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Evbn on Aug 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Does one have to be a genius to do maths?

Right. So you don't need to be a one in a million mind like Growers and Tao. You just need to be one in a thousand.

Still not "anyone can bang it out".

dkarl on Aug 12, 2012 [–]

The minute or so starting at 5m40s in this video is apropos: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5935911405946587342

(You may be interested in the rest of the video as well. It's a fascinating show.)

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