Paul Erdös did it regularly, yes. Successfully, it seems — but I wonder about the costs. Does anyone have consistent data on that?
Picking only Erdös’ case, would, I’m afraid, be a case of both survivorship bias and hasty generalization.
Paul Erdös did it regularly, yes. Successfully, it seems — but I wonder about the costs. Does anyone have consistent data on that?
Picking only Erdös’ case, would, I’m afraid, be a case of both survivorship bias and hasty generalization.