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This guy is just awesome. His quote, I know how to control the universe. So tell me, why should I run for a million? actually gave me goosebumps. Not many peop

• Sandman 15y ago
  Of course, he could have taken the money and given it to charity...
  • catechu 15y ago
    Or he could have pulled a Ludwig Wittgenstein and given it to the "already-corrupted" rich.
    • ntoshev 15y ago
      What are you referring to?
      • BasDirks 15y ago
        LW pretty much gave all of his money (which was a lot), to his already rich relatives.
  • shasta 15y ago
    Right, he could donate it to a cause that he feels strongly about. Perhaps an organization that would use the money to advance the state of mathematics. Morally, this seems like what he should have done: he should have taken the money, paid taxes on it, and then given it back to the AMA.
• helwr 15y ago
  I was actually laughing reading this (and about "walking on water") I suspect Perelman has a sense of humor of a pure mathematician and he made fun of the journalist and the press in subversive ways known only to Leningrad intelligentsia.