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hihiip201
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Greetings.
just a general question, so since most of us are not Euler, Fermat , Andrew Wiles or Terrence Tao, how do we make contribution to science/mathematics?
I major in mechanical engineering , graduating this year, and I am likely to attend graduate school since I'm more interested in research, a professor already offered me a RA position next year. But I realize that we can't all be the greatest, so how exactly does what we do help if we are not the smart guy?
it would seem that what takes us a year can probably be acheived by the smarter guys in months or maybe weeks. just thinking about what we do don't matter makes me kind of depressed.
maybe all us not so smart people should just serve food at Mcdonalds?
thanks
just a general question, so since most of us are not Euler, Fermat , Andrew Wiles or Terrence Tao, how do we make contribution to science/mathematics?
I major in mechanical engineering , graduating this year, and I am likely to attend graduate school since I'm more interested in research, a professor already offered me a RA position next year. But I realize that we can't all be the greatest, so how exactly does what we do help if we are not the smart guy?
it would seem that what takes us a year can probably be acheived by the smarter guys in months or maybe weeks. just thinking about what we do don't matter makes me kind of depressed.
maybe all us not so smart people should just serve food at Mcdonalds?
thanks