[mcny]

It reminds me of a quote. The British number theorist G.H. Hardy, in A Mathematician's Apology, one of the most widely read books about the nature and practice of mathematics, famously wrote: "No mathematician should ever allow himself to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game."

Basically, the claim is that people over the age of thirty being productive in math is an anomaly. However, I've never used any advanced mathematical concepts as a programmer so I doubt my quote has any validity here. I imagine things are different in data science but I only concede because I have no idea what data scientists do. It just feels like magic.

[taway_1212]

> Basically, the claim is that people over the age of thirty being productive in math is an anomaly.

It can be speculated that young people often don't have a family and are eager to prove themselves to the world - so they have both the environment and the motivation to work extra hard.