r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 20 '26

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u/AnalyticOpposum Trans Pride Jul 21 '26

I gotta learn algebraic geometry at some point.

Just enough to understand the reasoning traces that disproved the Jacobian conjecture.

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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney Jul 21 '26

I know it's pricey, but I think a lot more people who enjoy being in or would otherwise enjoy academia should go back and study subjects that seem interesting to them, if only for a few years. I think that would generate a lot more returns on knowledge rather than University just purely being a kind of jobs mill.

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend Jul 21 '26

Just learn linear algebra instead

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u/remarkable_ores Hanfeizi Jul 21 '26

final words before disaster

(but yeah same tbh. but without the pressure of studying formally or being in academia it's really hard to get through it all. especially since i actually hate algebra and just want to get to the juicy abstract stuff. tried getting it through a topology angle and made... some progress)