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I'll address many of the responses I've seen here.
1. He said so himself during many recorded interviews that it was his invention.
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So what?
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(I'm surprised our FIRST community Memebers hasn't been able to identify that he hadn't made the clock from the photo)
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Why should we even be trying to?
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2. He literally opened up a clock case and spilled its innards out onto box.
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So what?
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That's fine also I guess sure we'll applaud that as curiosity or whatever
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Yes, we should applaud this type of behavior.
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3. If that is the case then should we encourage students the way we are Ahmed?
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Yes.
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Does every 10-14 year old (who I've seen many do remarkable things) get huge scholarship funds, internship opportunities, and a White House visit?
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Obviously not. But Ahmed is not just every 10-14 year old who's done a remarkable thing.
When an incident becomes a matter of public interest, then examples need to be set. Important examples about racial tolerance and encouraging STEM.
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4. I certainly hope you didn't have the initiative to plaguerize at his age because that's exactly what he's done.
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Nothing he did constitutes plagiarism.
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And that makes sense because this recent development has brought the whole movement under question. It undermines his motives and make people suspicious. I was originally deeply appealed with what happened to him but after recent developments...
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No, it doesn't. There are no "recent developments" that change anything here. Whether or not he "invented" the clock or not is irrelevant. It's a pedantic argument that has nothing to do with the larger themes of the cultural prejudices in play here (both racially and intellectually motivated).