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SarahC comments on Vanity and Ambition in Mathematics - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: multifoliaterose 12 October 2010 05:49AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 12 October 2010 03:26:21PM 0 points [-]

No, that seems to be true. "Understanding" in a thorough sense is pretty darn rare and usually confined to specialized fields of study.