The Giga Chad Who Knew Infinity

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The Giga Chad Who Knew Infinity

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This meme is a mathematical mic drop about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the legendary Indian mathematician who revolutionized number theory without formal training! While modern academics spend years getting PhDs, Ramanujan just showed up with mind-bending formulas that he claimed came from the Hindu goddess Namagiri in his dreams. Imagine solving problems Cambridge professors couldn't crack, then being like "a deity told me the answer" and refusing to elaborate. Pure mathematical BDE (Big Differential Energy)! The man literally wrote down infinite series formulas on scraps of paper while working as a clerk and had mathematicians SHOOK for generations. Talk about supernatural computational skills - even his notebook scribblings are still being deciphered today!

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