Mathematicians Team Up on Twin Primes Conjecture

Re:Mathematicians Team Up on Twin Primes Conjecture by shiven on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @06:57AM (#6767516)

Wait, what? Academia is a pretty broad brush stroke, if you know anything about being an academic, and you appear to be making that brush broader still.

Care to elaborate?

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Re:Mathematicians Team Up on Twin Primes Conjecture by thaumasiotes on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @07:19AM (#6767585)

I'm not sure what you're asking me; the whole point of my comment is that academia is a pretty broad brush stroke.

My parent comment says that, outside academia, most people's thoughts aren't significant enough to merit the term "thinking". I'm saying that, if you want to consider that that's the case outside academia, you should realize that it's also the case inside academia.

Personally, I would be happy to dignify most people's thoughts with the term "thinking".

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