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Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)12:44:45 No.16870665

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Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)12:44:45 No.16870665

Do you agree with this quote? Is becoming successful physicist considerably harder that becoming a good mathematician?

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)12:52:43 No.16870668

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)12:52:43 No.16870668

>>16870665
what would you say to the person who passed diff eq but has to retake chem 1?

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)13:29:38 No.16870675

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)13:29:38 No.16870675

No. Physicists are a diamond dozen. Quite undeveloped intellecturally compared to mathematicians such as myself.

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)13:38:02 No.16870680

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)13:38:02 No.16870680

depends on the physics, math is pure abstraction so they can all be grouped together

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)14:03:44 No.16870689

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)14:03:44 No.16870689

>>16870665
What does it mean to be "too good for philosophy"? I can only read this as it would be a waste of mathematical talent pursuing non-mathematical philosophy

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)15:01:51 No.16870707

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)15:01:51 No.16870707

>>16870689
it means philosophy is just feels expressed in natural language. it's easy to feel, but i don't agree with polya's attitude about math relative to philosophy. some people feel better than others.

physicists aren't more skilled than mathematicians.

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)15:03:56 No.16870709

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)15:03:56 No.16870709

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>tfw too smart for philosophy

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)16:37:01 No.16870769

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)16:37:01 No.16870769

>>16870707
Maybe he meant too proud for philosophy, not enought pride for physics. We are missing context.

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