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The fact that he was reading his entire presentation verbatim should have tipped everybody off in the first minute or so. Nobody who's "at the forefront of the

The fact that he was reading his entire presentation verbatim should have tipped everybody off in the first minute or so. Nobody who's "at the forefront of the most advanced mathematics ever known to mankind" needs that much notes to talk about it. Shoot, I've never had a prof that needed that kind of help... and they're teaching 2nd year courses.

onli 14y ago
"The saying is that mathematics is the language of god, but until now, no one has been speaking gods language" "What we have is the great unifying field theory, with it you can create and exhaust free energy, end all diseases, produce unlimited food, travel anywhere in the universe, build the ultimate supercomputer, artificial intelligence, and obsolete all existing technology." All in the first minute. I don't think it was really necessary to take the presentation-style into account...
- X4 14y ago
  wow, that's rad! I should watch that video definately then at some later point :D haha
jmyc 14y ago
> The fact that he was reading his entire presentation verbatim should have tipped everybody off in the first minute or so His presentation is utter nonsense, but whether he reads verbatim has nothing to do with it. Someone presenting valid results could just be a poor public speaker and/or nervous.
- marshray 14y ago
  I read from notes when I present simply because I don't present the same material enough times to memorize it, otherwise I'm sure to forget something. A lot of presenters take another approach and put so many words on their slides and that they basically end up reading from them.
electronvolt 14y ago
I've had an algebra professor who lectured by preparing notes for the class and then reading them and writing them on the board verbatim. After particularly difficult proofs he'd sometimes turn around to look at the class, to see if anyone had their hand up, before moving on. Said professor has made serious contributions to modern algebra and is probably about as close to "the forefront of modern mathematics" as anyone. Not everyone who's good at math is good at lecturing.

onli 14y ago

"The saying is that mathematics is the language of god, but until now, no one has been speaking gods language" "What we have is the great unifying field theory, with it you can create and exhaust free energy, end all diseases, produce unlimited food, travel anywhere in the universe, build the ultimate supercomputer, artificial intelligence, and obsolete all existing technology." All in the first minute. I don't think it was really necessary to take the presentation-style into account...

X4 14y ago
wow, that's rad! I should watch that video definately then at some later point :D haha

jmyc 14y ago

> The fact that he was reading his entire presentation verbatim should have tipped everybody off in the first minute or so His presentation is utter nonsense, but whether he reads verbatim has nothing to do with it. Someone presenting valid results could just be a poor public speaker and/or nervous.

marshray 14y ago
I read from notes when I present simply because I don't present the same material enough times to memorize it, otherwise I'm sure to forget something. A lot of presenters take another approach and put so many words on their slides and that they basically end up reading from them.

electronvolt 14y ago

I've had an algebra professor who lectured by preparing notes for the class and then reading them and writing them on the board verbatim. After particularly difficult proofs he'd sometimes turn around to look at the class, to see if anyone had their hand up, before moving on. Said professor has made serious contributions to modern algebra and is probably about as close to "the forefront of modern mathematics" as anyone. Not everyone who's good at math is good at lecturing.