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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

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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.
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Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by ww520 on Saturday July 16, 2011 @11:23PM (#2772429)
Math is hard. Let's go shopping!
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Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by robertk on Saturday July 16, 2011 @09:57PM (#2772301)
I hope that was facetious.
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Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by tzs on Saturday July 16, 2011 @11:07PM (#2772402)
What part do you hope was facetious?
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Re:Terence Tao's General Exam by fictorial on Sunday July 17, 2011 @01:16AM (#2772619)
The part about Wolfram.
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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.
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