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Information Processing: The cult of genius?

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Information Processing: The cult of genius? About Me Steve Hsu View my complete profile Sunday, December 06, 2015 The cult of genius? In one of his early blog posts, Terence Tao (shown above with Paul Erdos in 1985) wrote Does one have to be a genius to do maths? The answer is an emphatic NO. In order to make good and useful contributions to mathematics, one does need to work hard, learn one’s field well, learn other fields and tools, ask questions, talk to other mathematicians, and think about the “big picture”. And yes, a reasonable amount of intelligence, patience, and mat

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