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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by Firmwarrior on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:43PM (#33513591)
Man, it's so weird and pathetic

All of these guys are probably a hundred times smarter than me or most of the other code monkeys working for the FANGMAN, but they're all squabbling over little 5-figure scraps of grant money.

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by whytai on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:04PM (#33513799)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law

  In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by nequo on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:06PM (#33513812)
I think it’s their egos they’re squabbling over, not grant money.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by bigbacaloa on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:01AM (#33516611)
Zhang evidently doesn't care about money at all. The same is true for many professonal mathematicians. Caring about money makes it difficult (not impossible) to do anything deep.
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