"adhd is a new thing" is very funny to me, you used to be able to buy amphetamines over the counter, anyone with it could self medicate

much like erdős did, heh

a close friend bet him $500 he couldn't last a month without them. he did

"you have set mathematics back by a month"

@tef Also people need to read more biographies and realize that history is full of very interesting people who had 11 careers across 4 continents and okay so they never quite finished anything but ...