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他退学去写诗，如今赢得了菲尔兹奖
He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields Medal
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这篇 Quanta Magazine 的报道讲述了韩裔数学家 June Huh（许埈珥）的非典型成长经历：他曾从高中辍学想当诗人，后来才转向数学，最终凭借在组合数学领域的开创性工作获得 2022 年菲尔兹奖。文章展现了他缓慢而深入的学习方式，以及从诗歌到数学的独特思想路径。
为什么经久不衰：一个'辍学诗人'逆袭成为菲尔兹奖得主的故事，挑战了关于天赋、速度和成功路径的固有观念，对任何对教育与数学感兴趣的人都有启发。
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质疑'辍学迷失'的叙事：在韩国辍学备考很常见，他其实一直走在精英路径上
虽然这篇文章写得不错，但仅凭几件轶事，我不相信他真的'迷失过'或不喜欢数学。另外，在韩国，不少学生辍学高中是为了全力备战高考、进入更好的大学，这并不罕见。事实上他后来考入了韩国最好的大学，主修天文和物理，甚至有菲尔兹奖得主给他上过课。如果这算'迷失'，那我恐怕永远找不到自己了。
DecayingOrganic查看英文原文
Although this article is well-written, I'm not convinced that he was "lost," or that he didn't really like math, based only on a few anecdotal stories. Furthermore, the article says that "he dropped out of high school to become a poet," but please note that, a number of students drop out of high school in South Korea to fully focus on the college entrance exam, in hopes of getting into better universities. This is not uncommon at all. And sure enough, he got accepted into the best university in South Korea, majoring in astronomy and physics. One of his classes was even taught by a Fields Medalist. If this is his definition of "being lost," I'm not sure if I'll ever be found.
批判应试教育追求速度的'流水线'模式，认为 Huh 缓慢而深入的学习方式更值得反思
这段话让我印象深刻：June 做数学时非常缓慢，'和他聊五分钟微积分，你会觉得他连资格考试都过不了'。但后来发现他是在用更深刻的方式理解看似简单的概念。经历过美国教育体系的我感觉自己像工厂里被评估的产品：尽快碾压材料、为下一个指标优化行为。我真想知道，因为教育体系强迫所有人钻同一个孔、摧毁求知欲，我们这个社会错过了多少人才。
ken47查看英文原文
This passage caught my attention: He proceeds just as deliberately when doing mathematics. Wang was shocked when he first witnessed it. “I have this math competition experience, that as a mathematician you have to be clever, you have to be fast,” he said. “But June is the opposite. … If you talk to him for five minutes about some calculus problem, you’d think this guy wouldn’t pass a qualifying exam. He’s very slow.” So slow, in fact, that at first Wang thought they were wasting a lot of time on easy problems they already understood. But then he realized that Huh was learning even seemingly simple concepts in a much deeper way — and in precisely the way that would later prove useful. Having gone through the American education system, I felt like I was in a factory being evaluated as a potential end product. Steamroll through as much material as quickly as possible. Optimize behavioral patterns for the next performance metric. Rinse and repeat. Is this really the best system we can come up with? Can the pace of mathematical and scientific advancement be optimized by steamrollers? I wonder how much potential we've missed as a society because the education system has been trying to force everyone through the same hole, and destroying intellectual curiosity in the process. Personally, my experience with this educational system turned me off from "math." It was only much later in life when I learnt that the mindless algorithms that I had to personally execute for years on end to get into university could barely be considered math at all. Only then could I begin to appreciate how elegant real math could be. And I doubt I'm alone in my experience.
借 Huh '发现而非创造'的感受，质疑知识产权的正当性
'感觉像是抓取已经存在的东西，而不是在头脑中创造'——这正是'知识产权'这一概念一直让我困扰的原因。我认同他所说的'发现'：那些东西永远'在那里'等着被发现。我可以立路标、修路给你指路，但一个凡人怎能拥有属于无限与永恒之物？
nonrandomstring查看英文原文
"it feels like you’re grabbing something that’s already there, rather than creating something in your mind." This is why the conceit of "intellectual property" has always bothered me. I relate to what he describes as "finding things". Those things are are eternally "out there" for all to find. I can put up a signpost or build a road to show you the way, but how can a mere man own what is part of the infinite and eternal?
共鸣于 Huh 对自我中心的反思，认为创作应关注事情本身而非个人形象
'我想成为写伟大诗歌的人，而不是想写出伟大的诗歌'——这正是我删除个人博客的原因。我发现公开书写自己的生活和想法时，太关注自我了。
zuzuleinen查看英文原文
"He found the writing process too focused on the self — and for him, that exploration was often painful and depressing. Moreover, as he later realized, “I wanted to be someone who writes great poetry,” he said. “I didn’t want to write great poetry.” Now he sees that version of himself as almost a complete stranger." That's the reason I deleted my personal blog. I felt that when I was writing publicly about my life/thoughts I was focusing too much on my ego.
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