I’m probably too dumb to have an opinion of this matter, but the belief that all super-genius mathematicians care zero about being fabulously wealthy strikes me as unlikely.
Read it again, I think you guys agree
I’m sure there are plenty of world-class researchers who would find $10 million (or even $1 million) highly motivating.
simplifies to “I’m sure [...] researchers [...] would find [money] highly motivating”
Ha, I know. I was weighing in, in support, against this claim he was replying to:
10 million dollars will probably have very small impact on Terry Tao’s decision to work on the problem.
I’m probably too dumb to have an opinion of this matter, but the belief that all super-genius mathematicians care zero about being fabulously wealthy strikes me as unlikely.
Read it again, I think you guys agree
simplifies to “I’m sure [...] researchers [...] would find [money] highly motivating”
Ha, I know. I was weighing in, in support, against this claim he was replying to:
10 million dollars will probably have very small impact on Terry Tao’s decision to work on the problem.