Absolute Mad Lads - Grigori Perelman, The Mad Mathematician

[@MisterCynic18]

"He didn't hate his work, he just realized he hated people." Too real.

[@jimmyg7100]

As a former "Chef" I can relate.

[@georgecroney6168]

@WhittleWatch you're a saddo do you have nothing better to do?

[@bertramrottie4420]

Yea stick wi dugs

[@hamptonoliver5247]

Ikr

[@OceanicSwamp]

@Hara Isbara why? "guy"?

[@shaminoranger8588]

His criticisms of academia are completely accurate. He's right about journalists too. Dude doesn't make mistakes.

[@gruntsrule1]

He don't miss!

[@Baltimore_Hood_Vines_2014]

@u8nhuybu unhuybu8 u8nhuybu unhuybu8 what the fuck

[@sonny5528]

True

[@ARandomCatOnAKeyboard]

@u8nhuybu unhuybu8 u8nhuybu unhuybu8 what is this?

[@ARandomCatOnAKeyboard]

@Jack Me-Hoff figured that

[@herpderp7264]

“He sealed himself away in his room and would very rarely come out” Do you blame him. This world is crazy and run by lunatics.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

stupid people*the world is not crazy,its a planet

[@xMaverickFPS]

this man is my spirit animal

[@Igneale]

Well F, guess I'm destined for becoming a mad lad..

[@saintpoli6800]

Ajax Aidy You talking about the pizzagate?

[@autisthicc9229]

especially in russia

[@germanbiscuit6089]

Holy hell, a Madlad that is still alive, hasnt murdered anyone or commited a felony and is still likeable.

[@collincaperton6718]

Killdozer and skyking are my personal madest of lads

[@8kokorika8]

@@collincaperton6718 Killdozer is type of person who would be folk hero if he lived 100 or 200 years ago.

[@certifiednard2543]

Collin Caperton killdozer was an American hero and I’ll never believe otherwise. If only we could all be so brave.

[@collincaperton6718]

@@certifiednard2543 if only.

[@EricToTheScionti]

mushrooms = felony.

[@Admiral_Jezza]

I agree with him, mushrooms are more worth your time than journalists.

[@DivineMind222]

Mushrooms are amazing and psilocybin saved my life no lie

[@bayern1445]

Can you send me your pfp pls and thanks

[@MaGiCMushroomClouds]

totally

[@saucelessbones5872]

phychadelic ones def are

[@videoaddict961]

So...a nazi anime profile, whats up with that?

[@LightningNC]

IMAGINE disturbing a man while he is picking mushrooms. The cheek of it.

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

THE ABSOLUTE GALL OF SOME PEOPLE

[@stevecooper6578]

Let the Genius Madlad Pick his Mushrooms in Peace Huuh sheesh My word

[@DaRealElChiaUSA]

LightningNC Belka did nothing wrong

[@dieseluk2k]

What kind of mushrooms?

[@jakubkuczynski683]

@@dieseluk2k podgrzybki

[@richardpowell4281]

"you are disturbing me, I am picking mushrooms" I'm gonna have to the remember that next time I get a scam or telemarketer call.

[@stumbling]

You have to say it in Russian.

[@richardh5513]

@@stumbling ты меня мешаешь я собираю грибы

[@dawsonparker1685]

gonna have to remember it if they try to call me in on a weekend shift lol

[@writingonthewall3326]

Jus wrote the same comment

[@dosdoomguy2285]

“You’re standing in my light”-Diogenes to Alexander the Great

[@wizemanbob]

He's like math's Diogenes. "Is there anything we can do for you?" "Yeah. Step out of my sunlight."

[@hunterraoulduke]

Lolz, hadn't heard his name in a while, but yeah i can see it.

[@harrystone3527]

Throws a chicken, be hole a mann

[@jackwalters3928]

"Yeah, stop talking to me while I'm picking mushrooms"

[@jasoncorr4619]

Isn’t that Madge from Benidorm?

[@justnate7852]

"Step out of my mushrooms"

[@zomgerln]

"Do not disturb my circles!" -Archimedes, 200 BC "You are disturbing me, I am picking mushrooms" -Grigori Perelman, 2002 AD Reincarnation confirmed.

[@robinbanks3186]

Then Archimedes sperged out so hard he had to die.

[@rexma4693]

What about Pythagoras, he hated beans or something crazy like that

[@Rope257]

@@anomyxeno3918 "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." - Dr Hannibal Lecter. Theory confirmed xD?

[@NinnyPoo_theFlabbergastedJoy]

A squared plus bean scared equals “see I’m scared!” - Pathagticarous 👻

[@kalinmir]

i mean you need to be concentrated to spot the mushrooms

[@eaglebearer]

As someone with Slavic relatives, "You're disturbing me, I'm picking mushrooms" is an oddly normal response.

Yup, picking mushrooms in a forest is a pretty interesting activity. :)

[@oz_jones]

Yeah. I am not a Slav but picking mushrooms is completely normal for me.

[@Azraelseraphim]

Thats my favorite childhood memory from the old country.

[@senorsiro3748]

That sentence has major “Bearded monk in the forest being approached by angry young Bolsheviks” vibes.

[@FriendlierFetus]

VGH.... this is what EASTERN-EVROPA vsed to be all abovt....

[@dreadlord8353]

If he died today his last known words would be: you are disturbing me I am picking mushrooms

[@alexdelarge9876]

What’s the problem with that?

[@atraxian5881]

Not bad words, to be honest.

[@mikesirman3148]

Wouldn't be the first time someone's had those last words lol

[@feeniks100]

Do not disturb my circles

[@abstractnonsense3253]

Epic

[@TheDrizzle404]

5:25 >Decided he hated people while working at UC Berkley Ya, that makes sense.

[@sneedle252]

Yeah that's probably the most normal thing about him

[@markkennedy9767]

Berkeley seems to have a knack at driving absolute madlad's nuts (didn't the Unabomber work there as well)

[@theepicduck6922]

@@markkennedy9767 He worked there just to get his log cabin and land mainly from his work.

[@Porrimgaming413]

He's really just out here tryna pick mushrooms but everyone's tryna give him a million dollars

[@HeilRay]

What a problem to have. Wonder how his mom didnt talk him into it.

[@Godzillafan1980]

He's a fool

[@spiderknight9893]

Jesse is he ? He’s content and that’s worth more than money.

[@patrickkeyes6682]

Jesse all he has is a little room, with a handful of pieces of furniture. I’d reckon his cost of living isn’t too high. What’s the point in taking the money just because it’s money if you don’t even want the award. He’s happy with his little room and his mushrooms

[@FFFan3445]

@@patrickkeyes6682 Having tons of money can be dangerous, too. Escalation, makes you a target, et cetera. Much easier to just chill and be low-key. I think it's important to power through and give up some "chill", but other people are totally fine to disagree.

[@ExecOpsN7]

"He hated....People." In 2020, this man is perfectly sound of mind.

[@Godzillafan1980]

True, if I had my way 7 billion humans would be dead by morning that's how much I hate the humanity around me

[@Bogdan221192]

He just predicted all this mess 20 years ago)

[@luxie8097]

@@Godzillafan1980 seems like you're the problem at that point tbh

[@Godzillafan1980]

@Cody Harbuck I have people , but killing off say 7 billion humans would be the best thing that could happen to EARTH and those that were left, it would be a 2nd chance

[@Godzillafan1980]

@@luxie8097 you just don't get it fool humanity is dying anyway if we helped it toward it's end and sped up the process it really is what's best for the planet HUMANITY is a disease a stain on this EARTH we are ALL evil and should be cleansed from existence most people are simply not worth the lives they've been given

[@Guns_Blazin]

Pretty sure he hates humanity solely because he went to Berkeley... Can’t blame him though

[@discomfort5760]

@Imperial Fister And he grew up in Soviet.

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

@@discomfort5760 Yes, he have seen people in a struggling state and weakness. And then sees the ugly side of superiority and egoistic fueled existence. I'd say the man deserve peace in his own way

[@medinbeqiri8346]

@pewpewetc and you not are also average in many ways?

[@hulusierinozyahyalar9421]

At this point i dont think he is even getting sponsored by raid, hes just doing it for jokes

[@1234kingconan]

Lol no he’s getting paid come on...

[@1234kingconan]

Everyone’s gotta earn a living except grigory

[@adanaviles1191]

mans cracks me up with that raid shadow legends😂😂

[@moabpanda01]

Imagine if he’s isn’t even being sponsored by raid,He’s just taking the piss lmao...

[@forsetigodofjusticeexcelle7506]

Raid is his future childs financial father. He is using all this sponsorship money to pay for fertility treatment for Sue so they can have a child. Little bit of good in most things, even aggressive meme ads.

[@221Prohunter]

Forseti, God of Justice & Excellent Pasta Sauce I honestly look forward to hearing “ya boi, Raid Shadow Legends” every time. I’ll sure as hell never play it but it’s a good meme.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

@@221Prohunter its a trash game,created by a casino company

[@YehNahYehAyy]

@@thoticcusprime9309 It is a mobile game, of course it is trash but their money is good.

[@404sutibi7]

@@thoticcusprime9309 It is but it's so ingrained in the videos that not hearing it feels rather strange

[@alc4528]

Another reward he’s now received is the title of “Mad Lad”

[@jimbo80982]

The most illustrious!

[@scienceface8884]

An award that he can receive without even knowing it exists. It's perfect for him!

[@ThePhobos100]

He rejected that one too.

[@BlueGrimgrin]

Grigori Perelman shows up in Scotland to graciously accept the title and sit down with Count Dankula for a half hour chat about mushrooms, and the varieties that grow in Scotland vs. those that grow in Russia. He then goes back home. Heads explode in math departments around the world.

[@mitchord4222]

Would love it to be the one single award that he decides to accept

[@ycoihmn6388]

"On 1 July 2010, he rejected the prize of one million dollars, saying that he considered the decision of the board of the Clay Institute to be unfair, in that his contribution to solving the Poincaré conjecture was no greater than that of Richard S. Hamilton, the mathematician who pioneered the Ricci flow partly with the aim of attacking the conjecture." -Wikipedia

[@Hellsong89]

Oi, get this comment up! Count did a slight upsie!

[@abstractnonsense3253]

That was part of it. He thought half the work was done by Hamilton solving a conjecture closely related to Poincaré's. But there was also the issue of a chinese mathematician rewriting Perelman's paper and publishing it in a peer reviewed journal to, allegedly, get the $1,000,00 prize that belonged to Perelman.

[@mather468]

I remember reading somewhere that perelman would have took the prize if he could split it with Richard (if he also got a medal), but the problem is the fields medal can only be awarded to those younger than 40 yo, and Hamilton didn't checked that criteria. So Perelman refused to accept the prize because than Richard wouldn't also take credit.

[@Nudhul]

@@abstractnonsense3253 Wow, a Chinese person stealing someone else's IP. Simply unheard of.

[@abstractnonsense3253]

@@Nudhul lol ikr? The guy is an accomplished mathematician himself. He won the Fields Medal in 1982. It's a really weird episode. People are not even sure he did it to get the money. When you look into the events there seems to be a few pieces missing to fully understand them.

[@canetoad5]

"you are disturbing me, I am picking mushrooms." Straight forward and no nonsense. Respectable.

[@Davross-420]

Read it exactly when he said it 😂😂😂

[@Noperare]

Guy studied math so hard, his mind transcended beyond this material world. Money and prizes are meaningless to a being that can read the fabric of the universe.

[@Spartain14]

Oh... I like this! Well done!

[@propjam2]

Its a good point, This guy could take a hit of DMT and understand everything that happened.

[@febuary1497]

He became Buddha

[@RESNone208]

Money and prizes are meaningless to someone whose goals are to advance human knowledge, whether for their own sake - to satisfy their curiosity, etc - or for all of mankind’s.

[@evilroberto4024]

Only mushrooms matter now

[@bluefalconssuck5881]

IT ISN'T ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT SENDING A MESSAGE.

[@micfail2]

I prefer Lone Star's way of looking at it: "we're not just doing this for money, we're doing this for a shitload of money!"

[@clxwncrxwn]

Alex Magnus when your right your right and you your always right!

[@evilblackcat6357]

He realized he was just feeding the beast and went the way of John Galt. Good on him.

[@SALEH-98]

But a million dollar that's one expensive ass message

[@bluefalconssuck5881]

@@SALEH-98 The guys biggest expenses are pencils and paper. He picks his own mushrooms FFS. When your needs are minimal, the less shite you have to put up with to meet them. That cash comes with hidden strings. He knows this and doesn't want to become entangled.

[@pablobronstein1247]

I mean, the guy has only a bed, desk, chair and a lamp in his room by his own choice. Does that sound like a man who would want a million dollars or who wants to be left alone and pick mushrooms?

[@wizardsmix7961]

If he had an iota of common sense he could use that money towards funding studies that leaned the field away from being full of "posers".

[@brianlindsay9838]

people don't get it they only care about money so they think everyone thinks this way they are wrong

[@28russ]

Dank never said he had a desk in there. Just a chair and a lamp lol

[@wizardsmix7961]

@@28russ no, he definitely says desk.

[@28russ]

@@brianlindsay9838 Even if he doesn't care about the money as such you'd think he'd be smart enough to realise that a million might make him financially independent and never have to work and therefor see people ever again.

[@davidribosome4326]

Imagine he comes out and is like "here's teleportation. Now leave me alone."

[@projectkepleren]

@Jack Javier what if those company use teleporter?

[@wavegenix4184]

@@projectkepleren too expensive

[@dariush7525]

If he releases teleportation to the world and says ‘leave me alone’ than they’ll just teleport inside his room

[@seand.g423]

I mean, that's _one_ way to _technically_ throw planets at the problems, I guess...

[@unclewyrmwood]

As a Russian I can confirm: we do enjoy picking mushrooms a lot.

[@sheogorathdaedricprinceofm320]

I'm Scottish and I love picking mushrooms, very enjoyable. I believe Stalin called mushrooms "the poor man's meat" as it was cheaper and easier to source than meat during the economic hardships of the Soviet union, also mushrooms are similar to meat in many ways and can be used as a great replacement for meat.

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Me too in Sweden. Have you been attacked by giant exotic hyalomma ticks yet? Holy F they hunt me. I had a massive one crawling on me

[@thejkyle]

Sheogorath, Daedric Prince of Madness really? I never thought about mushrooms as a main source of sustenance or a meat alternative. I’ve got to look into wild mushrooms in my area, seems like a good pastime and I can work them into my diet. Cheers from Nova Scotia.

[@sheogorathdaedricprinceofm320]

@@armwrestlingfan6804 No but that sounds horrible, only been bitten by small ticks but they dont seem to like smoothskinned creatures because we don't have fur for them to hide in. Seen some pretty big ones attached to my dog though, about the size of my thumbnail.

[@sheogorathdaedricprinceofm320]

@@thejkyle Most people worry when they learn that I pick wild mushrooms, but it's not dangerous at all if you are well informed an never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it is safe. But yes they are a good meat alternative as they contain several proteins and amino acids only found otherwise in animals, their cells are more similar to animals than plants. Mushrooms actually breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, their cell walls are composed of chitin which is a type of fiber that is also found in insect cells. Believe it or not we may all be the descendants of mushrooms due to them being the first complex multicellular organism that existed on Earth's landmass. Have fun learning and picking but be careful! :)

[@somedude4805]

Imagine what this man could accomplish if Academia wasn't such a god-awful swamp of vainglory.

[@Justin-rv1rp]

The smartest people I’ve ever met lacked the ‘papers’ to prove it, and they’re better for it.

[@radusocol2613]

@@rickyjones597 That sounds like a pretty cool character

[@harpiessnow]

@Kori Jenkins It's like a pyramid scheme. People so mad they wasted time and money on college that they decided that you need a degree for anything. It would probably be rather easy to train some one for a job, even in higher tiered skilled jobs. I work a CS job, and they refuse to promote me, picking the lazy individuals to make supervisors because they have a degree. I've literally had supervisors that were promoted say that they have close to no idea on why they picked them over myself, and believed it was purely because they have a bachelor.

[@latt.qcd9221]

I'm getting my PhD in physics and I can't stand how awful so many people in academia are. I always loved the idea of pursuing learning and advancing science and it's what motivated me to pursue my degree, but too many people in academia are awful. I doubt I will continue in academia after graduation.

[@radusocol2613]

@@rickyjones597 I guess it makes up for the lack of reading and writing

[@JackFrawley101]

"You are disturbing me, I am picking mushrooms" I want this on my tombstone.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

I am not going to have a tombstone. If someone forces the issue and wants to visit my rotting corpse, I want 'As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so shall you be' I read that on a tombstone when I was 12, and i want to return the favor.

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

I want that as my voicemail

[@spinny2010]

Or "You're disturbing me, I'm pushing up mushroom".

[@snakeyman5560]

@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 Thats actually deep as fuck.

[@blorgxsnorp7449]

@@snakeyman5560 Not really. Just a fancier way of saying, "I used to be alive like you, and you will be dead like me at one point." Just kind of stating the obvious.

[@ZyKLonBē]

His peace and quiet is worth more to him than millions of dollars. I highly respect that.

[@AvatarRiku]

It’s not about the money, its about sending a message:

[@luxie8097]

give me the money and i will pay someone to send the message

[@faded_ink3545]

Give me the money, and I will stop the other two commenters from sending the message.

[@StevieNotStevie]

Hopper

[@HectorJimenez-ee9zi]

Just give me the money

[@jamesduncan6729]

@They Live! Again. people pay for butt stuff? I do it for free

[@redhead9253]

He's been in his room playing Raid: Shadow Legends ever since.

[@llJRLL1979ll]

I think he's getting bullied by Raid Shadow legends

[@jamieanderson3475]

On mushrooms 🍄

[@12201185234]

@The Rusty Sprut Hey, me too!

[@kendo5862]

🤣🤣

[@uncledoctor6920]

No a guy like Grigori is probably playing either EVE Online or Dwarf fortress.

[@halcionjoy7]

I don't get the impression that Grigori was being edgy, I think he's a no-nonsense kind of person. People as smart as he is are content in their own minds. They solve things because they enjoy learning, not because of fame or fortune. I hope he gets to enjoy his peace and quiet, because that's the least he deserves for his contributions to our species as a whole.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

edgy is a stupid term weak people use against others that cant accept others arent sheep and weaklings like themselves. aka conformists, trenders,social media zombies

[@fleskel]

@@thoticcusprime9309 That on the other hand, was edgy.

[@k_tess]

But its a million dollars.

[@chrispham6599]

Thoticcus Prime the irony is strong with this one! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@dopaminecloud]

@@thoticcusprime9309 Well yeah, it's being on the edge of socially acceptable behavior/ideas. That's the whole point of the term. People with the safe centered ideas use the word as a means to validate themselves or dismiss others through majority. Just like you're doing the exact same thing but inverse. It's mindless vanity in both cases.

[@Sniperboy5551]

I respect him even more for not taking the prize. He’s a man of principle, he was driven by his own personal desire to further the field of mathematics rather than any kind of award. What an absolute legend.

[@joshcarson2879]

Perelman immediately after solving the conjecture: "Get outta mah swamp"

[@CosmicContrarian]

what an absolutely principled mad lad, maybe he already had a time machine.

[@MrEvan312]

Saw a comment above joking that he is a reincarnation of Archimides: what if he IS Archemides, becoming known by that name when he went back

[@Hippo_Hegemony]

Ultimate burn in history; got called a conformist by someone from the USSR.

[@100RAmen]

ohhhhh snap! that happens a ton tho! Any man escaping the USSR or state like that to the west is actually more chad than most westerners. immigrants all think the native people they moved in with are bunch of pussies.

[@freakindamnshiki]

@@100RAmen he didn't escaped it, he outlived it

[@captainfreedom3649]

if you want to see conformist people, look at europe.

[@RenegadeVile]

@@captainfreedom3649 Yeah, no. UK maybe, but most of us are very much the opposite. Don't confuse those idiot politicians sitting in the EU parliament for the rest of us .

[@captainfreedom3649]

@@RenegadeVile I hope thats true... in Germany the people are the most obedient and conformist you'll ever see, but its a little better in the east.

[@miskee11]

The mathematics department of Berkeley university seems to spawn mad lads. Theodore Kaczynski and Grigori Perelman were there. Who's the next mad maths professor?

[@craiglyons8946]

Seems to turn geniuses into misanthropes too. I wonder what it is about that place

[@nothanks8795]

@HeedArmy83 I think you found what drives them mad

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

He never made on on Teddy.

[@ajmerthethy6724]

@@AndrewTheMandrew531 Uncle Ted ain’t dead yet.

[@user-xq4st9ie7r]

Kazcynski was a test subject

[@raptorbadger3131]

The man was so smart he knew 1 million dollars wouldn't bring him the same happiness as mushrooms.

[@Sniperboy5551]

It depends on the type of mushrooms…

[@conserva-chan2735]

@@Sniperboy5551 he's far too intelligent for psilocybin, he strikes me as a truffle connoisseur

[@iam16bits]

Never get between a man and his mushrooms.

[@malcolmfat3570]

Especially a Slav as it's part of our tradition

[@Enkabard]

​@@malcolmfat3570 its true, as slav child you are sent into forest with pocket knife and basket, you cannot return without full basket of mushrooms

[@lniko333]

@@Enkabard I can confirm this as a pole

[@uraldamasis6887]

Mad respect for this guy. He's right to refuse these awards. The mathematics field in higher academia is a cesspool of vanity and oneupsmanship, where the math itself takes a back seat. No different than refusing an Oscar because Hollywood cares vastly more about vanity and politics than they ever have about quality entertainment.

[@datanon3059]

Very much this. The constant midwit infighting and posturing really drives away a lot of talent and this guy was right to tell them to screw off with their awards. Accepting them would just legitimize the bad behavior.

[@mojothemigo]

True, but if you think you have a large moral point I think it is best to take whatever large amount given to you and give it away to deserving people. I'm thinking firstly his mother for letting him stay with her and the rest as scholarships. You can do this without keeping any of the money for yourself.

[@foxypoxi]

@@mojothemigo why would you assume his mother would soil her only son's resolve and moral integrity for money?

[@mojothemigo]

@@foxypoxi Good point, truth is I don't. I know he was living with her as a grown man so I do hope he consulted her if she needed any of it. She might have shrugged it off and told him to do as he pleased.

[@mojothemigo]

@@GodtierWaifu Diogenies, the "mad Socrates" (and total degenerate, would probably hate him if he were alive) had a wooden bowl as his only possession. He saw a boy scooping water in his hands and threw the bowl away, believing he had become materialistic.

[@tjpprojects7192]

They should leave him alone if he wants to be alone. He more than deserves it after what he's done.

[@fukmilif5877]

"It´s not about money, i´ts about sending a message"-Grigori Perelman.

[@HeilRay]

Man he could of at least gave that million to his mum. I mean yeah, hes a absolute chad but wow.

[@DIY_Miracle]

"Do not disturb my circles!" -Mathemetician, Archimedes last words before he was killed by Romans That's familiar.

[@doom7ish]

Dovahhatty the biggest mad man.

[@AtheismF7W]

I cant tell if ur serious but wasnt Archimedes alive long before rise of Rome? (even pre empire)

[@Jan-rq8mo]

@@AtheismF7W He was cut down by a Roman soldier according to every source we have.

[@Caesar_Himself]

@@AtheismF7W Killed at the Siege of Syracuse, A City State in Sicily, 212 BC... DUring the 2nd Punic War

[@DIY_Miracle]

@@AtheismF7W The Kingdom and Republic of Rome existed most of the classical Greek era. The classical Greek era last from around the end of the Trojan Wars in 700BC and lasting until the Roman subjugation of Macedon or death of Alexander, between 500 and 700 years later. The Roman Kingdom last 750bc ish to 509BC. The Republic lasted 550ish years which encompassed almost the entirety of the time the classical Greek scholars we know of existed. :) Really, there are only a few dozen people we even know by name that existed before the Roman Kingdom, a handful of legendary kings and warriors, and many more people who may have never existed.

[@requiem4ameme929]

The Mathematical community: This math problem hasnt been solved for a 100 years. Grigori: Filthy casuals.

[@gilesleggett]

@Talorc MacAllan NEWSFLASH! Scotland is part of Great Britain. You sir are a failure.

[@PHAToregon]

👏

[@skrawny-clown-snatcherofth8651]

@Talorc MacAllan yall need a big beautiful wall from sea to shining sea

[@musikkritik6316]

@sweeney 1 He's not wrong tho

[@gretasstolendreams2154]

He gitted gud

[@christmas_eve.]

Mathematical geniuses like Grigori Perelman are EXTREMELY rare. We only get a handful every century.

[@squirreikiller]

A Correction: The Fields Medal and the million-dollar prize were two separate awards. The million-dollar prize was from something called the Millenium Prize, which involves solving one of seven mathematical problems. To date, the Poincare Conjecture is the only one of the seven to be solved. Edit: Holy shit guys I did not expect my "um, actually" to get over 100 likes. Thank you!

[@writingonthewall3326]

Interesting ty

[@gnomemcshroom7476]

Dear god , he is solving the rest in his little room

[@afuzzycreature8387]

@Darren Wilson Maybe its because I understand it the least I don't see P=NP being solved in this lifetime as the bridge is so large. Reimann hypothesis though... maybe.

[@FLsheepdog1]

I solved Poincare, but my dog ate the paper.

[@sungazer454]

He solved them all. The mushroom picking was a hint.

[@Jennyofthesky]

For those who don’t know: mathematicians in academia are really weird. They hold really good mathematicians on a pedestal and even do things like form semi-cults around them and take pilgrimages to their homes.

[@AtheismF7W]

not that wierd if you think about it. It's human psychology.

[@LA_Unconfidential]

Many pretend they're holy and don't want to be rich but deep down it's a lie. This man genuinely doesn't give a crap about being rich even though he can be easily. This man is a superior human being ..... I've never said that before.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

I imagine that the image of living in a tiny bedroom in his mums basement is utter shit, considering he has already amassed more than enough to live on by multiple international professorships and lectures, and is happy to live in a luxurious dacha with farms including mushrooms while looking after his mum - because that's what a good lad would do for his mum. Ok, he chose maths vs. a wife and children. But so did many other scientists like Isaac Newton. You need an engineer to get a girl and give her a proper rogering and raise a family. Not a scientist.

[@drabhand]

Pfft, I quit my job at McDonalds because happy meals created so much conflict

[@toweldog355]

Nazis would like the superior specimen

[@_Carlos]

I had to scroll up to make sure I wasn't reading a comment on Moviebob

[@keklord420b8]

Deogenes type beat

[@StarForce99]

People: "Here's a million dollars!" Grigori: "I'm going to pretend I didn't see that."

[@sevenproxies4255]

He didn't work for the money. He worked for solving that mathematical problem.

[@absurddive]

And many other mathematical problems, I want to believe he will come out of his room and say *I SOLVED THE MISTERY OF HOW THIS EARTH CAME TO BE AND I AIN'T SAYING SHIT* just to slam the door once again and disappear

[@okhstorm]

He solved that problem whilst tripping on mushrooms

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@absurddive "I have solved the enigma of steel!" **slams door**

[@sYcknYss]

"Grigori, You've just been awarded a MadLad." "Now we're talking."

[@deemond5289]

You won the day. Maybe the week.

[@sYcknYss]

@@deemond5289 As long as it's not the Fields medal, I'm happy.

[@Kurai_69420]

He must feel so validated in his hatred of people in 2020.

[@anthonyseverino8292]

Im pretty sure its an entirely different perspective of hate that he has

[@falloutlover5443]

Slamming a door on $1M is something you'd see in classic Simpsons or the like, but this guy actually did it repeatedly. Truly the maddest of lads.

[@themk4982]

“You are disturbing me, I am picking mushrooms” Well at least we know what he’s been doing for the last 18 years.

[@mikemcguffey6458]

@WhittleWatch the fuck?

[@Gunth0r]

@WhittleWatch OMG, NOBODY WILL MISS THE BRITONS.

[@WeeedyMcMeth]

The MK that is one of the most Slav responses there could be.

[@spongmongler6760]

@@Gunth0r nobody already misses you, go home.

[@alundavies8402]

Sophrosynicle even all the pretty foreign ladies that fancy us?

[@MatthewNope]

Minor Correction: The Fields Medal comes with a cash prize of 15,000 Canadian Dollars, which Grigori was offered in 2006. The Millenium Prize is 1,000,000 USD, and was offered to Grigori in 2010. He is the first and only person to have solved one of the Millenium Prize Problems. He declined both prizes. Of the Millenium Prize he said he believed the prize was unfair, and that he considered his contribution to solving the Poincaré conjecture no greater than that of Hamilton (whom Grigori's work was based on).

[@andrewhayes5130]

Imagine being his mom and giving up your own career to raise a math genius, then he's living in your basement and turning down million-dollar prizes

[@MatthewNope]

@Tim Portantno An argument can be made for his right to refuse... I ain't making that argument though gimme money

[@andrewhayes5130]

@Tim Portantno I remember a math professor telling me about this story in college. I think it had something to do with the very strict rules of the Clay Institute, which sponsors the Millennium Prize. I think the prize could only go to the person who actually put pen to paper and wrote the proof--in a way, all of mathematics builds on someone else's work, so I guess this restriction makes sense. Had I been Perelman, I would've accepted on the condition that the Institute cite Richard Hamilton as instrumental to the proof, or perhaps even give him a special award for his development of the Ricci flow (similar to how Andrew Wiles was given an honorary Fields Medal for his solution to Fermat's Last Theorem, even though he was slightly above the age limit for the Fields Medal). Then, if I'd still felt bad about how it all worked out, I would've split the prize money with Hamilton. To me, it seems kind of disrespectful to refuse these prizes for your own hard work on the grounds that the "math community" has been rude to you and isn't awarding the prizes in the way you'd like. But I guess that's why I'm not a genius.

[@interstellarsurfer]

@Deimos Cain More money, more problems.

[@interstellarsurfer]

@@andrewhayes5130 Maybe the disrespect to the Institution is the whole point of it?

[@metalspoon69]

"no one will hold it against you" no one would, but he himself might. Absolutely based Grigori, sticking with his principles even when he literally gets offered 1 million dollars.

[@jnazorn0t]

"Based Grigori" it doesn't get more based than that

[@JohnSmith-yl9en]

Maybe he had extreme OCD and stuck to his guns.

[@toweldog355]

Mr beast givin away millions like it's nothing

[@usrnewxnew5227]

he might be the most based person alive.

[@Gakusangi]

He doesn't need the money, never did. He doesn't want it, never has. This isn't him proving anything, it's him doing things his way.

[@zacharysnyder2520]

Picking mushrooms. Maybe his next project is a soup to end all soups.

[@ThePhobos100]

Geometry of mushrooms next

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

If he published a recipe, I'd try it.

[@Aodhan_Raith]

Lmao he just uses black truffles for it all.

[@TheLegendaryGerbil]

Nah it’s why he turned down the cash; he’s got a multibillion dollar shroom empire and doesn’t need the cash

[@jimmyg7100]

You guys would be surprised at how much science goes into cooking, baking, brewing, farming, business, and customer relations (psychology). It also comes with a good dose of hard work, and art. I do not blame this guy for saying Fuck This Gay Earth.

[@luisgeniole369]

Minor correction: the Field's medal is the highest honor in Mathematics, and the cash prize is something like 30 grand Canadian. The Millennium Prizes (separate entity) are a million dollars, but the problems are so absurdly hard that it's unlikely for even a Field Medalist to ever solve one of them (like the Poincare Conjecture). Grigori won and rejected both.

[@epajarjestys9981]

Fields medal, without apostrophe. Named after a guy with that name who founded this institution that awards the prize, I think.

[@JeffreyMarshallMilne1]

I was hoping someone would point this out!!

[@evanabbott2737]

That’s awesome..👍

[@satoshiwasareptiloid3777]

The Abel price is the most prestigious award in mathematics, the Fields medal is just for "young" scientists.

[@bon12121]

Thank you. Was hoping someone corrected this.

[@GrassesOn97]

Grigori “I’m going to advance the field of mathematics just for fun” Perelman

[@patrioticwhitemail9119]

"I'm a hero for fun"

[@theheavenlyfb4071]

The One Punch Man of Mathematics

[@hotradremixlx]

Ya ever tried dmt

[@Shlungoidwungus]

There's plenty of mathematicians like that through history, look up Leonard Euler if you want to really see the One Punch Man of mathematics.

[@Celso_Luis]

I just furthered your whole field in unimaginable ways just to solve a problem whose prize I don't even care about. OOPS!!!

[@1970DAH]

A Fields Medal is a far, far cry from a worthless Oscar. First off, they only give them out ever four years, so it's already more like an Olympic gold medal. Also, they only give out two to four of them, so it's like the Olympics only having up to four disciplines.

[@oz_jones]

Nobel for mathematics is also apt

[@warlock6763]

glad someone realized it

[@emillerner6362]

Lol Olympics are a joke these days.

[@1970DAH]

@@emillerner6362 Oscars are a joke

[@emillerner6362]

@@1970DAH yes

[@willygrags4367]

Why would you even think he cares about money when he only owns a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp?

[@Spearra]

And a few pieces of paper, none of which are arbitrary rewards.

[@Schnittertm1]

Yep, I had the same exact thought. There are some people that are happy doing what they are doing, they don't need anything more, they don't WANT anything more. I believe that is one of, if not the main reason why he refused.

[@deadlyrobot5179]

that's why he hated people.

[@backwards7]

I quit mathematics at the age of 16. Grigori Perelman is a lightweight.

[@hellishhybrid1839]

I never even learned how to count past my fingers and toes and I don't even understand the concepts of addition and subtraction. Bow to your king!

[@rebine778]

@pepe with count dankula ofc

[@pfdrtom]

I feel you, man. I feel you.

[@gavink03]

Hellish Hybrid no, no I don’t think I will

[@foxbennett7202]

“People who are geniuses end up a little weird” instantly thought of terry davis

[@bhgghghjhv6418]

@Bocaan The Humbleits implication not equivalent, maybe you are who knows

[@mihirkamat504]

@Bocaan The Humble the guy made an entire OS from _fucking scratch._ of course, he'd be at least a little mad.

[@diabolus9466]

John Nash, yet another mathematician.

[@collincaperton6718]

@@mihirkamat504 also had schizophrenia and dementia i feel so bad for him I hope he found peace now

[@user-yc6xn5ze6h]

Greatest Programmer That Ever Lived!

[@roxanne4820]

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit, Genius hits a target no one else can see"

[@Metatarsus0]

Deciding he hates people after teaching at Berkeley? **Shocked Pikachu face**

[@dannybrailey8089]

😂😂😂😂

[@eliyahuohiyon7461]

Same thing with Ted Kaczynski

[@xx_epicgaymer69_xx41]

Eliyahuohiyon ! my hero

[@eliyahuohiyon7461]

@@xx_epicgaymer69_xx41 Uncle Ted😌

[@gsauceprimary9363]

Love how i'm learning more history from a Scottish garden gnome than my actual teachers

[@KonnyP]

@blackrave404 Nah he's a gnome and you've been gnomed

[@sebassanchezc-1379]

It all depends on the mushrooms🍄 🤪

[@mcjive4371]

I prefer to imagine Dank as a Satyr or Faun.

[@OffGridInvestor]

I know right. No wonder teachers have unions.....

[@mrboxleytheonly]

You should pay attention more in class then.

[@mrvictorian4004]

Next intro: "We all have the opportunity to make whatever we want, however not all can be accepted into Art School."

[@waaaghlover6994]

+1 yike

[@gilbert3672]

Oh shit

[@longcat7673]

Read that with his voice and scottish accent, god damn

[@oz_jones]

Aww, Scheisse, hier jezt vi Gehen.

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

Now that'd be the far-right nazi content the media told me about

[@goodiezgrigis]

Madlad indeed, "I just want peace and quiet" hits so real.

[@JoTheVeteran]

- Wanna solve the riddle of gravity? - No, I'm picking mushrooms. Ge lost.

[@hewhobattles8869]

Enlighten me. What is the Riddle if Gravity?

[@JoTheVeteran]

@@hewhobattles8869 yes!

[@jameswilson2110]

Grindo.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

@@hewhobattles8869 Gravity is the one of the four forces that confounds physicists the most. Unlike the other others, they have not found proof of a partical or wave that governs gravity. It is also the weakest (electromagnetic waves can exert many times more force on an object than gravity can, that's why magnets can hold things up), yet is the most pervasive and important to understanding the properties of the universe.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj "they have not found proof of a partical or wave that governs gravity" what about gravitons?

[@skatemetrix]

Just choosing "mushrooms" over collecting a million dollars is worth a mad lad title in its own right.

[@paulsheldon8838]

Mushroom collecting actually pretty popular passtime especially among older generation. More often than not it's an excuse to wonder deep into the forest, so really fitting for mr. Perelman.

[@paulsheldon8838]

So comes fall, russian emergency services has to go for days looking for boomers lost deep in vast woods.

[@valhallen8]

He’s kind of like a modern day mathematical Diogenes

[@oz_jones]

One of my favourite philosophers. "Oi mate, move. Yer blocking the sun."

[@LEO_M1]

Osmosis Jones Pretty sure Diogenes wasn’t an English street-urchin, but I get what you mean.

[@Assault_Butter_Knife]

What an absolute hero. A man of his principles, and a mere million dollars will not change that

[@jackasmaracas4362]

This guy is probably gonna find a way to time travel and just not tell anyone.

[@jakenapier6925]

@Michael Srite except everybody knows you cant change SHIT when you go back bc you might eliminate the chance of you being born. You go back to chill, learn, observe etc.. NOT change shit to your liking bc you might not like the outcome.

[@IRAwhiskey]

@@jakenapier6925 How do you know someone hasnt time travelled & could be changing history as we speak? We would never even know it was happening

[@TheTruthNEGFTW]

Even the simple act of buying a pear could change something tho

[@SugaryPhoenixxx]

Well he said no one has seen or head from him since 2002. My theory is that he already has figured out time travel & he is not ever coming back.

[@pyroparagon8945]

@Michael Srite what if in the discovery/invention of time travel, the scientists also discover that it's a terrible idea, for whatever reason?

[@spam4425]

He sounds more and more uninterested every time he forces himself to advertise this mobile game to feed his family.

[@Tubeite]

Wouldn't you be?

[@Sascha969]

You dont skip it?

[@Canadish]

I dunno about any of you, I'm here for the sound of the soul crushing cynical advertising, the rest is just gravy.

[@poison1vy]

I thought he use the same clip in every video?

[@heatherswanson4982]

Killdozer has his own Netflix special. Pays to be a Mad Lad

[@drumboarder1]

My corpse better make bank too

[@heatherswanson4982]

@@drumboarder1 said every artist.

[@LThaPunisha]

@@heatherswanson4982 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bucketheadkfc]

Now he can build an even bigger killdozer!

[@heatherswanson4982]

@@bucketheadkfc in heaven?

[@canineraccoon9895]

"You're disturbing me, im picking mushrooms" Perfect, im gonna use this quote every (EVERY) time I get a spam call

[@nazzdx2525]

It's clear that this man was just Rasputin resurfacing after some time in hibernation. He's gone beyond steering nations; he's now trying to learn the language of the universe.

[@Reuel-Jazwa]

I mean that hybernation was not voluntary come to think of it

[@nazzdx2525]

@@Reuel-Jazwa "Was not voluntary"? You think that being stabbed, shot, beaten, poisoned and drowned was going to stop the Mad Monk? Nah, he just thought "Damn, is that really how they feel? Maybe I'll come back later, when people aren't so angry."

[@oz_jones]

@@nazzdx2525 "Fuck it, I'm going to pick some mushrooms."

[@MrHeavy466]

There is a saying for getting laid in engineering schools, "the odds are good but the goods are odd".

[@oz_jones]

I chuckled

[@abu8615]

I cackled that's hilarious

[@devriestown]

🙌GAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@laDy_A1ram]

My dad tells this to me (I’m a girl)

[@jakesteele4047]

Yeah cause we got a bunch of narcissistic autists

[@thegeekconservative6593]

Ted kaczynski, I have no idea how you haven't done one on him yet.

[@dffffffzKDEN]

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR THE HUMAN RACE. CAPITALISM IS THE STATUS QUO. THE STATUS QUO IS THE ENEMY.

[@stephenhill3460]

Unibomber??

[@employee962]

Reject Modernity, Return to Monke

[@brendandoe3082]

The Flawed Barton and I bet you think communism is the answer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@thegeekconservative6593]

@Nathan Lange you have a point, but there are adults with children today that were born after his arrest that may not have ever heard of him.

[@bonnierizzdler3776]

Just wanted to say that this is so cool to hear a Scotsman talk so eloquently about people in history. I'm Australian and my grandad was from Scotland (Glasgow), and he would tell me crazy stories about Scots like William Wallace and people in history like Churchill and Zhukov. He's passed now but it's good to have a Scot filling in that hole. Thanks Danks!

[@user-ux9nh2wl2x]

You know he's a professional when you can't even understand what the achievements on his Wikipedia page mean.

[@Nikedemos]

I'm a Slav and I can confirm, guy was on point. YOU DON'T DISTURB US WHEN WE'RE PICKING OUR MUSHROOMS.

[@treck87]

He's at least half German. The surname "Man" from Perelman, is a Germanic surname.

[@kirillpotemkin5946]

@@treck87 Perelman is a typical jewish surname. The reminder of the days when yiddish was still more common among jews before they've decided to "forget" it for its germanic roots. Can't blame them, though

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

Poor dankula, he has a picture of a gun on the wall because that's all his government would let him have!

[@Navrozs]

I find it oddly disturbing that its basically pointing at his head. Hopefully it isn't foreshadowing.

[@fus132]

A rubber replica actually. And wherefore extra dangerous. /s

[@nate5579]

Probably not long until a picture or rubber either or will be made illegal by all governments. But only because they love us so much

[@spen6334]

You should do one on Thomas Woodrooffe, He was a BBC announcer who reported on the 1937 coronation fleet review while completely drunk and the audio is on KZbin

[@jacq0272]

"The number, Grigori, what do they mean?" - Mathematical Institute

[@rodbelding9523]

I freakin love this guy. Just absolutely hates people so bad that he wont even take free money from them.

[@Bob-hb3kr]

its not really free money... he actually earned it

[@Stenly17]

What would he even spend the money on? He already has a bed, table and chair and his lamp...

[@err0r-403]

@@Stenly17 Surely he needs a new light bulb every once in a while.

[@toneh154]

If he hated people, he wouldn't have taught others.. Maybe he just hated cliques.

[@Spearra]

@@err0r-403 Imagine if it was a LED lamp UNLIMITED POWER

[@Laxhoop]

Mad Lad recommendation: Lauri Törni. A man who hated communists so much, he joined the armies of three different nations, including the Nazi’s, just to kill them. Man has a god damn Sabaton song dedicated to him.

[@cheeto4027]

Shame he died in veitnam the guy was a fucking super soldier

[@Arbiter099]

Not sure what else Dankula could say beyond what's already been covered in the Sabaton history video Indy did about him

[@horacegentleman3296]

@@cheeto4027 did he though?

[@chrispham6599]

hjnjd the not a lot of people survived the Vietnam War

[@cheeto4027]

@@horacegentleman3296 yeah the helicopter he was riding in got shot down and I don't think there were any survivors Unless you're implying that the government faked his death which might have happened but is unlikely then I'm pretty sure he died

[@KoalaTContent]

0:05 "Getting Billied" I don't know what happened to Billy to have a verb named after him but it must have been severe.

[@dirtydan9785]

kek

[@KORTOKtheSTRONG]

proper verbs are max powerful

[@DL-zq5ie]

Cake​@@dirtydan9785

[@colderratic5681]

God the way they treated this man is downright deplorable, leave the guy alone and let him live his life and solve your theorems yourself

[@ruthanna4713]

Yes, imagine being offered 1 mill. What an insult.

[@PhyreI3ird]

@noctis nox Beautifully put

[@paleemperor5379]

@@ruthanna4713 The struggle is real.

[@R4ndomWords]

Poincaré-Conjecture: As long as a geometric object has no hole, it can be deformed into a sphere.

[@117Ender]

I've seen ice cubes become ice spheres... so its true...

[@corwinhyatt519]

Nice simplification :) . So it is a matter of how much force is applied to the object, where on the object the force is applied, how long the force is applied to the object for and the material consistency of the object the force is being applied to. That is allot of layered variables there so I can understand why a mathematical proof for it took a long time to come up with.

[@117Ender]

@@corwinhyatt519 more less as an idiot that doesn't get it its how do you make a snowball...it's literally get snow which becomes an odd shape and pack it until its a ball or sphere.

[@corwinhyatt519]

@@117Ender or clay, mud, stone, etc.

[@117Ender]

@@corwinhyatt519 yea just snow is easier to do so

[@johobo2038]

Doesn’t surprise me that Berkeley made him quit. That place sucks. 😂😂

[@ohnoitschris]

@Kunth they drove him berzerkley

[@numarkaz]

I live 20 mins away. Avoid that place like the plague.

[@Nudhul]

@@numarkaz It is a plague

[@JackSmack999]

I lived in Berkeley four years ago. Now i live with the Hispanics 7 miles up the road. Its a total breath of fresh air.

[@metalpachuramon]

I don't get it, what happens at Berkeley? Why does everybody in this comment section talks about them like that?

[@iielysiumx5811]

you have to admire a man who turns down money fame and recognition for his principles, the maddest of mad lads

[@diegomedina4145]

Journalist: “Farming? Really? A man of your talents?”

[@Sobernic1982]

I respect a farmer way more than a shit journalist, that’s for sure!

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@Sobernic1982 Technically it's gathering. Not that many mushroom farmers in the world, since they can be hard to grow, but also grow naturally in forests.

[@sYcknYss]

Grigori: "Journalism? But, of course. How fitting."

[@metregogi156]

@@sevenproxies4255 and we have some nice little psylocybine shrooms growing around st. Petersburg

[@whirled_peas]

"What talents" I imagine he would retort

[@cimex7492]

"but before we get into the mad lad-" Lets double tap the right of the screen, shall we?

[@jackhazardous4008]

I love the cheeky ad right after the sponsorship. And by love it I mean I want to immolate Dank

[@CountDoucheula]

Disappointed that the Raid ads are so unironic. Man's really out here supporting China.

[@hank1556]

guess who owns the game... wont surprise you

[@timtrainage]

His biggest mistake: Taking a job at Berkley

[@JackSmack999]

Nuff said.

[@roguegen5536]

It would be enough to push anyone over the edge.

[@clf400]

You talk like you actually know what it’s like there

[@LAIDBACKMANNER]

Ha!

[@clf400]

Theant19 the fact you think non stem subjects don’t need logical thought shows how dumb you are. Also your denial of communism shows you don’t understand politics

[@devilishlyhandsome830]

“When I was at school there were things I was good at... like getting bullied” most relatable thing for 90% of us scots 😂

[@gabe6278]

Terry A. Davis is a good candidate for this series.

[@YeeThirty]

Yes! Finally someone besides me preaching (no pun intended) about doing a video on King Terry!

[@tarico4436]

Getting on those see eye aye basketball players. He was the man, designed his own OS, put down the toilet seat for his mom, everything.

[@Roguecjb]

Metokur already made a vid that cant be topped, you may aswell just watch his.

[@borgwardd24]

@@Roguecjb Agreed. Watch Down the Rabbit Hole for an in depth look, watch Metokur for the shorter, more comedic look. Heck, even Linus Tech Tips made a video going in depth on the TempleOS itself. Not much left to cover on Dank's part.

[@wheezybackports6444]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. We needa Terry one.

[@brianfederico5854]

The fact that they didn't call him "The MADmatecian" was such a wasted opportunity no creativity whatsoever

[@brianfederico5854]

Or the matheMADician

[@Canadish]

They're mathmatcians. They don't do creativity. Wel, at least the conformist don't...

[@Lorch95]

@@Canadish This could not be further from the truth

[@bucketheadkfc]

MADLADtician

[@DieFlabbergast]

They're ALL mad.

[@bigfriendlyben]

Sounds like an inspiring story of an aspie living his best life

[@Nooticus]

^

[@dooderbug2437]

^

[@jebbryant6522]

I always forget aspie is a term and as an aspie myself this annoys me it’s so good I need to use it more

[@valkyrie9646]

@@jebbryant6522 Do you actually have anyone that speaks to you?

[@user-xq4st9ie7r]

Aspie sounds fcin sweet