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A professor of mathematics would have a vested interest, don’t you think? Your logic is faulty,
by _hcuq 4y ago
A professor of mathematics would have a vested interest, don’t you think? Your logic is faulty,
- barry-cotter 4y agoIndeed, when someone argues against their own interests we should take them more seriously, not less. That Edwards thinks the main arguments for teaching advanced Math is garbage when that’s his livelihood should make us look at it closely.
- epgui 4y agoIs he not a fully tenured, late-career professor? I doubt he has even an ounce of concern for job security.
- kaba0 4y ago> someone argues against their own interests we should take them more seriously, not less. I'm not sure it is a good advice in general. All the quack "doctors" that go against the mainstream medicine are actually degree-earnt doctors, yet are just scams.
- hnfong 4y agoIf those doctors were to gain from scams then that's an example that corroborates the GP's argument, not a counter example as you seem to make of it. GP did not say "against their profession's interests", just their own.