[laingc]

I'd just like to draw attention to this comment:

> The author seems new to webdesign.

The author of the post is Terry Tao, one of the greatest living mathematicians and recipient of the Fields medal.

I imagine that he may indeed be somewhat new to web design, however I doubt that learning it is high on his list of priorities.

EDIT: No snark intended here, by the way. I thought the context of who Tao is was important.

[kmm]

The mathematician in me is somewhat relieved to see there are some things I'm better at than Terry Tao :)

[Bromskloss]

I see. You mean mathematics and web design.

[goldenkey]

Considering he now has two jobs, 1) to be an actual mathematician, and 2) to fulfill his "popular" role, I'd say that this post was rather trivial except for the last line. Even two entirely random distributions, can be correlated 100%, such that some function of both of them is entirely static/constant. I'm not sure why you are defending what is indefensible. His accolades aren't some unpierceable armor for everything he does. But I'm not trying to be snark either. I do agree, the truths that he can uncover are a lot more important than any popularity pandering.