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Re:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-A... by goy on Thursday October 13, 2022 @05:34PM (#33196771)
Nobody is talking about the proof, but about the fact that the person who produced it was younger than them and they are trying to explain the achievement by innate abilities or parent influence. The fact is just that most of people don't want to do something like that. They just want to be someone who do things like that.
Re:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-A... by YeBanKo on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:15AM (#33200507)
The article talks about the proof and how he came up with it as much as it talks about his age.
Re:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-A... by polynomial on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:52PM (#33211244)
Of course that's just the first (coarse) filter. Once you've selected for those who actually want to solve the problem (and not just "be" the one who solves it) there is still the the incredibly fine filter of who actually has the ability- that confluence of nature/nurture that is itself such a subject of debate.