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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by JackFr on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:57AM (#24443513)
> I don't know why this is.

> I say this having studied at Oxford and Cambridge

Hah! So not so smart after all then...

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by yaseer on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:39AM (#24443935)
As I said, Anglo-Saxon University prestige is overrated.

Maybe someone from a Grandes Ecoles would know ;)

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by wenc on Friday September 11, 2020 @12:37PM (#24444536)
I guess I would say certain non-Anglo-Saxon elite institutions are underrated, but I wouldn't say Anglo-Saxon university prestige is overrated. They are, in some sense, correctly rated.
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