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Except the my experience in University with the absolute top people in mathematics, (Not the top 10, but the top 1 or 2) is that they did almost no studying, took no notes, and completely mastered the material that took me 15-20 hours a week to get a B grade in.

I realized pretty quickly that there were people who were wired very, very differently than myself.

I think Mathematics is different from other fields, in that the top performers can reach "Expert" levels with much less effort than the experts in other fields.

Might be the case in physics as well.

parent ghshephard 12 years ago

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