Hmmmm. I wonder how common this is. This is not how I think of the difference. I think of mathematicians as dealing with coherent systems of logic and engineers dealing with building in the real world. Mathematicians are useful when their system maps to the problem at hand, but not when it doesn’t.
I should say i have a maths degree so it’s possible that my view of mathematicians and the general view are not conincident.
My n=1 datapoint is that this was so traumatic for me during my math Ph.D. that I almost quit with a dissertation draft in hand. I’ve heard my advisor was more pedantic than normal though.
Hmmmm. I wonder how common this is. This is not how I think of the difference. I think of mathematicians as dealing with coherent systems of logic and engineers dealing with building in the real world. Mathematicians are useful when their system maps to the problem at hand, but not when it doesn’t.
I should say i have a maths degree so it’s possible that my view of mathematicians and the general view are not conincident.
My n=1 datapoint is that this was so traumatic for me during my math Ph.D. that I almost quit with a dissertation draft in hand. I’ve heard my advisor was more pedantic than normal though.