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Lets speculate this is entirely nurture. How do you get as smart as von Neumann? Zettelkasten?
by person_of_color 5y ago
Lets speculate this is entirely nurture. How do you get as smart as von Neumann? Zettelkasten?
- usgroup 5y agoVon Neumann did it by watching loads of Khan Academy videos on YouTube, taking regular Vitamin D supplements, using Anki cards and practicing mindfulness meditation.
- turndown 5y agoI didn't know I was in such auspicious company!
- cambalache 5y agoCommenting a lot in reddit and hacker news. Following "interesting" people in Twitter and having a subscription to front-end masters will complete the way to become an universal (white, young, american-suburbanite) genius.
- usgroup 5y agoI should add that Von Neumann only started with maths at 39. He’s actually a self taught PHP programmer by background.
- person_of_color 5y agoyou joke but you would jave entirely better outcomes with the above regimen than without
- synthc 5y agodon't forget the keto diet and intermittent fasting
- randomsearch 5y agoHave a lot of money, be privileged to work with lots of very smart people, and spend a lot of time learning from the sound of this article. I'm always super-suspicious when I hear someone's brilliance described in anecdotes. Some people are better at promoting themselves than others. So perhaps judge him only by his published work and not his reputation.
- bidirectional 5y agoBy the age of six Von Neumann could divide eight digit numbers mentally and speak in Ancient Greek. If it is nurture, it is something accidental which happens in early childhood, not something you work on and learn about later in life.