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Yeah, i was the best physicist the tiny impoverished state school had seen in years. I'm_significantly_ behind everyone else in my PhD program. But then, i tell myself if i can't be the best prepared, i can be the hardest worker. But realistically... nah. I'd rather stay _inside_ the 5th story window of my office. It's not a race, unless you're losing


Erdos could learn as much in five minutes as the average person can in five years, but there are more things to study than he had five-minute intervals.


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Erdos learn a million time faster than Grug. But Erdos still not learn everything.


If topics infinite: Knowledge of Erdos bigger than knowledge of Grug, but ignorance of Erdos as big as ignorance of Grug: both infinite :)




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