> I am not pursuing a PhD in pure math so I certainly have both interest and ability in doing academic stuff I don't see how the second half of the sentence fo

> I am not pursuing a PhD in pure math so I certainly have both interest and ability in doing academic stuff I don't see how the second half of the sentence follows from the first half. Did that "not" slip in by accident? Or do you consider a PhD in pure maths to be evidence of not having academic ability? -- Yours, offended holder of PhD in pure maths :)