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Viliam_Bur comments on Open Thread, September 23-29, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 25 September 2013 08:05:24AM 6 points [-]

How about Woz, Jobs, Gates, all that crowd? They were outsiders

They were outsiders of business companies, not of science. It's not like Gates never learned math at school, and then miraculously proved Fermat theorem in his dreams. It's more like he took mostly some else's work, made a few smart business decisions, and became extra rich.