How to tell when someone is really good at something: ask who's better.
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Would you consider G H Hardy a modest man? He himself did not. Yet he placed Ramanujan and Hilbert much higher than himself.
I'm not saying you're mistaken, just that this is a different idea than I was talking about.
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Forgive me; I assure you that I had no intention to misconstrue your meaning. Do you remain interested in the Montaigne quote I had in mind?
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A footnote: Lagrange bowed to Euler, Gauss to Newton, and Newton to Archimedes -- without hesitation or embarrassment. Even geniuses defer.
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