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Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by Cyph0n on Saturday July 16, 2011 @01:28PM (#2771163)
I read the whole thing, and it surprisingly turned out to be pretty interesting (even though I didn't understand a thing).

I had to look up who the guy was afterwards though. A smart fellow indeed.

Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by bdhe on Saturday July 16, 2011 @01:37PM (#2771187)
A smart fellow indeed.

He is one of the few people I know who has an insanely prolific online presence. His blog, What's New (https://terrytao.wordpress.com/) has hundreds of detailed articles on various math topics and occasionally I find myself using it as a beginner's reference to detailed topics. He's also published his blog posts as books. It is astounding how one person can produce so much intellectual output! This is in addition to his mathematical papers and books (https://terrytao.wordpress.com/books/)

Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by Cyph0n on Saturday July 16, 2011 @02:18PM (#2771297)
I was also surprised at the number of awards and honors he's acquired at an insanely young age. He even scored 760 on the SAT when he was only 8 years old!
Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by lamnk on Saturday July 16, 2011 @06:26PM (#2771963)
Come on, he is a prodigy. The only person I know that have matched impressive ingenuity is Stephen Wolfram.

Great, now after reading their bio, i'm feeling more depressed ... sigh

Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by leilavc on Saturday July 16, 2011 @09:48PM (#2772280)
Great - now go and read this (http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to...) to cheer yourself up.
Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by ww520 on Saturday July 16, 2011 @11:23PM (#2772429)
Math is hard. Let's go shopping!
Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by robertk on Saturday July 16, 2011 @09:57PM (#2772301)
I hope that was facetious.
Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by tzs on Saturday July 16, 2011 @11:07PM (#2772402)
What part do you hope was facetious?
Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by fictorial on Sunday July 17, 2011 @01:16AM (#2772619)
The part about Wolfram.
Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by william42 on Sunday July 17, 2011 @02:14AM (#2772694)
Wolfram was a child prodigy and is very smart. Even the very smart are prone to crackpottery.