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That's my experience of every university math department I've ever been at. I always assumed that's also how non-math departments are but don't actually have an
by omaranto 6y ago
That's my experience of every university math department I've ever been at. I always assumed that's also how non-math departments are but don't actually have any first-hand experience.
- cosmojg 6y agoWith a good PI, indeed it is, but similar to you, my experience is limited to neuroscience and biology departments. I have a feeling that the further you get from math, the more restrictive the intellectual atmosphere becomes. Math, as a tool, makes it much easier to successfully and productively stray from consensus since the opposition would require "better math" (to put it crudely) to defeat it, and math is math. There's no way around it.
- curiousllama 6y agoMATH IS MATH
- xiaolingxiao 6y agoWhat has been your experience with computer science departments?
- omaranto 6y agoI have no experience in Computer Science departments, sadly.