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I wonder in this day and age if a mind like John Nash would have thrived. Nash had only a handful of publications, but all of them were masterpieces. Same with
by potbelly83 8y ago
I wonder in this day and age if a mind like John Nash would have thrived. Nash had only a handful of publications, but all of them were masterpieces. Same with Riemann.
- fjsolwmv 8y agoThey likely would get picked by super elite research orgs like IAS, or work outside the system and get grants from people like Simons. Or have a low level teaching job like that guy who proved a twin primes result a few years aago.
- Bartweiss 8y agoHas this problem infected mathematics to a significant degree? I'm sure there's still unhealthy pressure to publish for grad students, but I had the impression that it was comparatively insulated from the usual patterns and receptive to rare-but-superb work. (It's a good question, though. How would Temple Grandin or B.F. Skinner fare in psychology today?)