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by nejsjsjsbsb 522 days ago
Thanks that is a good anecdote. Did he get over it and how?

To me such a career is useful for (a) the greater good: you can't make discoveries without dead ends and (b) the maths created along the way! Or if not shares then the skills developed.

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At least, we can assume that after a few weeks, he became not quite that depressed.