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This guy is so damm smart

Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 16:43:23 2019 No.10887638 View Reply Original Report

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUI2qf9uyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwsvSjXkJU

the depth and breath of his knowledge is out of this world

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 16:46:59 No.10887646 Report

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>>10887638
true, based Ed is /ourguy/ for being a monster gigabrain

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 16:48:27 No.10887648 Report

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what I don't understand is

he is a math genius, why doesn't he try and solve the Riemann Hypothesis?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 16:53:22 No.10887662 Report

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>>10887648
Does Edward Witten seem like the kind of guy to waste his own time?

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:04:44 No.10887688 Report

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>>10887662
kek

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:06:21 No.10887691 Report

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:13:41 No.10887703 Report

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>>10887662
>Does Edward Witten seem like the kind of guy to waste his own time>
>spends 40 years on string theory

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:16:50 No.10887706 Report

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>>10887703
>t. buttblasted hosstardfelder

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:19:06 No.10887711 Report

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>>10887703
and this is why you are a brainlet and witten it not

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:24:56 No.10887721 Report

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>>10887703
You see, there are two kinds of quantum gravity theorists out there. Those who work on string theory, and those who are not smart enough to work on string theory. The third kind, those who understand string theory but choose to work on something else, basically do not exist. That should tell you everything you need to know about who is really wasting their time in this field.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 17:48:57 No.10887784 Report

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>>10887721
kek

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 19:28:15 No.10887962 Report

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posting rare ed.

WARNING: THIS IS A RARE WITTEN. NO COPYING.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 19:44:35 No.10887984 Report

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>>10887962
is that from his pre-physics days?

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 19:58:23 No.10888004 Report

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>>10887984
could be. he looks pretty boyish there he got into physics grad school at 23 so i donno. that image is unsauceable afaict

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 21:51:36 No.10888212 Report

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>>10887638
who?

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 21:57:35 No.10888222 Report

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>>10888212
kys summerfag

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 22:05:22 No.10888231 Report

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>>10887638
I love him

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Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2019 23:29:44 No.10888387 Report

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>>10888231
a lot of people resent him though, cuz they're jelly. they grow up wanting to be like him and even get into PhD programs before they realize how insanely smart he actually is, and once they realize they'll never get there, they get defensive and act like he's bad and try to lambast his work (ahem, peter woit and sabine hosstardfelder).

that mentality is for jerks. a person who is honest with themself should be happy that humanity has someone of his caliber to tackle the deepest questions. he is in many ways the vanguard of human understanding, and we should appreciate it. (and not be contrarian shills trying to sell books.)

and based ed is down to earth and humble af, even considering how towering of a figure he is. in the second video in OP he says how family life is more important than string theory and how much he loves his kids. and how he would choose family life over discovering the "final theory". he's a good man. (not all great physicists are douches like Feynman)

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 00:42:46 No.10888574 Report

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>>10888387
You see,insecure people are people who resent hearing about people who are more successful then they are. In which they should look at the most impressive cases of human behavior and allow it to inspire them.

I find Ed extremely inspiring, not only for his intelligence, but for how he came about finding his passion. I find people who find the almost divine motivation to pursue their interests increasingly interesting- Like Witten.

Also i love Feynman too. For he by all accounts wasn't considered a genius by IQ standards, but he worked hard and learned anything he could to pursue his passions. For sure not the most modest though.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 01:01:13 No.10888625 Report

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>>10888574
i like feynman too, a great physics pioneer and a great educator and popularizer of physics.

personally, though, he was super full of himself to the point Murray Gell-Mann (a great physicist too) disliked him personally, and he alienated a lot of people including his grad students, in that case by sleeping with a bunch of his grad students’ wives/girlfriends. and his prolific popsci book writing is a mixed bag.

witten is just a shy family man in his personal life, and plays tennis for recreation. not trying to act like the alpha PUA like feynman

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 01:23:40 No.10888698 Report

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>>10888625
You're right , regardless of their ability and prowess being an egotistical asshole in some situations really etches at your character. I just have a little emotional spot when i think about Feynman because what happened to his wife. When i read about it in his book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" it hit an emotional chord that i didn't even know that was possible.

Although it is not an excuse to be a dick no matter what you've been through.

Written is a good person , and it takes a truly good person to be as humble as he is given what he has done. I highly doubt i would be as down to earth as he is if i were to be in his shoes.

For sure admirable.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 01:49:17 No.10888776 Report

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>>10888698
indeed, good post anon

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 01:52:59 No.10888787 Report

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>>10887691
Based Jew

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 02:00:14 No.10888804 Report

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>>10888698
>>10888625
>>10888574
>>10888387
Who are you talking to?

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 02:01:52 No.10888808 Report

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>>10888804
two anons having a convo (maybe three?). what’s your point?

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 02:01:55 No.10888809 Report

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>>10888804
wat

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 02:11:42 No.10888828 Report

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>>10888808
>>10888809
It's like seeing two bots on reddit have a preplanned conversation.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 02:16:38 No.10888848 Report

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>>10888574
Feynman didn’t take a full-scale iq test lol he was a genius

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 02:20:54 No.10888861 Report

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>>10888828
you must visit very high quality subreddits then. afaict reddit witten posts are usually shill hosstardfelder cope, but then again i only go there to survey idiot/pseud crap every few weeks

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 06:19:28 No.10889372 Report

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>PHENOTYPE posting never quite took off
for shame /sci/

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 06:28:25 No.10889388 Report

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>>10887638
>breath of his knowledge
Imagine the smell
Also, *breadth.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 06:32:16 No.10889393 Report

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>>10887638
I wish I was Jewish

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 08:30:49 No.10889515 Report

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He is just another Jew, wasting public money on dumb overly abstract nonsense.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 10:06:00 No.10889584 Report

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>3 hours of nothing
Where can I see this guy's brain really let loose?

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 12:53:06 No.10889721 Report

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>>10889584
this is the talk that set off the "second superstring revolution"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HYa4wxqe8Y

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 13:00:56 No.10889736 Report

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This is why you shouldn't make fun of art majors

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 13:01:49 No.10889738 Report

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>>10889721
What an ugly kike.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 13:02:28 No.10889740 Report

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>>10887638
This guy's got NOTHING on Terrence Tao.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 13:04:53 No.10889742 Report

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>>10887721
yes it's true. they are still wrong tho

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Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2019 13:17:07 No.10889763 Report

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sauce: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-02-12-1995043206-story.html

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