Yay!!! It's not easy. The more authors, the harder it gets, but sometimes the different perspectives bear fruit. I worked on one a couple of years ago with someone who held an opposing view to my own and we turned out such a good paper that people tweeted it like crazy. People I'd never even met! I'm still having mild conniptions from that experience.
Are (some/most/all) mathematicians on the spectrum? Is that what makes them good at what they do?
No, not all. The ones who are are easy to spot. Poor sods. Some folks simply learned the basics well and later on took pride in being able to do something others couldn't, so they continued on with it. I think that's probably true of all fields, from music to maths to tightrope walking.
There is obviously something wrong with my brain; I read ‘feed part’ as ‘peed fart’ and wondered what on earth Shad was talking about! Is late-onset dyslexia a thing?
I was in the top maths class in high-school until I hit calculus and couldn’t get my head around it.No, not all. The ones who are are easy to spot. Poor sods. Some folks simply learned the basics well and later on took pride in being able to do something others couldn't, so they continued on with it. I think that's probably true of all fields, from music to maths to tightrope walking.
We do actually need statsticians and mathematicians for all of society's fancy number work, so I'm thankful for them.
Come to think of it, with your interest in music, you're probably a latent mathematician
Funny. I loved calculus, it was statistics that floored me.
Thank you for admitting that.There is obviously something wrong with my brain; I read ‘feed part’ as ‘peed fart’ and wondered what on earth Shad was talking about! Is late-onset dyslexia a thing?
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I haven't laughed that hard in a while.
I only understood calculus for an hour in the 1980s and then it left me for a more fertile mind
It's a cracker isn't it!Thank you for admitting that.
