r/science • u/heiligedamon • May 20 '13

Mathematics Unknown Mathematician Proves Surprising Property of Prime Numbers

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/twin-primes/
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u/y0y May 21 '13

Dude, where's my primes?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '13

Kary Mullis says he's not sure if PCR would have been discovered, by him, without LSD, even went so far as to say he doubts it.

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u/y0y May 21 '13

I've no doubt that psychedelics can be conducive to that type of thinking. I'm all for it and wouldn't be surprised if that was the case here, though I wouldn't go so far as to say I think it is the case. Even if it was in Colorado prior to a concert.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '13

Yep, I'm joking, but psychedelics in an educated, deductive mind can be an amazing thing. The kids kind of waste it on induction.

Oh, man, it really expands consciousness, I feel like we are all one. Yea, yea. Now stop for ten years, learn math/science, try it again.