Ramanujan's papers were initially thrown away because
he didnt have the "credentials". Hardy went back to
them eventually, I wonder how many geniuses' papers
never saw the light for lack of a Hardy.
Best wishes,
Sujata
--- Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> The view presented above is a romantic one of a lone
> genius making
> break-throughs. I don't know if ever was really true
> but its certainly
> not true today whether it be physics or Hebrew. Even
> if we concede their
> might be a lone worker in Hebrew who discovers the
> true workings of
> the verbal system, they still have to be published
> and subject to
> the scrutiny of the community of scholars before it
> will be accepted
> as such. That's the way things are.
>
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