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I was also reading topology around that age, doesn't mean I understood much if it, lol. In all likelihood you are far smarter than I am.

• paraph1n 4y ago
  How does one end up reading topology at age 7? Were your parents math professors or something? Or were you just a very mathematically curious 7 year old?
  • prox 4y ago
    Not same commenter, but we just went to the library as a family every 3 weeks. Around that age I was bored with the childrens section, so I tended to pick books on computing and quantum field theories :) I ditched the math side soon for the computing section though.
  • jnordwick 4y ago
    It was a picture book of donuts.
    • throwaway5371 4y ago
      this is the most amazing and inspiring comment i have read on hackernews, and it just made my day thank you
  • sudosysgen 4y ago
    I learnt to use a computer very early and I had few friends, so I would spend my days reading Wikipedia. The maths and physics articles for some reason drew me in particularly, and some times I'd also look at other sources. But really, I didn't understand most of it.
    • paraph1n 4y ago
      Ahh. I can relate, in that case. I thought you meant that you were seriously studying from topology textbooks.
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