@St_Rev Yeah, although kind of more like “chemistry equivalent of building a supercomputer out of popsicle sticks” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.B._Woodward#B12_synthesis_and_Woodward.E2.80.93Hoffmann_rules …
@St_Rev I haven’t tried to learn any new math since 1995, partly on theory that I couldn’t. Maybe I should give it a go sometime.
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@St_Rev Mmm, yes… I decided not to go to math graduate school because it came to seem too dry. Felt like a failure in some ways, not others!
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@Meaningness Something I heard in grad school: it''s a mistake to take time off math, not because it gets harder to understand...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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