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Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician) by HSO on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:49PM (#45226611)
> "shoot for the moon and you'll land among the stars"

I´ve never been able to wrap my mind around this saying.

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Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician) by hiAndrewQuinn on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:57PM (#45226685)
Ha, yeah, it's a weird saying. I think it makes more sense if you imagine the sky as like a static painting you shoot yourself into with a cannon or something.
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Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician) by nxobject on Friday September 12, 2025 @06:15PM (#45227364)
That's not a bad outcome, especially if the world ends up being one large Truman show and you escape! ;)
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