In Reply to: Math was too trivial posted by JD4 on May 14, 2000 at 17:59:27:
I thought Good Will Hunting -- while a good film all around -- fails
to be convincing in portraying a genius (IMHO). First, they seem to
say that mathematical discoveries are carried out by simple tricks,
as opposed to conceptual breakthoughs. Second, the genius, portrayed
by Matt Deamon, was *too* cool to be a genius: his mathematical
discoveries don't impress himself that much. Hawking himself said
even a simple but clever discovery can be as good as sex, only lasting
longer. Of course, sex is not Hawking's field of expertise, but
it shows that many movies fail to do a comprehensive research on
its subject matter.
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Follow Ups
- since you brought it up - caa 22:24:59 05/14/00 (6)
- tricks, discoveries and such... - gnat 23:40:20 05/16/00 (5)
- Re: tricks, discoveries and such... - caa 20:51:04 05/17/00 (4)
- some clarifications... - gnat 21:50:37 05/18/00 (2)
- Re: some clarifications... - caa 13:40:42 05/19/00 (1)
- LOL, my sentiments exactly (nt) - gnat 21:57:39 05/21/00 (0)
- nothing against DFT :) - gnat 03:27:15 05/18/00 (0)