> I have the same optimism as Prof Tao.
This is not written by Tao, but by Álvaro Lozano-Robledo.
Though it’s very funny to imagine Tao suddenly acquiring a massive ego:
> At any given time in the history of mathematics, there have been mathematicians … whose mental capacity for mathematics seems completely super human (e.g., the owner of this blog, among many others).
It's quite amusing that this mistake gets made on every single one of these guest posts when the first words on the page are "This is a guest post by Álvaro Lozano-Robledo" and the first paragraph starts with "I would like to give Terry my heartfelt thanks for giving me the opportunity to contribute a post to his blog." It's pretty clear that everyone is skimming these at best. Maybe he should put the disclaimer in a bigger font or something.