> no barrier to entry except knowledge That’s fundamentally it, there’s a barrier to entry, and it’s knowledge. Other sciences may require specialized instrume

> no barrier to entry except knowledge That’s fundamentally it, there’s a barrier to entry, and it’s knowledge. Other sciences may require specialized instruments and time, but math is also subject to the problems of knowledge not being instantaneously transferable. And I imagine, although I’m not certain how prevalent it is, that many branches of mathematics are also dependent on instrumentation these days, in the form of software. And we all know how software can be…