Ananyo Bhattacharya — John von Neumann: The Man from the Future (EP.151)
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Was Von Neumann a Child Prodigy?
The Jewish love of learning and so on, I'm sure that played a role. Max von Neumann was clearly an exception amongst a lot of exceptional people. As many wealthy families, they received tutoring from a young age. The idea that you've worked hard at school is just you try and excel academically. That is just ingrained. And I think there is amongst many migrants this kind of mentality. Is there something more to it? There's a lot of crazy theories and oh my word. Well, Quacious provocateurs in my handle on Twitter can't shut up about it.
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