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He was my recitation instructor at MIT circa 2002/2003. It was very confusing to have a recitation instructor win a Nobel prize a couple years later, I had no i
by drc500free 4y ago
He was my recitation instructor at MIT circa 2002/2003. It was very confusing to have a recitation instructor win a Nobel prize a couple years later, I had no idea who he was until 2004.
Thinking back, he was probably just running recitations for fun and to find future phd's, not grading assignments.
- a9h74j 4y agoDid he act at all like he had already won a Nobel prize? I want to rule out time travel.
- drc500free 4y agoHaha, I very much doubt his behavior changed in the slightest. He knew how the universe works at a deep level, and was so excited to have others learn about it too.
- cycomanic 4y agoAlso note that he has become very involved in research into physics (and stem) education in the later parts of his career (and has done some interesting stuff in this space as well).