Vaniver comments on Open thread, Nov. 02 - Nov. 08, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 04 November 2015 09:08:58PM 7 points [-]

Ramanujan was an Indian peasant.

Ramanujan was a Brahmin. "Peasant' isn't quite appropriate.

Comment author: Lumifer 04 November 2015 10:19:05PM 2 points [-]

"Peasant" is also technically wrong since neither he nor his parents tilled the soil (his father was a clerk).