You share a house with Einstein, Hawking and Tao

You're apartment hunting when a friend mentions a free room. Your skepticism evaporates the moment you hear the roommate's name: Albert Einstein. The lease practically signs itself. Day one, you hover by his door. "Professor Einstein?" He glances up from his papers "Albert, please. And yes, ask away." At first, you rapid fire your questions: What does E=mc² really mean? The nature of time? God and dice? Albert's chalk dances across his blackboard, equations blooming like flowers. But Tuesday's email deadline looms. "Albert, could you just... make this sound more professional?" By week two, it's all emails. Summaries. Cover letters. The blackboard gathers dust. Then comes the knock. Albert clears his throat, Hawking and Tao are visiting. Would $20 monthly be unreasonable? Twenty dollars. For Einstein, Hawking, AND Tao? You hand over your credit card before he changes his mind. The apartment transforms. Hawking's synthesizer harmonizes with Tao's rapid-fire proofs while Einstein' ... Read full article.