Comments by "Phil Davenport" (@phildavenport4150) on "Stanford" channel.

  1. Some of us acquire very little competence in maths, cannot recognize genius, and must make do with understanding our world in other ways. Some others of us become extremely adept. The rest of us, which is most of us, have to make the best of the limited abilities we have. The biggest and most cruel trick played on those of us in the middle is the ability to detect brilliance in those few we are privileged to experience, knowing that we can aspire all we like, but will never attain the heights we so desperately want to attain. And this is not only maths - we all know how Salieri must have felt the first time that he witnessed the sheer genius of Mozart in action. Mind you, I'm not bitter...
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  2.  @Reverend11dMEOW  Wish I could play the viola.
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