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做数学与做学问

January 9th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

看到Terence 老师在他的博客上写过一篇文章, “Does one have to be a genius to do maths”, Zhiqiang 老师评论说“他写这种文章是站着说话不腰疼.”

的确, 对于Terence老师这种12岁就获得国际数奥金牌的人来说, 天赋毫无疑问是他走向成功的一个因素. 但是, Terence老师下面这段话却发人深省:

In some cases, an abundance of raw talent may end up (somewhat perversely) to actually be harmful for one’s long-term mathematical development; if solutions to problems come too easily, for instance, one may not put as much energy into working hard, asking dumb questions, or increasing one’s range, and thus may eventually cause one’s skills to stagnate. Also, if one is accustomed to easy success, one may not develop the patience necessary to deal with truly difficult problems. Talent is important, of course; but how one develops and nurtures it is even more so.

对应的译文: (来自LiuXiaochuan老师)

有的时候,大量的灵感和才智反而对长期的数学发展有害,试想如果在早期问题解决的太容易,一个人可能就不会刻苦努力,不会问一些“傻”的问题,不会尝试去扩展自己的领域,这样迟早造成灵感的枯竭。而且,如果一个人习惯了不大费时费力的小聪明,他就不能拥有解决真正困难的大问题所需要耐心,和坚韧的性格。聪明才智自然重要,但是如何发展和培养显然更加的重要。

反过来想自己, 即使在创新能力要求极强的信息学中, 原来最重要的不是自己的那些灵光一闪的新点子, 而是严谨踏实的学术作风.

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