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I've spent time with Tim Gowers, John Conway, Ron Graham, and others who are, without question, geniuses.

I'm not in their league.



Right. So you don't need to be a one in a million mind like Growers and Tao. You just need to be one in a thousand.

Still not "anyone can bang it out".


The minute or so starting at 5m40s in this video is apropos: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5935911405946587342

(You may be interested in the rest of the video as well. It's a fascinating show.)




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