Russian Math genius turns down $1million prize

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  • O MARINA
    I'm clockin' ya, Versace shade watchin' ya
    • Mar 2003
    • 13796
    #31
    money is not everything !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    that being said, I'd take that million and run.

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      • tiger
        Confirmed User
        • Apr 2002
        • 6986
        #32
        Obviously he was trying to make some kind of point but there really is zero reason not to take the money. His lack of knowledge about the usefulness of money is pretty funny considering what a math genius he is. Then again when you are that good at math I'm sure he doesn't have any problems making money when he needs it. Still can't see why you wouldn't take the money and donate it to a charity at least.

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          • wehateporn
            Promoting Debate on GFY
            • Apr 2007
            • 27176
            #33
            I remember when this happened, he's one of those ultra smart ethnic Jews, I admire him a lot for turning down the money. The world must look very different to to him than it does to most of us

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              • CPA37710T
                business ready hit me up!
                • Aug 2010
                • 1115
                #34
                dude needs to get laid

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                  • cam_girls
                    So Fucking Banned
                    • Apr 2009
                    • 2968
                    #35
                    It's no big deal. He's probably getting $20/hour to tutor people at Uni, could get a good salary as a maths lecturer.

                    The statement he is making will resonate for millions of years to come, securing his place in history as one of the greats!

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                      • fatfoo
                        ICQ:649699063
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 27763
                        #36
                        He solved a problem that was unsolvable before. This is very impressive. Congratulations, Math genius Grigori Perelman.
                        Send me an email: [email protected]

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                          • Relentless
                            www.EngineFood.com
                            • Aug 2006
                            • 5697
                            #37
                            He already has a ton of money from doing all those GEICO caveman commercials.


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                              • goldassets
                                So Fucking Banned
                                • Apr 2011
                                • 309
                                #38
                                On July 1, 2010, he turned down the prize saying that he believes his contribution in proving the Poincaré conjecture was no greater than that of U.S. mathematician Richard Hamilton (who first suggested a program for the solution).


                                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutio...%A9_conjecture

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                                  • Scott McD
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Nov 2002
                                    • 67798
                                    #39
                                    He needs some titties in his life!


                                    I Buy My High Quality Traffic Here, You Should Too!

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                                      • O MARINA
                                        I'm clockin' ya, Versace shade watchin' ya
                                        • Mar 2003
                                        • 13796
                                        #40
                                        Originally posted by CPA37710T
                                        dude needs to get laid
                                        do you see what he looks like?

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                                          • Agent 488
                                            Registered User
                                            • Feb 2006
                                            • 22511
                                            #41
                                            As of the spring of 2003, Perelman, no longer worked at the Steklov Institute.[10] His friends are said to have stated that he currently finds mathematics a painful topic to discuss; some even say that he has abandoned mathematics entirely.[32] According to a 2006 interview, Perelman was then unemployed, living with his mother in Saint Petersburg.[10]

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                                              • ilnjscb
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Jun 2009
                                                • 8972
                                                #42
                                                Calculating the velocity necessary for Yshua ben Nazareth to stay on the surface of a body of water is a lot less crazy than using it as a basis for a belief system. To him, our currency is monkey money, and the fact that it makes us dance around and do even more stupid things probably doesn't impress him.

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                                                  • DaddyHalbucks
                                                    A freakin' legend!
                                                    • Feb 2004
                                                    • 18975
                                                    #43
                                                    Originally posted by Agent 488
                                                    As of the spring of 2003, Perelman, no longer worked at the Steklov Institute.[10] His friends are said to have stated that he currently finds mathematics a painful topic to discuss; some even say that he has abandoned mathematics entirely.[32] According to a 2006 interview, Perelman was then unemployed, living with his mother in Saint Petersburg.[10]
                                                    Math/ technology oriented, has no concept for money, has goofy hair, and lives with his mother..

                                                    Hmmmm..

                                                    Are you sure he isn't an adult webmaster?
                                                    Boner Money

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                                                      • John-ACWM
                                                        Work Work Work
                                                        • Nov 2008
                                                        • 20060
                                                        #44
                                                        Geniuses are weird

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                                                          • nation-x
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Mar 2004
                                                            • 5370
                                                            #45
                                                            Originally posted by moeloubani
                                                            i wonder what his take is on 48 ÷ 2(9+3)
                                                            Whyo needs a math genius when you have the Google

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