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This fucking guy.

Wow.

>> No.4925073

>tfw you'll never accomplish a fraction of what von Neumann did.

>> No.4925088
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4925088

>The guy could read a book and reproduce it verbatim years later.
>mfw

>> No.4925090

>>4925088
wait, you can't do this?

>> No.4925100

>>4925096
>>4925090
these are the moments i can't stand 4chan.

>> No.4925096
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4925096

>>4925090

>> No.4925104

>>4925073
>tfw you'll never understand a fraction of what he did

>> No.4925107

>>4925100
meh
I was actually curious.
I have complete recall, I remember almost everything I read.
not photographic memory, I just don't forget things.

I supposed most others here were similar.

>> No.4925110

>That feel when you'll only know an infinitesimal amount of his knowledge if you spent all day with books.

>> No.4925109

>>4925107
Thank you, rain man. we all see and acknowledge how superior and special you are, now shut the fuck up.

>> No.4925112

>>4925109
so it isn't common then?

it isn't special, it only qualifies me to be an actor or a zoologist. I'm not an actor.

>> No.4925113

>>4925107
I hope you're using your power wisely.

>> No.4925114

>>4925113
>on 4chan
probably not

>> No.4925116

>>4925107
"Mostly remembering things" is far different from "Immediately quoting verbatim, whilst simultaneously translating"

If you need more convincing, here's Hans Bethe:

>"I have sometimes wondered whether a brain like von Neumann's does not indicate a species superior to that of man"

You aren't that special. Certainly not going to fool anyone here that you are.

>> No.4925117

>>4925114
Good point

>> No.4925121

>>4925116
Imagine being able to remember a book verbatim. He could effortlessly play with everything that he knew as fast as his mind would let him. It's not fair! Haha!

>> No.4925122

>>4925107
>>4925109
>>4925113
>>4925114
NEVER CHANGE SCI

This thread has gotten so far off topic
>Nb4 you re making it more off topic

He was the one who had his nobel prize disolved to save it from the Nazis, right. I assume there is much more important science he did, but that s a nice story.

>> No.4925123

>>4925116
I'm not claiming to be on his level, I'm saying I remember anything I read. Most of it verbatim.

I thought all smart people do.

I always win at Jeopardy, does that piss you off?

>> No.4925124

>>4925122
>nobel prize disolved
wat

>> No.4925126

>>4925088
No, he could not. The source on Wiki is unreliable. Check it. No one can do that, not even vN.

>> No.4925133

>>4925124
My bad, it was von Laue
Should have googled first
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Hevesy