How much of our impression of mathematics as a creepy, mental-health-harming cult comes from pure stereotyping?
Jonah happens to be a math phd. How can you engage in pure stereotyping of mathematicians while you get your PHD?
I was more positing that it’s a self-reinforcing, self-creating effect: people treat Mathematics in a cultish way because they think they’re supposed to.
I was more positing that it’s a self-reinforcing, self-creating effect
I don’t believe there’s any such thing, on the general grounds of “no fake without a reality to be a fake of.”
Who do you mean when you say “people”?
Jonah happens to be a math phd. How can you engage in pure stereotyping of mathematicians while you get your PHD?
I was more positing that it’s a self-reinforcing, self-creating effect: people treat Mathematics in a cultish way because they think they’re supposed to.
I don’t believe there’s any such thing, on the general grounds of “no fake without a reality to be a fake of.”
Who do you mean when you say “people”?