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mk  ·  4057 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do grad students in math do all day?

When I was working on my physics degree, I became acutely aware that I would become fixed in a mindset that was a result of the type of thinking that I was required to practice. There is a reason why physicists and mathematicians are stereotypically loopy and absent-minded. They spend their days immersed in a language that is not commonly spoken, studying ideas that are rarely considered.