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I read the whole thing, and it surprisingly turned out to be pretty interesting (even though I didn't understand a thing).

I had to look up who the guy was afterwards though. A smart fellow indeed.

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A smart fellow indeed.

He is one of the few people I know who has an insanely prolific online presence. His blog, What's New (https://terrytao.wordpress.com/) has hundreds of detailed articles on various math topics and occasionally I find myself using it as a beginner's reference to detailed topics. He's also published his blog posts as books. It is astounding how one person can produce so much intellectual output! This is in addition to his mathematical papers and books (https://terrytao.wordpress.com/books/)

I was also surprised at the number of awards and honors he's acquired at an insanely young age. He even scored 760 on the SAT when he was only 8 years old!

Come on, he is a prodigy. The only person I know that have matched impressive ingenuity is Stephen Wolfram.

Great, now after reading their bio, i'm feeling more depressed ... sigh

Great - now go and read this (http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to...) to cheer yourself up.

I hope that was facetious.

What part do you hope was facetious?

The part about Wolfram.

Wolfram was a child prodigy and is very smart. Even the very smart are prone to crackpottery.

Math is hard. Let's go shopping!

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