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A comment on Yitang “Tom” Zhang and fame in mathematics. Parent comment

Re:Yitang “Tom” Zhang and fame in mathematics by rifung on Friday December 30, 2016 @06:30PM (#13288432)
One thing I think you will notice both with him and others who are successful was that they never were interested in fame or success. He seems to do mathematics merely because he enjoys it.

What I'm trying to say is that perhaps you shouldn't worry too much about whether you are a genius or smart enough but just try to be happy by doing something you enjoy.

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Re:Yitang “Tom” Zhang and fame in mathematics by argonaut on Friday December 30, 2016 @09:12PM (#13289031)
Yeah, also it's worth pointing out that he finished a PhD in math. That is already genius level mathematics as far as most people are concerned; certainly relative to your average undergraduate STEM student.
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