The Test That Terence Tao Aced at Age 7
5M views · Jul 15, 2021 · Science & Technology
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@tibees · 3 years ago · pinned
I just released a new video about another exam taken by Terence Tao, this time it's one that he nearly failed: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKpta1WFK20">https://youtu.be/NKpta1WFK20</a>
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@Axel-jv8wb · 5 years ago (edited)
This is the kid that i wanted to be but nintendo got me first
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@griffydz1789 · 5 years ago
"By 21, he had his PhD .."<br>I am gonna sleep to forget
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@sharonsekhon9475 · 4 years ago
I love how he simply says, "I don't know." It shows honest he is and pure.
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@douggale5962 · 5 years ago
I think his parents and family deserve a lot of praise for helping him reach his full potential. Even if you were as brilliant as Terrance, your environment may not give you access to enough literature or other sources of knowledge to learn at that pace.
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@RisetotheEquation · 5 years ago
-What is a field?<br>TT: I don't know.<br>-What is a Field's medal?<br>TT: I'll get back to you on that.
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@ross.metcalf · 4 years ago
It's cool to see that his learning was self-motivated, rather than pressure from parents.
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@muantangpua · 5 years ago
Q: What is a field?<br><br>Age 7 me: A field is where grass grows and we play football also...
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@liveandlearnforfun · 5 years ago
I took a class under Terence Tao at UCLA. It’s interesting how many of his explanations were very visual, and he would often describe how he just “sees” the solutions to the problems, so his approach definitely evolved. His exams were impossible also and heavily curved.
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@Heraclitus_7 · 2 years ago
It's a shame that not every child gets to know what their potential is
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@christopherknight4908 · 5 years ago
I got way too excited for being able to answer the question young Mr. Tao missed at 7 years old. I suppose we have to take our victories wherever we can find them!
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@DodderingOldMan · 5 years ago
When I was 7 I genuinely believed I was a maths genius, because I was slightly better at memorising times tables than the other students in my relatively small class.<br><br>Turns out, I wasn't.
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