Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan

Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by Onavo on Monday October 21, 2024 @09:00PM (#41910161)

But if their overall SAT scores aren't good enough to get into the elite colleges, won't we just be denying the eccentric geniuses?

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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by coliveira on Monday October 21, 2024 @09:36PM (#41910328)

Well, the eccentric geniuses have already left the system... Frankly, if you go through the last 30 years, how many such geniuses you can find in American universities? I only see a little bit higher than average, so it seems that the system has already eliminated the geniuses.

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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by clipsy on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:06PM (#41910476)

> I only see a little bit higher than average

Could you share your source for statistics on "eccentric geniuses"?

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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by Spooky23 on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:55PM (#41911041)

The eccentric geniuses at these elite schools will end up doing stupid shit for a bank.

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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by theGnuMe on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:01PM (#41910447)

I like to look at the backgrounds of the people who win the Nobel prize. Everyone is interdisciplinary.

For college and life in general, I think main skill needed is emotional regulation. Everything else flows from that.

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