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Comment by p1esk

9 hours ago

As a professional mathematician, if you’re not advancing your subfield of research consistently you are mediocre.

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fn-mote  5 hours ago

If you say so.

Saying most tenured faculty at research 1 institutions are mediocre seems to be stretching the definition, though.

  • p1esk  4 hours ago

    Who’s saying that?

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