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Let me tell you a little story

March 9, 2007

“Once upon a time there was a little boy who knew everything – many stories have little boys.

Even when he was in kindergarten he amazed all the people around him with his perception and fast growing knowledge (at that time what he didn’t really knew – he very skillfully invented).

When he was 9 he asked his mother to buy him “Einstein’s universe” by Nigel Colder. When he was 11 he started reading Spinoza. After many years he understood that he really didn’t understand all of that, but it all looked very exciting, and he loved the look of people when they saw a young kid reading all of this.

The world around seemed to be very clear. Of course, he continued to read books, but it (more…)