17-year-old refutes math conjecture, enters PhD program without a degree

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@Dr.Strangelove

But there is evidence that people really like to believe in some kind of “conservation of talent” principle, such that if a person is skilled in one area they must be deficient in another.

If you watch Sabine Hossenfelder’s videos, there is also “expert in one thing = expert in everything”