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Re:In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Student... by commandlinefan on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:59PM (#27041457)
> the next Newton, Euler, or Einstein

Of course I disagree with the proposal in the post, but I wonder... how much real encouragement did Newton, Euler and Einstein get (or need) when they were young? Could anybody have stood in their way? Ramanujan got as little encouragement as one could imagine but still ended up as one of the greatest mathematicians of his time - but on the other hand, maybe he would have been even greater if he had had more opportunities.

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Re:In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Student... by throwawayay02 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @03:17PM (#27041695)
Gauss earned his PhD at 20, Euler at 19, Erdős at 21, Tao at 21. Now imagine instead being forced to waste away until you're 17-18 to go to college.
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Re:In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Student... by gfody on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @03:09PM (#27041593)
Ramanujan was motivated by his deeply held spiritual beliefs and then later adopted and mentored by G.H.Hardy. Perhaps you mean before all that? I imagine there are 100 Ramanujans we've never heard of.
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Re:In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Student... by pksebben on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @04:57PM (#27042805)
the post isn't honest. read the actual proposal.

https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/

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