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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Having said that, I had a close friend years ago who was quite scholarly.
He found 14 errors in just one chapter of Russell's book The History of Philosophy.
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Were they really errors of just differences of opinion?
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Why didn't he stick to Mathematics?
As I recall he confessed to "burning out" in that area before he was 30.
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Quite common. Newton published
Principles of Mathematics before he was 30. He went on to study alchemy and theology. Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity at age 26 and the General Theory 10 years later. After that he contributed little to physics.
By the way, based on his Biblical studies Newton predicted the end of the world in 2060.
