John_Maxwell_IV comments on Innate Mathematical Ability - LessWrong
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Looks like you left an unfinished sentence here?
Tao's blog looks rather metacognitive to me, BTW.
Yeah, I was going to apologize for analyzing his psychology based on data from his childhood that was made public before he was at an age to give informed consent, but I decided not to because I also didn't want to presume that Tao would be bothered. I cut the unfinished sentence.
Yes, I was comparing him to people like Poincare, etc. and added an edit to this effect in response to your comment and gjm's.