> This is tautological, “mathematician” being defined in the modern world as someone paid to do mathematics… Note that I'm including all the ones that a normal

> This is tautological, “mathematician” being defined in the modern world as someone paid to do mathematics… Note that I'm including all the ones that a normal definition would not call paid, but your definition does. But yes when a definition declares that everyone doing a thing is "funded", it does get pretty tautological and get in the way of arguments for actual funding.