# The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator/668912 "2013-09-15T13:42:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator/668912/1 "2013-09-15T13:42:36Z")
> **[The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator (Published 2013)](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator.html?hpw&_r=0)** > > How a kid from Mongolia found his way to M.I.T. A great feel-good story about a brilliant Mongolian kid who picked up electrical engineering from a free online MIT course. I think this kind of thing will happen with increasing frequency over the next few decades. I look forward to all the great technologies which these kids will end up inventing. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator/668912/2 "2013-09-15T18:11:51Z")
That is an incredible story. I hope we hear more from young Battushig. Thanks very much for sharing that, **Lantern**. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator/668912/3 "2013-09-16T04:41:16Z")
Great stuff.