Would /sci/ turn down a million dollars?

no I'd quite like a million dollars

>>8759028
I'd turn down a million not to be such a brainlet that I can't study maths.

I hate my life

>>8759030
>>8759031
congratulations
this is the brainlet filter and you failed

>>8759032
Every word of this post is what I wanted to post.

>>8759028
We're not intelligent enough to do it.

>>8759028

No but I'd prefer the money come in the form of a grant so it does not make me unsatisfied with my means.

>>8759028
perelman for me is better math than tao

>>8759028
There are circumstances under which I would turn down a million dollars.

For example, if someone said, "I will give you TWO million dollars, if you turn down that offer for a million dollars" then I would turn down the million dollars.

>>8759028

No I would take it

Then I would periscope going to a strip club and spending 10 grand

>>8759028
For what and is it legal?

I would take exactly enough to pay off my student loans and fund the rest of my education and likely donate the rest desu

>>8759028
Turning down a million dollars is easy when you have 100's of job offers to sit in a comfy office all day doing the one thing in life you enjoy.

>>8759028
The only reason people talk about Perelman today and will continue talking about him is because he refused 1 million dollar.

>>8759169
And what if someone said "I'll give you FOUR million dollars if you turn down that offer for two million dollars?"
And then another offer was made for eight million, and then sixteen, etc

Would you turn down all offers, watching your potential gainz grow? Even if it meant never accepting an offer and never being paid?

>>8759028
fuck no. i can't wait to sell out.

>>8759227
for an american, refusing money is a bit like not clapping at the end of a movie

>>8759208
literally this.

dude could walk into any university and the entire administration would suck his dick

>>8759245
Do Americans clap at the end of movies?

>>8759261
It's a meme. But yes.

I still remember people clapping when they saw the American flag at the end of the first Spider-Man.

>>8759261
we clap during movies as if the actors can hear us

we do it just to confuse foreigners

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>mfw i look just like this guy but am nowhere near as intelligent

>>8759267
>he doesn't clap through all the trailers before the movie

>>8759266
>>8759267
Huh, the more you know.

>>8759208
No one said it wasn't. It just says that you're a brainlet. Which was the point of the thread.

>>8759169
What if then comes a guy saying that he will give you 3 million dollars?
And then a guy who says he will give you 6 million?
And then a guy who says he will give you 10 million?
And then a guy who will give you 15 million?
without end.

Would you realize that in fact, the nth person is offering you

[eqn] \sum_{k=1}^{n} 1000000k [/eqn] and therefore in the end you will receive
[eqn] \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} 1000000k [/eqn]

Would you then be able to compute that

[eqn] \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} 1000000k = 1000000\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} k = 1000000 \frac{1}{-12} = \frac{1000000}{-12} [/eqn]

and conclude that they are actually stealing approximately 83 thousand dollars from you?

>>8759028
Only if I was as smart as that ugly commie

>>8759028
A million dollars for what?
Is this some sort of meme or event I den't get?
Because nobody in their right mind would turn down a no-strings-attached free 1.000.000 bucks.

>>8759479
Stop it with the b8.

million dollars wouldn't be a huge number desu. if you solved a millennium problem you'll get so many offers from places that you'll probably make that money in less than 5 years.

>>8759028
I'd just tell them to formulate a new problem of similar complexity in the place of what I just solved and offer my prize for it. This is the high-IQ move.

>>8759299
You've managed to fuck up a meme. Well done

>>8759838
Is that why Perelman is destitute? I think he's some sort of modern-day Diogenes.

>>8760050
He chooses to be

>>8759261
everyone clapped at the end of the last harry potter movie it was cool

>>8759261
>sit around being entertained by someone else's hard work
>don't even clap afterwards

Youropeans are just plain rude.

>>8759032
>I can't study maths.
why not

>>8759028
Who needs a million dollars when you can control the universe?

>>8761447
because I'm already 23. Sure, I will have a msc in physics soon, but I'd need to go to third year at 23, and I'll probably suck no matter how hard I try (or so I was told). Even if I succeed, I'll still be 3 years older, so this "won't count". No one will hire me for research. Being a brainlet sucks, I wish I had good genes

>>8759229
I would turn down the first counter-offer since there is no such thing as free money.

For the kind of boost in power level he got? That's worth more than a million - tell the whole math community to piss off, disappear into the wastes of Russia, and ascend to the level of legend.

>>8759028
I'd pay a million dollars to be as smart as him.


if only a was smart enough to make a million dollars.

>>8761958
that's the funny thing isn't it

not even a billion zillion dollars will make you as smart as him

>>8759035

Alright bro, I'm just gonna come out and say what everyone is thinking...you are a douche.

>>8761855
Physics cool enough
Worry about finding a gf

>>8761988
Cool enough maybe, but pretty dull in reality when compared to maths.

Too ugly for gf, 5'9", manlet too, can't work out due to permanent injury, and I wouldn't be able to learn maths because of the lack of time

>>8759229
haha i see your ruse your trying to con me -1/12 million dollars

>>8762038
im trying to get you to con yourself out of 2^n million dollars

>>8759028
Yes, because I don't want to be harassed and run out of town by math-politicians.

>>8759229
>tfw capitalist finance

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>publish incomplete proof, hold off just enough information
>5 million!

>>8762546
>fellow expert in your field reads paper and fills in hole
>he gets $1 million while you get nothing
nice try goldstein

>>8762561
dUMB brainlet I'd never be stupid enough to give enough information that someone could solve it

>>8761983
Anon's not wrong...

>>8762193
Which is summable to -1

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I wouldn't but if I meant I had to put my solution on arXiv then I would.

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>>8762932

>>8762941
Jesus, who the fuck is this nigga lol? just checked, and saw that he has a fuckton of papers on arxiv, many of them on different subjects from a wide variety of fields

>>8759028
A free million? Sure why not. less time I have to spend kissing ass and can actually do my own research.

>>8759028
Depends on what I believe the true value is of the thing is that I'm being offered a million dollars for.

I don't think I'd turn down a million dollars if someone was asking for a piece of paper with basic addition on it, no.

>>8761988
>worry about finding a gf
truer words ain't spoken

as interesting as pure maths and schizophrenia sound, having children and knowing love will always be better

>>8759028
i would be obliged to use it to help the poor

>>8764607
why do that? do you think they would truly appreciate your efforts? what do you gain from it? do you think they'd do the same for you if they could?

helping other people is like subjugating to your altruistic instincts, you're acting like an animal

>>8764607
How would you plan to help the poor with that money? In a long term sense.

>>8759028
I already did.

A friend and I were having lunch one day when he asked me, "How would you like to make $1,000,000 in ten years?"

I said, "No, thanks."

And that is how I avoided a MLM spiel.

>>8759192
found the uncon/sci/ous imposter

>>8759479
you just den't geddit, m8