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College Dropout Became Mathematical Genius After Mugging

26 pointsby fogusabout 13 years ago

8 comments

telabout 13 years ago
Malarky. Quite pretty, but the story behind it is malarky.
michaelcampbellabout 13 years ago
&#62; <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/towards-pi-3141552779-hand-drawn-jason-padgett.html" rel="nofollow">http://fineartamerica.com/featured/towards-pi-3141552779-han...</a><p>Uhhmm... 3.14155...?<p>Better than the apocryphal story of pi === 3, I guess, but still.<p>That said, it IS entitled "TOWARDS Pi", I guess. I fail to see how the picture represents the decimal shown - can someone explain?
jonny_ehabout 13 years ago
Oh man, I really want to buy this guy's art and put it up in my living room.<p>Edit: Wow, thanks Google! <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jason-padgett.html" rel="nofollow">http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jason-padgett.html</a>
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driverdanabout 13 years ago
I'm very skeptical of this. Sure the guy draws very nice fractals but have any of his claims been investigated by mathematicians? How exactly are his drawings representations of math? How is his pi drawing a representation of pi?
darienabout 13 years ago
Somebody should contact this guy and ask him to open a kickstarter page to raise cash for a coffee table book which includes his art with detailed explanations of the math behind it. Would totally buy it.
RollAHardSixabout 13 years ago
If I were but so lucky. It sounds like he has plans to help the world with his gift too so good on him.
corylabout 13 years ago
Makes you wonder how much potential there is in all of us that just isn't "activated".
rsanchez1about 13 years ago
I wonder why we never hear stories about the college dropout who became a mathematical genius after independent study.