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[–] [email protected] 161 points 1 month ago (40 children)

For any not in the loop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Also from the article:

The writer Brett Forrest briefly interacted with Perelman in 2012. A reporter who had called him was told: "You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms."

I enjoy this man's focus and determination. I feel like the world probably missed out on good things when he left academia, but I can't blame the dude when I saw why he refused a million dollars for solving the Poincaré Conjecture. He seems like a person with very strong principles.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

A million dollars buys a lot of food and shelter which gives you more time to do mushroom picking. And the process of accepting the prize probably wouldn't have taken more than a couple of days

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

With a million dollars you can buy mushrooms, making picking them feel pointless.

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