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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
And two people can start with nothing but the sweat producers of their brows, one can generate less wealth but have a bigger box of money in time.
All other things equal, one man could work his entire life on a theorem for physics and die before it comes to fruition, but his works directly influenced someone to shortly after wrap up the entire problem in a nice set of equations; the understanding that falls from these equations leads to untold wealth for the world over.
The other wins the lottery; ship it.
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