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Re:What should we tell our students? by jona-f on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:06AM (#50016204)
Yes, looking at mathematicians, It's remarkable how such smart people can behave so stupidly. Looks like intelligence is overrated.
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Re:What should we tell our students? by vaylian on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:00AM (#50018348)
The trajectory of a ball can be predicted. The trajectory of the job market for mathematicians is far too uncertain at this point to make reasonable predictions. This is not a matter of intelligence.
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Re:What should we tell our students? by brap on Friday October 09, 2026 @07:21AM (#50018940)
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it”
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