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		jl6 on Nov 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sudden Progress on Prime Number Problem Has Mathem... To do a PhD you have to be smart enough to be able to do one, and dumb enough to actually do one.

wolfgke on Nov 23, 2013 [–]

In my opinion rather smart and despaired enough to actually do one.

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