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Welcome to the talk page for James Harris Simons.
Jim Simons is a unique individual -- a world-class scientist, a seemingly boundless money-maker (perhaps the most successful in history), and a philanthropist with very specific goals and agendas. He is private, guarded, even secretive. Most of the material in this article has been gleaned from the little that has been reported about him on the Internet. He rarely gives interviews.
I am in no way an authority on Simons, and wish to avoid giving that impression.
My decision to write the ariticle is based on the following: He merits a thorough, well-written encyclopedic entry, and none yet existed; he is an interesting subject; his place in history is still "in development"; and Simons presents some unique challenges to the writer.
One challenge is to write about the mathematical ideas and theories accurately. This aspect of the article will receive special focus, attention and research by me over time, and of course I hope those with expertise will lend a hand. My end goal is that the cognoscenti will find the portion of the article well-written and meaningful.
-- Paul Klenk, Kew Gardens, Queens, August 16, 2005
Regarding this statement: "This resulted in his proof of the Bernstein conjecture," I am unaware that Simons himself actually wrote a "proof" of the Bernstein conjecture. Is there anything to support this? The way it was worded before merely indicated that, as a result of his theory, the conjecture became proved. Your thoughts?
paul klenk talk 06:42, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
Gauge, thanks for your excellent research. I may have over-complicated my question, which is simple:
Does this make sense? It's a simple matter of wording. Either he "did" the proof, or his work was used by someone else to do it. It may sound nit-picky, but in such a matter we want to be clear, so our readers know what we are telling them. paul klenk talk 22:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
The link Bernstein conjecture redirects to Bernstein's constant. That page states a conjecture by Bernstein and says that it was disproved by Varga and Carpenter, 1987. I don't see the connection. Is the redirect wrong? Penguian ( talk) 10:21, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I had added a small comment to the article about Simons work on the Lucifer cipher which was a direct predecessor to DES. This information comes from direct interviews with Simons in Steven Levy's book Crypto. Kupojsin ( talk) 01:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
The section Unique Streak is unsourced, approaches libel, and should be removed. JFW | T@lk 12:36, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Traders Monthly says he earned $0.9-1.0 billion in 2005, while Institutional Investor says he earned $1.5 billion. Shawnc 01:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
He's tagged as Category:1921_births, but the text says he received his bachelors in 1958 and then his Ph.D at age 23. That would mean he's a 1935 birth or later (probably more like 1938-40). What's correct?
Wouldn't Simons be better described as a mathematician rather than a mathematical physicist? His work with Chern, e.g., was a project in pure mathematics, carried out before there was any idea of its applications in string theory. Ishboyfay 18:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
We quote First Post (who they?) quoting Simons quoting Animal Farm. So there's quite a long chain there. But I can't imagine that Orwell would ever have written "rather of". Not sure whether just a "[sic]" would be appropriate or what, but I am sure there is something wrong somewhere. Telsa (talk) 08:32, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it really NPOV to say that Renaissance has employees from 'countries as diverse as Cuba and Japan'? Especially considering that one is the US' main trading partner and the other an island just off the mainland. <sarcasm>How about adding "and employs age groups as diverse as 25 to 40"?</sarcasm> 87.112.71.100 16:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded a photo I took of Simons giving a lecture at MSRI last May. I believe it's licensed appropriately for use in this page. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jim_Simons_at_MSRI.jpg Gleuschk ( talk) 14:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Is this article claiming that Simons has 2 Ph.D's, or that he has 1 Ph.D in Math&Literature? The first would be very surprising and the second cannot be true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.209.35.44 ( talk) 04:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Anyone know an article or information on what stocks he shorted to make that much in 2008? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericg33 ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Simons' earnings in 2007 are given variously as $2.8 and $1.7 billion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.249.165 ( talk) 13:19, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Gregory Zuckerman, James Harris Simons and Edward Witten might possibly tell us how clever Bernie Madoff is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.1.47 ( talk) 15:11, 6 October 2009 (UTC) See Bernard Madoff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.182.155 ( talk) 11:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
No such thing as under or not, doesn't matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lyhendq ( talk • contribs) 07:26, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
The following paragraph does not match its citation: "Observers have been wondering how Renaissance's in-house Medallion Fund has managed to continue to outperform the stock market handily while funds open to outside investors have performed miserably. The violation could be related to the Nova Fund, a hedge fund that had very high returns which was mysteriously subsumed by the internal Medallion Fund."
The citation is a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Simons Questioned by Investors". This article makes no mention of a "Nova Fund" and instead states that RIEF holds US equities for a long-term holding whereas the Medallion Fund is a global short-term fund. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.156.39 ( talk) 01:15, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
User:Declaration1776 16:46, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Early leftist ideas could be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.134.88 ( talk) 11:34, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Simons is already free to sue the sources and has not done so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.149.30.34 ( talk) 11:59, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
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The summary box states that James Simons' net worth is $11.7 billion, citing an article from March 2013. There are two spots in the article that still have his net worth at an outdated number (1) 2nd paragraph, (2) under the "Wealth" section, even though they all point to a Forbes profile on Simons. The Forbes profile is now updated to $12 billion as of September 2013.
I also suggest adding his wife's name in the third paragraph, to clarify. Suggested change: "Simons lives with his wife, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, in Manhattan..."
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 17:00, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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I propose deleting the first sentence, which I think is obvious and unnecessary (but I understand if you'd like to debate that), and deleting the "Quant King" nickname because it makes little sense in this section. There are also some errors in the rest of the section. These paragraphs refer to three separate foundations (Simons Foundation, Paul Simons Foundation, Nick Simons Foundation) but they are currently compounded into two. I suggest the below separations:
Notes: I wanted to clarify the difference between the Simons Foundation and the Paul Simons Foundation. I couldn't access links 21 or 22 for the Nick Simons Foundation, but found this reference instead, if that helps. [4] And then I suggest keeping Math for America a separate paragraph.
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My suggestions based on inclusion of other facts in the article:
1. 1976: Oswald Veblen Prize
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-- Ljung123 ( talk) 21:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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I suggest adding "…and a trustee of Stony Brook University." to the end of this section.
Reference: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/giving/foundation-board.shtml
Ljung123 ( talk) 20:43, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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In the 2nd paragraph, the second line is unclear and unlinear. I propose changing the paragraph to read:
The firm's first and most well-known fund is the Medallion fund, now owned exclusively by firm employees and executives. Subsequently, the firm launched a set of institutional funds: Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF),[14] Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund (RIFF) and Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha (RIDA), which are all technically driven, but focused on different investment areas.
Reference for last line: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-19/renaissance-said-to-start-trading-new-fund-with-3-5-billion.html
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 21:06, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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I am proposing several clarifications regarding Simons' philanthropy to Stony Brook.
1. The first paragraph in the philanthropy section to mention Stony Brook - states "Also in 2006 Simons donated $25 million to..." This donation was actually made through the Simons Foundation, not Simons himself. Proposed edit: "Also in 2006 the Simons Foundation donated $25 million to Stony Brook University through the Stony Brook Foundation."
2. The paragraph following refers to the founding of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics as "the largest gift to a public university in New York state history." Proposed update to “… in New York State history at that time.”
3. Regarding the $150 million grant to Stony Brook University - In order to present the distinctions within the grant itself, here is the proposed edit:
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 21:21, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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Regarding the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing: funding was from Simons Foundation and not Paul Simons Foundation. Is a reference needed? This mistake was carried over from the earlier confusion between the Simons Foundation and the Paul Simons Foundation.
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 16:15, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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Regarding Brookhaven National Laboratory, the wiki article says that Simons "led a group of directors Renaissance Technologies Corporation..." It was actually a group of employees and executives, not directors. Reference: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nw&pname=mm_0108_story1.html
Can we also change “donating $13 million to fund a budget shortfall…” to “… donating $13 million to compensate for a budget shortfall..." This is a grammar request, not an accuracy request.
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 16:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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In the first paragraph under "Early life and career" it says that Simons' father owned a shoe factory. This is incorrect, and was incorrectly reported in the reference article. Mr. Simons has clarified this as the following:
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I suggest adding the name of his wife to the 3rd paragraph in the overall summary section so that it reads as below, to clarify current situation.
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Suggestion to edit the Autism Research section. The below expands the section to 3 paragraphs. I have left my comments below each paragraph indented and italicized.
On June 11, 2003, the Simons Foundation hosted a panel to survey the current status of autism research in New York City. The event was attended by David Amaral, Eric Courchesne, Nathaniel Heintz, Thomas Insel, Catherine Lord, Fred Volkmar and chaired by Paul Greengard. The principal conclusions reached that day were that autism is highly genetic, the concordance between identical twins being 80%; and, second, that the overall quality of researchers in the field should be at a higher level. Therefore the Simons’ early giving focused on genetics research and on attracting more accomplished investigators to autism research.
The Simons Foundation now gives $60 million per year to investigate the causes of autism, the largest private investment to date in the field of autism research. Simons is personally involved with where and how his philanthropic money is spent and has provided DNA from his family for study. When MIT asked for autism research funding, the foundation participated in the selection of scientists for the project.
In 2005, to formalize and further establish their autism research program, the foundation brought in Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., former dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences at Columbia University, to lead it. Since that time, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has grown to its current size.
Further information about Simons and Madoff is available at zerohedge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.98.254.104 ( talk) 12:48, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Per WP:PRIMARY, primary sources aren't banned, but their use is restricted. "A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge....Do not analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable secondary sources that do so." By that standard, some of the recent cuts could be restored. For example, this link to the Carnegie awards is, IMO, sufficient to establish that James and Marilyn Simons were recipients. The website is indeed a primary source, but no interpretation needed to verify the fact. Barte ( talk) 00:15, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
User:Danski14 seems to be a paid sock-puppet of Simons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.50.140 ( talk) 10:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Many editors on this article should declare a racial Conflict of Interest in this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.5.59 ( talk) 13:37, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
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I thought this was a nice profile. It also talks about the foundation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
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Right at the start of the article: "Simons is known for his studies on pattern recognition. ". Though Simons is multitalented I'm not sure this is a correct assessment of either his mathematical or financial work (for both of which he is indeed celebrated). If I'm wrong citations are needed. Paulhummerman ( talk) 13:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
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Welcome to the talk page for James Harris Simons.
Jim Simons is a unique individual -- a world-class scientist, a seemingly boundless money-maker (perhaps the most successful in history), and a philanthropist with very specific goals and agendas. He is private, guarded, even secretive. Most of the material in this article has been gleaned from the little that has been reported about him on the Internet. He rarely gives interviews.
I am in no way an authority on Simons, and wish to avoid giving that impression.
My decision to write the ariticle is based on the following: He merits a thorough, well-written encyclopedic entry, and none yet existed; he is an interesting subject; his place in history is still "in development"; and Simons presents some unique challenges to the writer.
One challenge is to write about the mathematical ideas and theories accurately. This aspect of the article will receive special focus, attention and research by me over time, and of course I hope those with expertise will lend a hand. My end goal is that the cognoscenti will find the portion of the article well-written and meaningful.
-- Paul Klenk, Kew Gardens, Queens, August 16, 2005
Regarding this statement: "This resulted in his proof of the Bernstein conjecture," I am unaware that Simons himself actually wrote a "proof" of the Bernstein conjecture. Is there anything to support this? The way it was worded before merely indicated that, as a result of his theory, the conjecture became proved. Your thoughts?
paul klenk talk 06:42, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
Gauge, thanks for your excellent research. I may have over-complicated my question, which is simple:
Does this make sense? It's a simple matter of wording. Either he "did" the proof, or his work was used by someone else to do it. It may sound nit-picky, but in such a matter we want to be clear, so our readers know what we are telling them. paul klenk talk 22:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
The link Bernstein conjecture redirects to Bernstein's constant. That page states a conjecture by Bernstein and says that it was disproved by Varga and Carpenter, 1987. I don't see the connection. Is the redirect wrong? Penguian ( talk) 10:21, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I had added a small comment to the article about Simons work on the Lucifer cipher which was a direct predecessor to DES. This information comes from direct interviews with Simons in Steven Levy's book Crypto. Kupojsin ( talk) 01:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
The section Unique Streak is unsourced, approaches libel, and should be removed. JFW | T@lk 12:36, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Traders Monthly says he earned $0.9-1.0 billion in 2005, while Institutional Investor says he earned $1.5 billion. Shawnc 01:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
He's tagged as Category:1921_births, but the text says he received his bachelors in 1958 and then his Ph.D at age 23. That would mean he's a 1935 birth or later (probably more like 1938-40). What's correct?
Wouldn't Simons be better described as a mathematician rather than a mathematical physicist? His work with Chern, e.g., was a project in pure mathematics, carried out before there was any idea of its applications in string theory. Ishboyfay 18:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
We quote First Post (who they?) quoting Simons quoting Animal Farm. So there's quite a long chain there. But I can't imagine that Orwell would ever have written "rather of". Not sure whether just a "[sic]" would be appropriate or what, but I am sure there is something wrong somewhere. Telsa (talk) 08:32, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it really NPOV to say that Renaissance has employees from 'countries as diverse as Cuba and Japan'? Especially considering that one is the US' main trading partner and the other an island just off the mainland. <sarcasm>How about adding "and employs age groups as diverse as 25 to 40"?</sarcasm> 87.112.71.100 16:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded a photo I took of Simons giving a lecture at MSRI last May. I believe it's licensed appropriately for use in this page. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jim_Simons_at_MSRI.jpg Gleuschk ( talk) 14:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Is this article claiming that Simons has 2 Ph.D's, or that he has 1 Ph.D in Math&Literature? The first would be very surprising and the second cannot be true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.209.35.44 ( talk) 04:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Anyone know an article or information on what stocks he shorted to make that much in 2008? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericg33 ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Simons' earnings in 2007 are given variously as $2.8 and $1.7 billion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.249.165 ( talk) 13:19, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Gregory Zuckerman, James Harris Simons and Edward Witten might possibly tell us how clever Bernie Madoff is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.1.47 ( talk) 15:11, 6 October 2009 (UTC) See Bernard Madoff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.182.155 ( talk) 11:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
No such thing as under or not, doesn't matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lyhendq ( talk • contribs) 07:26, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
The following paragraph does not match its citation: "Observers have been wondering how Renaissance's in-house Medallion Fund has managed to continue to outperform the stock market handily while funds open to outside investors have performed miserably. The violation could be related to the Nova Fund, a hedge fund that had very high returns which was mysteriously subsumed by the internal Medallion Fund."
The citation is a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Simons Questioned by Investors". This article makes no mention of a "Nova Fund" and instead states that RIEF holds US equities for a long-term holding whereas the Medallion Fund is a global short-term fund. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.156.39 ( talk) 01:15, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
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Early leftist ideas could be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.134.88 ( talk) 11:34, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Simons is already free to sue the sources and has not done so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.149.30.34 ( talk) 11:59, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
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The summary box states that James Simons' net worth is $11.7 billion, citing an article from March 2013. There are two spots in the article that still have his net worth at an outdated number (1) 2nd paragraph, (2) under the "Wealth" section, even though they all point to a Forbes profile on Simons. The Forbes profile is now updated to $12 billion as of September 2013.
I also suggest adding his wife's name in the third paragraph, to clarify. Suggested change: "Simons lives with his wife, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, in Manhattan..."
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 17:00, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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I propose deleting the first sentence, which I think is obvious and unnecessary (but I understand if you'd like to debate that), and deleting the "Quant King" nickname because it makes little sense in this section. There are also some errors in the rest of the section. These paragraphs refer to three separate foundations (Simons Foundation, Paul Simons Foundation, Nick Simons Foundation) but they are currently compounded into two. I suggest the below separations:
Notes: I wanted to clarify the difference between the Simons Foundation and the Paul Simons Foundation. I couldn't access links 21 or 22 for the Nick Simons Foundation, but found this reference instead, if that helps. [4] And then I suggest keeping Math for America a separate paragraph.
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My suggestions based on inclusion of other facts in the article:
1. 1976: Oswald Veblen Prize
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2. 1992: Stony Brook Univerity, honorary degree
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CSHL Double Helix Medal Honoree; Co-recipient with his wife, Marilyn
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6. 2013: The Rockefeller University, honorary degree; Co-recipient with his wife, Marilyn
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-- Ljung123 ( talk) 21:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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I suggest adding "…and a trustee of Stony Brook University." to the end of this section.
Reference: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/giving/foundation-board.shtml
Ljung123 ( talk) 20:43, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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In the 2nd paragraph, the second line is unclear and unlinear. I propose changing the paragraph to read:
The firm's first and most well-known fund is the Medallion fund, now owned exclusively by firm employees and executives. Subsequently, the firm launched a set of institutional funds: Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF),[14] Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund (RIFF) and Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha (RIDA), which are all technically driven, but focused on different investment areas.
Reference for last line: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-19/renaissance-said-to-start-trading-new-fund-with-3-5-billion.html
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 21:06, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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I am proposing several clarifications regarding Simons' philanthropy to Stony Brook.
1. The first paragraph in the philanthropy section to mention Stony Brook - states "Also in 2006 Simons donated $25 million to..." This donation was actually made through the Simons Foundation, not Simons himself. Proposed edit: "Also in 2006 the Simons Foundation donated $25 million to Stony Brook University through the Stony Brook Foundation."
2. The paragraph following refers to the founding of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics as "the largest gift to a public university in New York state history." Proposed update to “… in New York State history at that time.”
3. Regarding the $150 million grant to Stony Brook University - In order to present the distinctions within the grant itself, here is the proposed edit:
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 21:21, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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Regarding the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing: funding was from Simons Foundation and not Paul Simons Foundation. Is a reference needed? This mistake was carried over from the earlier confusion between the Simons Foundation and the Paul Simons Foundation.
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 16:15, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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Regarding Brookhaven National Laboratory, the wiki article says that Simons "led a group of directors Renaissance Technologies Corporation..." It was actually a group of employees and executives, not directors. Reference: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nw&pname=mm_0108_story1.html
Can we also change “donating $13 million to fund a budget shortfall…” to “… donating $13 million to compensate for a budget shortfall..." This is a grammar request, not an accuracy request.
-- Ljung123 ( talk) 16:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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In the first paragraph under "Early life and career" it says that Simons' father owned a shoe factory. This is incorrect, and was incorrectly reported in the reference article. Mr. Simons has clarified this as the following:
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I suggest adding the name of his wife to the 3rd paragraph in the overall summary section so that it reads as below, to clarify current situation.
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Suggestion to edit the Autism Research section. The below expands the section to 3 paragraphs. I have left my comments below each paragraph indented and italicized.
On June 11, 2003, the Simons Foundation hosted a panel to survey the current status of autism research in New York City. The event was attended by David Amaral, Eric Courchesne, Nathaniel Heintz, Thomas Insel, Catherine Lord, Fred Volkmar and chaired by Paul Greengard. The principal conclusions reached that day were that autism is highly genetic, the concordance between identical twins being 80%; and, second, that the overall quality of researchers in the field should be at a higher level. Therefore the Simons’ early giving focused on genetics research and on attracting more accomplished investigators to autism research.
The Simons Foundation now gives $60 million per year to investigate the causes of autism, the largest private investment to date in the field of autism research. Simons is personally involved with where and how his philanthropic money is spent and has provided DNA from his family for study. When MIT asked for autism research funding, the foundation participated in the selection of scientists for the project.
In 2005, to formalize and further establish their autism research program, the foundation brought in Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., former dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences at Columbia University, to lead it. Since that time, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has grown to its current size.
Further information about Simons and Madoff is available at zerohedge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.98.254.104 ( talk) 12:48, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Per WP:PRIMARY, primary sources aren't banned, but their use is restricted. "A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge....Do not analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable secondary sources that do so." By that standard, some of the recent cuts could be restored. For example, this link to the Carnegie awards is, IMO, sufficient to establish that James and Marilyn Simons were recipients. The website is indeed a primary source, but no interpretation needed to verify the fact. Barte ( talk) 00:15, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
User:Danski14 seems to be a paid sock-puppet of Simons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.50.140 ( talk) 10:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Many editors on this article should declare a racial Conflict of Interest in this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.5.59 ( talk) 13:37, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
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I thought this was a nice profile. It also talks about the foundation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
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Right at the start of the article: "Simons is known for his studies on pattern recognition. ". Though Simons is multitalented I'm not sure this is a correct assessment of either his mathematical or financial work (for both of which he is indeed celebrated). If I'm wrong citations are needed. Paulhummerman ( talk) 13:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)