her as a pawn to get back at Jud. Her father is friends with Jud's former supervisor; maybe Jud and his former supervisor had a falling out, and this is a friend's way to help get back at Jud.