[alanbernstein]

This is how I feel about Ramanujan. He seemed to pull mathematical truths, fully formed, out of some parallel dimension connected only to his mind.

[edgyquant]

I agree he’s a crazy genius, but disagree he’s a different species. I firmly believe that there are a ton of Ramanujans that die in poverty or working at some factory everyday because they just aren’t in the position to prove themselves (or even know that they could be a genius.)

[nindalf]

Imagine if Hardy had never received the letter from Ramanujan for whatever reason. Like a regular, run of the mill Royal Mail mistake. Ramanujan would have died in obscurity, with no one understanding his genius.

[edgyquant]

This was so close to happening I sometime believe he was right that it was the gods working through him.