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I would argue that Terrence Tao is overrated. He has solved tons of problems in mathematics, but none groundbreaking.
I would argue that Terrence Tao is overrated. He has solved tons of problems in mathematics, but none groundbreaking.
I would argue that Terrence Tao is overrated. He has solved tons of problems in mathematics, but none groundbreaking.
I would argue that Terrence Tao is overrated. He has solved tons of problems in mathematics, but none groundbreaking.
I would argue that Terrence Tao is overrated. He has solved tons of problems in mathematics, but none groundbreaking.
To recall my days as an undergraduate at a well-known UK university studying mathematics - large classes (300+) where everyone is disposable, nothing to do but sleep on the table when you work through the problems quickly at a workshop, no interesting projects or opportunities to latch on to develop yourself, nothing to do for days but party, waste talent and occasionally read a math book to catch up. Essentially you are hammered to be average until maybe you enter a PhD course. At that point it is too late.
However this fixation with his “extraordinary capacity”, scores, medals and accolades; I wish we could skip it.
Let’s talk about the awesome work and why it’s awesome. Let’s play through some of it: I’m relatively sure most people know nothing more about Tao than “he’s a genius”. What’s the point of that?
I think we’d be better off if we took the time to understand great work and let our appreciation of great people live through that.
I see what they did there.
I would argue that Terrence Tao is overrated. He has solved tons of problems in mathematics, but none groundbreaking.