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I think your opening paragraph is disrespectful and dismissive. He's a well-published professional mathematician. Why wouldn't someone take his advice just beca

• IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
  Yes, indeed, I didn't see that specifically, although I figured as much from the domain and the book, which is why included "smart person", which was not intended to be ironic. But it can be misunderstood, and I apologise for any offence I caused. I was thinking of the following argument and cut it far too short: "Don't believe a mathematician that quantitative skills are the most important, don't believe a psychologist that interpersonal skills are most important, and don't believe a programmer that python is more important than English".