These grants make up about 75-80% of all NSF grants
moralestapia · 46m ago
>Tao’s ultimate goal is to use the tools to solve the twin primes [...]. But the NSF grant provided the vast majority of outside support for his UCLA salary. “I’m currently doing summer research unfunded,” he says.
I'm actually okay with this :).
He's had millions of dollars given to him through him through the years, most other immigrants are far from being that privileged.
dargscisyhp · 30m ago
Yea, but most other immigrants are also far from being that productive.
moralestapia · 26m ago
I knew this comment was coming.
You'd be surprised at how productive many of them are.
Just as you've been trained to react to the academic stimulus, memorize all the emacs' shortcuts and whatnot; you can also be trained to acknowledge many of the things other immigrants do.
These grants make up about 75-80% of all NSF grants
I'm actually okay with this :).
He's had millions of dollars given to him through him through the years, most other immigrants are far from being that privileged.
You'd be surprised at how productive many of them are.
Just as you've been trained to react to the academic stimulus, memorize all the emacs' shortcuts and whatnot; you can also be trained to acknowledge many of the things other immigrants do.