How is he selfish? He doesn't owe anyone anything. > Perelman has given fruits, but being as selfish as he is now makes him as good as dead. This is one of th

How is he selfish? He doesn't owe anyone anything. > Perelman has given fruits, but being as selfish as he is now makes him as good as dead. This is one of the dumbest and offensive thing I have read here in YN. > Imagine if Ramanujan had went back to India and given up just after the Ramanujan conjecture. Or if Erdos had called it quits shortly after working on the probabilistic method. And what would happen? Nothing. Humanity will still be here without their contribution.