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Said to be the world's cleverest man, Dr Grigory Perelman, 44, lives as a recluse... Leave it to the daily mail to add an extra layer of hyperbolic bullshit. A
by dschobel 17y ago
Said to be the world's cleverest man, Dr Grigory Perelman, 44, lives as a recluse...
Leave it to the daily mail to add an extra layer of hyperbolic bullshit. As if it weren't a fascinating story already, he now has to be "the world's cleverest man".
- bruceboughton 17y ago"The topological conundrum essentially states that any three-dimensional space without holes in it is equivalent to a stretched sphere." I love how they throw that in as if any of their readers will understand it* * FYI, the Daily Mail is one of our tabloids, famous for claiming that just about anything causes cancer: http://thedailymailoncologicalontologyproject.wordpress.com/ http://thedailymailoncologicalontologyproject.wordpress.com/
- netcan 17y agoPossibly moving to the UK in a year. Tabloids are the thing I'm most looking forward to.
- pierrefar 17y agoI give you 1 week before you change your mind. I initially found them very amusing but now I cringe every time I pass a news stand or otherwise catch sight of the tabloid front pages.
- netcan 17y agoI've lived in Ireland before and I would get the British tabloids an armload at a time. Something about being able to point to one over coffee and say 'look at this.'
- eru 17y agoFrom where?
- Quarrelsome 17y agoNo, seriously no. They are pollution. If you read them no matter how cynical you are your subconscious will gobble up the "facts" only to spew them at you later as "truth" without the association with the source. IMO tabloids make people dumber. So just _don't_ read them, its bad for you.
- netcan 17y agoI'm going to Bradford. From what I hear, I'll need them.
- petercooper 17y agoThere are differing levels of pollution, though. The Daily Mail is, IMHO, almost "evil" in its level of ridiculousness. It exists mostly to rile up the darker sentiments held by middle England. It's Fox News in paper form. The Sun, on the other hand, is the ultimate tabloid (in terms of sales) but is more playful and aware of its role as a form of entertainment. The Sun and the Daily Mail couldn't be any different.
- trafficlight 17y agoWould have been funnier if the blog had lasted more than 4 days.
- darshan 17y agoThe whole article read like it was straight out of The Onion (a parody newspaper). The caption under the photo had me cracking up: A rare photo of bearded and reclusive genius Dr Grigory Perelman.