I feel like the "I'm a 16 year old high school senior" thing is some kind of social engineering- his knowledge seems a bit too broad.

But who knows.

There are plenty of competent 16 year olds.

I just read a story about a 13-year-old awarded a Ph. D at a prestigious university.

Human intelligence/aptitude has such extreme distributions it's almost unthinkable.

Who knows indeed.

It's easier than ever to pretend you know more than you do on the internet these days..

Not saying that's the case here, but that's the world we live in now.