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The youths are half-jokingly called athletes...  
« on: Jan 22nd, 2006, 5:52pm »
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From the article:
 
"...The youths are half-jokingly called "athletes" -- mathletes of the brawn, not of the mind -- and, like more traditional mathletes, they take their sport seriously indeed..."
 
http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/athletes.html
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Re: The youths are half-jokingly called athletes..  
« Reply #1 on: Jan 23rd, 2006, 12:37am »
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I think you could have put this in the same thread as  "polynomial hierarchy collapses"
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