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This guy helps illustrate my theory of why hackers and mathematicians have a reputation for being young. First: Because both math and software don't require expensive equipment, credentials, or direct access to one's mentors (like Ramanujan, you can learn from books!) you can start your training as a mathematician at a very early age and be doing professional-grade work before you graduate high school. As I said the…
This guy helps illustrate my theory of why hackers and mathematicians have a reputation for being young. First: Because both math and software don't require expensive equipment, credentials, or direct access to one's mentors (like Ramanujan, you can learn from books!) you can start your training as a mathematician at a very early age and be doing professional-grade work before you graduate high school. As I said the…
There was actually formal research done on this topic; IIRC, the results are generally as you said.
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There was actually formal research done on this topic; IIRC, the results are generally as you said.
Thanks. I did not know that! If I were younger and looking for a job in sociology, maybe I would have done some of that formal research instead of posting half-assed speculation on news.yc. :)
lol
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There was actually formal research done on this topic; IIRC, the results are generally as you said.
Does you or anyone have links for articles about that research?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi...
It isn't exactly as mechanical_fish says, but it's along the same lines, and critically, it tries to explain why scientific contributions fade dramatically after marriage.
Another interesting article, while doesn't count as research, likely because there isn't much of a sample size, and probably wouldn't be one anymore, is the Richard Hamming talk pg posted here: http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html
After these inputs, a valid hypothesis is "monotony kills creativity." There are studies that show this idea is generally correct; if you ask, the ones I would cite to support this hypothesis would be ones about education, where stimulating environments correlate to achievement. Research in this area should be easy to find.
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Does you or anyone have links for articles about that research?
I think this is the one I saw many years ago. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi... It isn't exactly as mechanical_fish says, but it's along the same lines, and critically, it tries to explain why scientific contributions fade dramatically after marriage. Another interesting article, while doesn't count as research, likely because there isn't much of a sample size, and probably wouldn't be one a…