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Is he god? How can someone enter Oxford without A-levels? Complete PhD in a year? Interestingly this article says that "he was never able to do arithmetic".

• eesmith 3y ago
  "Why are mathematicians so bad at arithmetic? (2017)" at https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017/01/11/why-are-mathematicians-so-bad-at-arithmetic/ https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017/01/11/why-are-mathemati... ("It’s a running joke among mathematicians that they’re bad with numbers." and "I’ve heard mathematicians lament that their ability with arithmetic peaked sometime in grade school.") with 124 HN comments at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30190338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30190338 Bear in mind this part: "Now, are mathematicians actually that bad at arithmetic? Compared to engineers and accountants, perhaps. Compared to the average person on the street, of course not. The “bad at arithmetic” thing is probably overplayed."