A new biography of John von Neumann

Re:A new biography of John von Neumann by kaba0 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @04:21AM (#28816739)

> Neumann was supremely intelligent, beyond the conception of regular people

And they would be right. This sort of genius is not only nurture and hard work, but nature as well. Like no matter what I do in my life, I will never even approach that level.

Of course he is still human, and someone will born (rarely though) that will achieve similar feats, but let’s be honest and just say that what he did is well beyond the reach of the average people.

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Re:A new biography of John von Neumann by sudosysgen on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:46AM (#28818373)

You may not, but hundreds if not thousands of people were able to push his work farther than he could. It's not beyond the ability of a regular person with enough work to understand what he understood. Really the biggest difference is speed.

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Re:A new biography of John von Neumann by kaba0 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:36AM (#28819202)

Understanding something is not the same as being able to recreate it from scratch.

I can follow a math example’s solution, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I could solve it alone.

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