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Re:What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physic... by vacri on Friday August 12, 2016 @03:00AM (#12273787)
> I also realized the difference between a physicist and a mathematician: a physicist is openly willing to compromise their principles and stretch the truth for the sake of press, while a mathematician sticks to the truth and as a result nobody cares.

Ironic, really. As a mathematician, you should be aware of the problems of making such gross overgeneralisations. Not to mention that one of the most famous sayings about stretching the truth comes from mathematics: "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

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Re:What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physic... by j2kun on Friday August 12, 2016 @11:33AM (#12276476)
This is about statistics used to try to convince the public of something, not about the mathematics itself
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