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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

i'd nominate Ramanujan as the geniuses' genius: he had basically no formal education on mathematics, and yet he solved problems that the rest of the world collectively couldn't crack.

[โ€“] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago

Ah true I haven't heard of him! Love to hear about autodidact geniuses.