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>PhD at 21
How did he do it?

>> No.23407154

>>23407151
An early realisation that nothing besides academia could sustain a person so fundamentally ill equipped for this world

>> No.23407162

>>23407151
Nepotism

>> No.23407207

It was a different time.

>> No.23407244

By being intelligent and have a good education. It wouldn't be that hard today if you were the same and didn't have the obligatory undergrad - > masters -> PhD.

>> No.23407304

It's unreal how much I envy the academically gifted.

>> No.23407341

>>23407304
Have you tried being more like >>23407154 ?

>> No.23407344

>>23407341
No, I'm so ill-equipped for the qorld that I couldn't even succeed in academia.

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23407610

>>23407151
Through his musical education, he was deeply involved in the Viennese cultural milieu. Which is another way of saying >>23407162

>> No.23407618

>>23407151
Compared to the average man this guy was a genius. I've read the transciptions of his university lectures in German. His improvised monologues are better than most people's attempts to write books after years of writing.

>> No.23407623

>>23407618
What a waste of a genius

>> No.23407666

>>23407304
I don’t. Most are snobbish cocksuckers

>> No.23407667

>>23407618
It really depends on what you’re peddling

>> No.23407674

>>23407151
Joo

>> No.23407726

>>23407151
He was 'ewish

>> No.23407735

Back then dissertations could be Like 30 pages