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Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by josephhardin on Sunday April 07, 2013 @08:21AM (#5506952)
It's worth noting that the author of this article is in the field of Biology, which is one of the last hold-outs for a mathematical revolution. Compared to other STEM fields, biology tends to utilize mathematics the least, especially mor e advanced mathematics. There are of course exceptions, and some great work being done in biological mathematics, but I wonder if the authors viewpoint is changed by this. Anecdotally, I once sat in on a biology lecture(In a math department even) where a visiting lecturer stated his opinion that biology students should not learn differential equations, but should rather just learn to enter them in a computer and follow the phase diagrams. Needless to say, it did not go over well in that crowd.
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by j2kun on Sunday April 07, 2013 @09:52AM (#5507195)
On the other hand, I (a mathematician) don't know differential equations. It's embarrassing, but not relevant to my work.

One of these days I will get around to learning it.

Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by stiff on Sunday April 07, 2013 @08:33AM (#5506983)
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by auggierose on Sunday April 07, 2013 @08:38AM (#5507001)
Thanks for that. I am wondering, I am a pretty regular HN reader, and still I missed that previous post (because I was asleep at the time it was posted, and it vanished too quickly). Any ideas how to fix that problem?
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by greenyoda on Sunday April 07, 2013 @08:05PM (#5509302)
You can use HN search to check if the article you want to submit has already been submitted:

https://www.hnsearch.com

Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by kaeluka on Sunday April 07, 2013 @08:41AM (#5507014)
don't sleep so much ;-)
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by auggierose on Sunday April 07, 2013 @09:05AM (#5507068)
Or, maybe, the HN algorithm should take into account time zones in some way.
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by kasperbn on Sunday April 07, 2013 @07:39AM (#5506865)
I bet some great scientists are good at math - the author probably means "Great Scientist ⫫ Good at Math".
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by auggierose on Sunday April 07, 2013 @08:01AM (#5506900)
No, he means that these two classes of people are different. That does not mean that their intersection is empty.