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This made me think about Sam Harris's comparison between ourselves and John Van Neumann as analogous to a comparison between a chicken and ourselves. [1] https
by bumby 4y ago
This made me think about Sam Harris's comparison between ourselves and John Van Neumann as analogous to a comparison between a chicken and ourselves.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nt3edWLgIg&t=382s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nt3edWLgIg&t=382s
- sinenomine 4y agoJVN was a superhuman, but he is a bit oversold and a goto example of this class of people. Hyperbolic comparison by Sam doesn't help here. Now, Terry Tao is a person of the same, if not greater caliber. A real, living 200 IQ genius.
- laichzeit0 4y agoVon Neumann’s impact is at least an order of magnitude greater than Tao’s. No disrespect, he is a great mathematician. But the sheer breath of von Neumann’s impact is unparalleled. [1] [1]https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_von_Neumann https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_von_Neumann
- Melatonic 4y agoThose rare few where the extreme overclocking of their brain from birth had somehow enough cooling to keep them from going insane :-D
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