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If anecdotes count as evidence, we can point at Erdos for a counterexample (dedicated only to mathematics, could barely dress himself, lived homeless and travel
by theorique 13y ago
If anecdotes count as evidence, we can point at Erdos for a counterexample (dedicated only to mathematics, could barely dress himself, lived homeless and traveled from friend's house to friend's house to work on mathematics).
So much of this depends on individual interest and temperament.