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I agree that a smart, ambitious person can become expert in more than one field in their life — but jumping to a new area of mathematics is on an entirely lower
by pinerd3 4y ago
I agree that a smart, ambitious person can become expert in more than one field in their life — but jumping to a new area of mathematics is on an entirely lower level than jumping from algorithmic finance to cutting edge biomedical, especially at the time Erdős was working.
- kyawzazaw 4y agoThere are a few people who did a complete switch to study rare diseases with no background. Sonia Vallabh, and her husband, Eric Minikel are the strongest examples of these type of highly smart and ambitious people. > Sonia Vallabh ... had just graduated from Harvard Law School. > [Eric Minikel] ... had recently gotten a degree in urban planning from M.I.T https://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/sonia-vallabh https://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/sonia-vallabh https://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/eric-minikel https://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/eric-minikel https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/health/rare-diseases.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/health/rare-diseases.html