Are people with math degrees different from ordinary people? nt

[raccoon]

[hobbit709]

1. Not necessarily.

[phantom power]

2. yes

they know more math.

[hollysmom]

3. what, me? I am sort of more logical, I suppose

and have a balanced check book.

[Taverner]

4. Yes. They are much better at math.

[RebelOne]

5. Ditto. If I didn't have 10 fingers I couldn't count. n/t

[antiquie]

6. No.

There just wasn't room for any more computer science majors.

[jakeXT]

7. no

[Squinch]

8. 42

[cbayer]

9. Just an anecdote, but the only person who ever fell off my boat

had a doctorate in math.

[BeachBumLiberal]

10. Yes....

My son explained it well. He said "Mom, we think alike. We see the world in terms of numbers."

I love that boy.

[surrealAmerican]

14. Welcome to DU.

How could you help but love a kid like that?

[gopiscrap]

15. Welcome to DU

[winter is coming]

11. I've noticed that several of them have well-developed "math" brains completely divorced

from their "real-life logic" brain. Same for physicists. I've never understood how someone can reason so clearly but only in a very narrow area, yet I've observed it first-hand, many times.

[raccoon]

12. Do you mean they are knowledgeable in their field, but lacking in common sense?

I mean, of course, the some of them you mentioned, not all of them.

[winter is coming]

13. Pretty much, yes. I've known many that display all-around competence, and that doesn't

surprise me. It's the compartmentalization of ability that I have trouble understanding.

[Mr.Bill]

16. Sure they are different.

That's no mystery. The mystery to me is how they manage to reproduce.

[BeachBumLiberal]

18. They multiply.

[Mr.Bill]

19. LOL

[LiberalEsto]

17. What, exactly, is this thing you call "math"?

I've heard ugly rumors about it, but have no idea if it exists or not.