There are kids going to Harvard to study mathematics who learned fucking analysis and abstract algebra and category...

Do a contribution to any field requires hard work, more than intelligence.

Just work hard and steadily.
You never know when you might have an eureka moment.

quantamagazine.org/20130519-unheralded-mathematician-bridges-the-prime-gap/

Protip: normies can't tell. If you work in pure mathematics they assume you're the smartest person on earth (especially women do this). I've been exploiting this for YEARS. [spoiler] I'm actually mediocre [/spoiler]

youtube.com/watch?v=XIIyKWxGhEA

Lol @ at all those uncomfortable mathfags at the beginning, disappointed they didn't make the headway. Always wondered what that'd look like.

Why do people pursue math? What makes you go "wow I really want to learn this stuff"?

>DUDE PURE LMAO

Literally the academic equivalent of "just be yourself".

brainlet

they're just one person

there's room in the world for more than 1 person