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Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists. by kragen on Thursday June 23, 2011 @05:34PM (#2689979)
I have to admit, I don't know that I'd be willing to put in the effort myself unless you first persuaded me why cubic field discriminant distributions were so much more interesting than the other thousand things I could spend the next hour reading about. (Or listening to you about.) This would indeed be much easier face-to-face.

I don't think that means the work is unimportant, but I think of math as being primarily a recreation like painting or singing, and only secondarily something that needs to be of service or interest to others.

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