Re:The Two Cultures of Mathematics (2000) [pdf]
by jerf on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:21PM
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"I got pushback here and elsewhere that lots of people fit into multiple camps - which makes sense."
People do fit into multiple camps... however, the camps definitely exist.
One of the several reasons I didn't go into academia, and one of the bigger ones overall, is that I could tell I wanted to split the difference between the "practicals" and the "mathematicians". And while this may not have been impossible, it was certainly at the very least a "high risk" move, because you end up with the support of neither camp, and there aren't enough people in the middle to make up for it.
People do fit into multiple camps... however, the camps definitely exist.
One of the several reasons I didn't go into academia, and one of the bigger ones overall, is that I could tell I wanted to split the difference between the "practicals" and the "mathematicians". And while this may not have been impossible, it was certainly at the very least a "high risk" move, because you end up with the support of neither camp, and there aren't enough people in the middle to make up for it.