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He seems pretty intelligent but very egotistical to many people. He acts (well, acted) as though he's a messiah when he's just another smart dude.



We've got Wolfram Derangement Syndrome* ITT when he didn't even write the post!

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10978871


Ok?


Why the past tense? I thought he was still around? Or do you just mean he's less egotistical these days?


The examples of him being super egotistical that I'm aware of are from a while ago. I'm thinking of this kind of thing, where he thinks he knows everything about every field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Kind_of_Science




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