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I just think it's sad because a lot of people are put off by this kind of snobbery in mathematics. Joking or ironic or not it can still be harmful.

• tekla 3y ago
  I find it harmful that you think that this is snobbery.
  • bjornasm 3y ago
    Yeah agree. The world becomes a bleak place if people are not allowed to joke around a bit, especially harmless jokes as those.
• tveita 3y ago
  If it was said about e.g. accounting it could come off as snobbery. Everyone knows that being a poet requires imagination, so no one is going to see it as anything other than a light-hearted joke.
  • mejutoco 3y ago
    On the other side, if it was said about lawyers nobody would ever complain :)
  • hgsgm 3y ago
    The point of the quote is that mathematics requires more imagination.