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Russian maths genius may turn down $1m prize [solved the Poincaré conjecture]
The Telegraph ^
| 3/27/2010
| Andrew Osborn in Moscow and Olga Krepysheva in St. Petersburg
Posted on 03/28/2010 1:40:12 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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" It took four years for teams of academics around the world to check Mr Perelman's solution, but eventually they confirmed that he had cracked a conundrum that many had thought unsolvable. "
To: bruinbirdman
Does this guy end every conversation with, “I don’t always drink beer. But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. Stay thirsty my friend?”
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posted on
03/28/2010 1:44:31 AM PDT
by
MAD-AS-HELL
(Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
To: bruinbirdman
BTW, he should take the money and use it to get a make over.
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posted on
03/28/2010 1:45:12 AM PDT
by
MAD-AS-HELL
(Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: bruinbirdman
He turned down the Fields Medal? Wow.
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posted on
03/28/2010 1:57:39 AM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
anyone ever wondered why theres so many smart Jews
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:02:55 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: bruinbirdman
This man is completely amazing, but 10 bucks says he’s never been laid. Any takers?
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:02:55 AM PDT
by
lmr
(God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
To: BuckeyeTexan
Wonderful story. Perhaps there is autism involved; people with this condition can be frighteningly intelligent. But it’s not for me to make a diagnosis from afar, of course.
He’s a real individual, an authentic person, who values personal choices more than conventional societal routines.
To: MAD-AS-HELL
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:19:22 AM PDT
by
octex
To: lmr
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:28:09 AM PDT
by
FredZarguna
("I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.")
To: Ayn And Milton
He seems to be functional enough — and antisocial enough — that he might have Asperger’s Syndrome and not full-blown autism.
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:30:52 AM PDT
by
FredZarguna
("I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.")
To: 4rcane
anyone ever wondered why theres so many smart Jews
They work at it. It's a culture that values education and learning. You can see the same thing in many of the Asians and Indians that come to the US. It's a trait to be emulated.
To: bruinbirdman
Interesting guy. Brilliant.
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:36:25 AM PDT
by
Cyropaedia
("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
To: FredZarguna
Yes, you’re completely right. I was thinking of Asperger’s too. Full autism would possibly have hampered him in publishing his work and presenting it to the outside world.
To: MAD-AS-HELL
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:40:20 AM PDT
by
BRL
To: Ayn And Milton
Amazing fellow. Take the contrast between Zer0 and the genius. Both are celebs of a sort.
One is real one is false.
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:40:46 AM PDT
by
ChiMark
To: Ayn And Milton
Wisdom and character with virtue.
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:40:48 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
I know he's not going to listen to me but I really think he needs to go out and get a job at MacDonald's. He'll get to socialize, get to eat Big Macs and they supply hair nets.
A month and he'll be begging for the million and the medal.
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posted on
03/28/2010 2:42:22 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 159)
To: MAD-AS-HELL; mlocher
"Grigory did not want to waste his time on this and colleagues voted him out. They voted out the most brilliant mathematician in the world." Somehow I am not surprised at this. I am sure somewhere there is a top rate scientist that doubts globull warming that has been voted out too.
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03/28/2010 2:46:46 AM PDT
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BRL
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