The Medallion Fund, Skepticism, and a Failure to Comprehend
			
			
				              
          
              
          Illustration by II/Photo of Jim Simons 
        
                  
             
 
      
			 
			
				A professor calls out Renaissance Technologies’ performance. It says more about his thinking than about the hedge fund he’s questioning.
			
			
			
      
      
        
        
                      Stephen Jay Gould
                      Renaissance Technologies
                      Demis Hassabis
                      Cornell
                      James Vertin