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		the_af on May 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crazy New Ideas > I vaguely remember that the latter half of the careers of many "greats" like Einstein, Fermi, Erdos were riddled with pursuing directions which bore no fruit And don't forget Newton!

activatedgeek on May 7, 2021 [–]

Oh wow! I totally missed all the alchemy and theology studies he was into.

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