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I'd bet any amount of money you want that you could just do the same thing with any arbitrary human and create a mathematician of his caliber. The idea that an
by thereare5lights 4y ago
I'd bet any amount of money you want that you could just do the same thing with any arbitrary human and create a mathematician of his caliber.
The idea that any kid who gets a lot of investment at a young age from world renowned mathematicians will be another Terrence Tao or even 10% of Tao is not plausible.
He may not like the genius label, but in his case, it is absolutely true.
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- pgayed 4y agoCommenter doesn't say you would produce another Terrence Tao: > Don't let the existence of someone be the excuse you use to tell yourself you couldn't also do something cool or great.
- robinhouston 4y agoMeta: I’m fascinated by the way that a string of five comments, by different users, have all copied the misspelling of Terence Tao’s name from the original comment by isaacfrond.
- pyinstallwoes 4y agoIs that something GPT would do?
- Ygg2 4y agoNot really. Terrence and Terence are too visually similar and tbh I've seen more former than latter.
- ndsipa_pomu 4y agoI hadn't realised I'd misspelled his name until I saw your comment. For some reason, it looks better with two 'r's.
- supernewton 4y agoIt's not too weird -- "Terry" is always spelled with two r's, and yes English is weird but if you didn't have any more specific knowledge you'd also assume the name Terry is derived from is also always spelled with two r's.
- thereare5lights 4y agoContext matters. Commenter was replying to someone who said > I feel that Terrence Tao doesn't get much recognition outside of maths circles but he's one of those people who just seem to be in a totally different league. and I highlight > one of those people who just seem to be in a totally different league.
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- svalorzen 4y agoHasn't your bet already been beat in concept by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Polg%C3%A1r https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Polg%C3%A1r ? He is a chess teacher who decided to train his daughters in chess from a very young age. What do you know, two of them became the first and second best players, with the best being considered the best woman chess player of all time. Unlikely that they somehow just all got chess genius "genes" from him. It really does seem that heavy investment from a young age by a good teacher can work wonders.
- Viliam1234 4y ago> Unlikely that they somehow just all got chess genius "genes" from him. But likely that they inherited high IQ. So perhaps when you start with sufficiently intelligence kids, you can train them to become virtually anything. But this does not apply to everyone.
- thereare5lights 4y agoI don't agree that becoming a chess grandmaster is on the same level or even near the same level as becoming a Fields medalist or being in the shortlist of the best mathematicians alive. > It really does seem that heavy investment from a young age by a good teacher can work wonders. This is not the bet. It is not any arbitrary skill. I specifically said > I'd bet any amount of money you want that you could just do the same thing with any arbitrary human and create a mathematician of his caliber.
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