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Like many contented men, he probably just wants to go on doing what he's doing. He rightly intuits that there is no way he can be associated with this prize and
by noonespecial 16y ago
Like many contented men, he probably just wants to go on doing what he's doing. He rightly intuits that there is no way he can be associated with this prize and have that happen, even if he immediately gave it all away. He's probably annoyed by the whole affair.
- hugh3 16y agoIt's not just contented men, though. Very depressed people will also resist any sort of change to their routine since they assume it will only make matters worse. I can't imagine what it feels like to spend years trying to prove something like the Poincare conjecture, then succeeding, then trying to find something else to do. I don't get the impression that Perelman is a happy man, though.