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Mathematics Just think of all the good it's brought and how underfunded it is

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• mcshicks 6y ago
  Can you elaborate a bit? My son is a mathematician, a post doc right now. While I would not say math is over funded, my understanding is that most of the money they spend (above and beyond salaries) is just travel related so they can talk together. That is they don't have expensive equipment like electron microscopes, server farms, etc. On the other hand I think you can make a strong case that math education outreach to under represented groups in math, like some minorities and women in some countries maybe does not get the attention it deserves.
  • Balgair 6y ago
    One thing that does cost a bit is the computers. Computational flops are microscopes for a mathematician these days.
  • hiq 6y ago
    More funding can mean more people working in the field with the same amount spent on everyone rather than more money spent on the same number of people.