I recently read that in a blog I was visiting. I refuse to caress his ego so I did not respond.<\/p>\n
By the time I was 13, I had read every book in the two public libraries in my hometown. My mother had to check out the books for me because of my age.<\/p>\n
I have forgotten a lot of what I read. <\/p>\n
My grandfather was a mathematical genius. He was one of those people that could beat a calculator no matter how difficult the problem was. He taught me the shortcuts he used and I did quite well at math in school. Through non-use I have forgotten most of them. He even had a shortcut to figure out logarithmic problems.<\/p>\n
I have read every book on economics published before 1963. I have read every book of philosophy written before 1963. I have even read a few published since then.<\/p>\n
So let me go on record as having forgotten more than any of you will ever know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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