Math genius rejects attention after solving problems

[JoeXIII'007]

Reading the article, the first thought that came to my mind is this:
does he know something about what he found out that we do not and if we do find out will this something cause such a major disruption in the science world (or the world in general) that may cause people to start blaming him (and rather angrily) for it?

It is incredibly important to remember that not all knowledge is good. It may be great. It may be great enough for an award such as this. But how it plays out in the real world is a major question that can only be answered by the risky trial and error process.

Otherwise, if its not that, he's being a real humble guy, and that's something rare in this world today. Something to celebrate I guess. God bless him.

-Joe

PS: Stephen Colbert is looking to take the award for him according to last night's show. He proved #1. That a donut could be made into a sphere and #2. That after 1 donut out of 3 donuts is eaten, there will be 2 donuts left over. lol.

[GaryVoshol]

I certainly hope Lavery isn't reading this thread.

The Poincare conjecture essentially says that in three dimensions you cannot transform a doughnut shape into a sphere without ripping it, although any shape without a hole can be stretched or shrunk into a sphere.

That's gotta be a hint.

[TimCraig]

Originally Posted by JoeXIII'007

It is incredibly important to remember that not all knowledge is good.

I'd say all knowledge is good. It's only how you apply the knowledge which may be bad.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by TimCraig

I'd say all knowledge is good.

I'm sure there are alot of things out there that if you knew you would wish you didn't.

[TimCraig]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'm sure there are alot of things out there that if you knew you would wish you didn't.

Actually, I doubt there is. There's a saying that knowledge is power. Without knowledge, you can't make informed decisions. On what basis would you limit the search for knowledge? You never know where the quest for knowledge will take you or of what use the knowledge you find will ultimately be. The cliche many people use is nuclear weapons. However, even nuclear weapons may have benevolent uses, such as eventually shielding the earth from asteroid strikes.