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gjm comments on Assessing oneself - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 October 2014 07:35:04PM 1 point [-]

Different people are good at different things. In particular, the algebra/analysis dichotomy is a pretty standard one and if you're good at analysis and not so good at algebra, it probably matters how good you are at what you're best at.

(I've heard people talk of branches of maths the way gender essentialists such as EY or Ozy Frantz would talk of gender identity.)

Comment author: gjm 03 October 2014 08:04:06PM -1 points [-]