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> there will be people studying it. "people studying something" == "nerds" ? [edit: i was probably too offhand about that, but what I meant is that the fact t
by ska 4y ago
> there will be people studying it.
"people studying something" == "nerds" ?
[edit: i was probably too offhand about that, but what I meant is that the fact that people are engaged in something like this misses at least the conventional usage of "nerd", if wasn't obvious]
- actually_a_dog 4y agoNo, "people studying abstract mathematical structures" == "nerds." I say this as a proud nerd.
- ska 4y agoHaving known a ton of mathematicians, I'm not at all convinced this holds (although it undoubtedly is a subset)
- klyrs 4y agoAs a mathematician with a passing interest (read: no results or publications) in knot theory, yeah, we're nerds and proud.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoYes. Nerds are people who show more than normal interest in non-mainstream subjects like Beyonces haircut.