Comments on: Does one have to be a genius to do maths?

By: mathtuition88

mathtuition88 — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:37 +0000

Thanks, Professor Tao. This article is really inspirational.

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The Coffee Stains in my Book | The Journeying Mind — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:26:01 +0000

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By: Fighting the “cult of genius” | The College Classroom

Fighting the “cult of genius” | The College Classroom — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:17:56 +0000

[...] As both a student and teacher of mathematics, I think about fixed versus growth mindsets all the time. I never considered myself to be naturally adept at mathematics—in fact, in the 7th grade I can remember proudly declaring that I was “an English person” and I wanted to be a writer. Well, that didn’t happen, and it’s been a long, not always smooth journey to where I am today. I firmly believe that my success has been because of a growth mindset and a constant struggle against the “cult of genius” which pervades much of mathematics (a great blog post about this: http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to-be-a-genius-to-do-maths/). [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:45:02 +0000

I thing that maths is the most specially subject, and i want to become a good mathematician, i thing africa and my country need mathematician

By: Hyeongjin Bae

Hyeongjin Bae — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:18:47 +0000

I agree. I’m not genius, but I’m pleased.

By: john

john — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:14:51 +0000

Come on prof Tao, you’re a genius and you know it ;)

By: sundar amartur

sundar amartur — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:08:20 +0000

Thanks Prof. Tao. As an electrical engineer I always have felt a sense of inadequacy or an inferiority complex in the presence of colleagues who were trained more extensively in mathematics. Many a time I have felt that I could have taken more advanced courses in mathematics when I was at school (which was many years ago). Now I feel there is no need stop at any point in one’s life to learn. I am doing self-sudy on mathematical subjects I had missed all this time.

sundar

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:57:07 +0000

haha… simply cannot stand it when people do that, either. I started off well and then I got tired, I guess. Isn’t it very interesting when you read your writing from days ago. Sometimes I honestly can’t remember writing what I wrote – like it was a dream. The capricious writer.

By: Kamalayka

Kamalayka — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:51:07 +0000

You have too, many, commas
Short of breath, brah?

By: nabil

nabil — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:57:01 +0000

I am with this philosophy :
I want to understand this!” rather than “I want
to win a Fields medal”.
We do some something because we love it!!