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Comment by almostgotcaught

10 hours ago

> I'm getting my math PhD and I built this language around my area of expertise, Number Theory and Finite Fields.

Your LinkedIn says you're an undergrad that took a gap year 10 months ago (before completing your senior year) to do sales for a real estate company.

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pizza  9 hours ago

Why bother doing a witch hunt and leaving out that they did Stats at Yale..

  • almostgotcaught  9 hours ago

    Because why does it matter? Are you suggesting undergrad stats at Yale is comparable to a PhD in number theory?

    • pizza  8 hours ago

      I guess it's not clear to me why it's even interesting to talk about their LinkedIn or their PhD in the first place? It's not like not having a PhD will make the work any more true or not. Wouldn't it be more interesting to discuss the merits of the post? There's really little point in trying to say that their LinkedIn has different info than the comment therefore the submission is invalid.

      But, suppose I did actually hold that belief for some reason, then it would seem fairly intellectually dishonest to withhold relevant info in my pointed inquisition wherein I just characterize them as someone lacking mathematical experience at all, let alone from a world class university. But maybe that's just me!

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saghm  9 hours ago

Depending on what properties they sold, they certainly could have gotten valuable real-world expertise with finite fields. It's certainly easier to sell them than infinite ones!