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		vanderZwan on Nov 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sudden Progress on Prime Number Problem Has Mathem... That's actually the tricky bit, because often you're just thinking really hard that you're thinking really hard about the problem.

RBerenguel on Nov 24, 2013 [–]

Or thinking about the wrong attack, and giving up. Or just thinking hard about how to define something... Or... Research is hard.

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